Northern and southern Sudanese leaders on Saturday said they would consider forming a confederation or a common market if southerners chose to declare independence in an upcoming referendum. Citizens of the country’s oil-producing south are six months away from a vote on whether to stay part of Sudan or split away as an independent state — a plebiscite promised in a 2005 accord that ended decades of north-south civil war. Leaders from the country’s dominant northern and southern parties on Saturday started formal negotiations on how they would divide oil revenues and other issues after the referendum. They told reporters... Continue Reading
By Kitsepile Nyathi – Harare — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said that the impoverished country does not need financial support from the West to kick start its comatose economy. Mugabe’s remarks at a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare came a week after the European Union demanded evidence of more progress in the implementation of a power sharing agreement he signed with his former arch rival and now Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before normal ties are restored. The unity government has failed to perform to expectations because Western donors have refused to fund its programmes as they insist on... Continue Reading
By ROB GILLIES TORONTO – Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 global economic summit site a day after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cars. The violence shocked Canada, where civil unrest is almost unknown. Toronto police Sunday said they had never before used tear gas until Saturday’s clashes with anti-Globalization activists. Police said they have arrested more than 600 demonstrators, many of whom were hauled away in plastic handcuffs and taken to a temporary holding center constructed for... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa – PRETORIA- Although there were no matches this Sunday at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, the tournament programme continued apace, with the Football for Hope Festival 2010 kicking off in Alexandra. The focal point of this educational, cultural and footballing celebration is a football tournament involving 32 mixed teams of youngsters from disadvantaged communities all over the world. The competition, which is being organised jointly by FIFA, streetfootballworld, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa and the City of Johannesburg, will run until 10 July. The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and FIFA... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said it is deeply saddened by the death of two people in the fire that broke out at Kennedy Road Informal Settlement in Durban yesterday. A massive fire at Durban’s Kennedy Road informal settlement has claimed the lives of two people and has left more than 2 000 others homeless. It is alleged that the cause of the fire was a paraffin primus stove which burst into flames and the shacks caught fire. “The ANC commends the Ethekwini Fire Department that was on the scene within minutes to fight the blaze. We... Continue Reading
