CONAKRY – Colleagues of a radio journalist who was attacked by unknown assailants on July 16, 2010 are suspecting the military of being behind the attack. “Mansaré must have been a victim of an action carried out by persons hostile to his reports possibly, it is a settlement of scores,” according to a colleague of Mansare who spoke to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent in Guinea on condition of anonymity. The correspondent reported that Etienne Mansaré, a military reporter of privately-owned Conakry-based Sabari FM was stabbed in the back, while on his way home after his political... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – The presence of African football teams at the just-ended FIFA 2010 World Cup held in the Republic of South Africa brought a false sense of Pan-Africanist unity and belonging as local and foreign Africans fakingly embraced each other in support of their national teams. Violence broke out on Monday night in Kya Sands, as residents attacked foreign Africans in Kya Sands north of Johannesburg. A number of people including South Africans were hurt in the attacks, among the victims were the local Pedi and Shangaan people. Many foreigners including Zimbabweans and Mozambicans packed their belongings and left the area yesterday. Police and army details... Continue Reading
Bloemfontein, South Africa- A traumatised family are lucky to be unharmed after a gang of armed robbers held them hostage in their home for over an hour in the Bayswater area of Bloemfontein. The family’s car was stolen in the robbery but was recovered a couple of hours after the hold-up. At 20:55 on the evening of Monday, 19 July, Chubb Security’s Monitoring Centre received a panic activation from a client’s home in Bayswater. An armed response officer (RO) was immediately dispatched to the scene. As per company procedure, a back-up vehicle was also dispatched and the South African Police Service... Continue Reading
With reports of increased violence against foreign nationals from the African continent, making the rounds again, and those who are able to flee packing their belongings and trying to get back to their countries of origin, the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and hildren’s Shelter has again received requests to house women and children should the attacks be of such a nature that there is a need. During the 2008 spate of xenophobic violence the Centre housed approximately 60 women and children , for varying periods of time, until they could be re-united with other family members and members of... Continue Reading
“Zimbabwe is for peace loving people too and we will not allow this devil to push us far.He has gone off bounce and he’s provoking a fight. Its time we give him a good fight and stop him from meddling with our destiny and squandering our children’s next generations.We rebuke the devourer of this nation…no more blood to satify its ego…” Ron Muvevererwa, writer and civil rights activist based in Harare.
