POLITICS IN BRIEF 29/8Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:57PMThe traditional Vietnam-China friendship is a common precious property of the two nations, which has been fostered by the late President Ho Chi Minh and President Mao Zedong and generations of revolutionaries and people of the two countries.
First CutFriday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:49AMWhy did we let COSAFA Cup opportunity to pass?
Empretec to exhibit in ZambiaTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:05PMEMPRETEC will host a business exchange and exhibition event in Zambia in October this year to promote trade and business partnerships among its members from five regional countries.
Gukurahundi, Lobengula: Chalk and cheeseFriday, August 20, 2010 @ 8:32AMTHERE is some fiercely contested memory in Zimbabwe which has resulted in a lunatic fringe that argues President Robert Mugabe must not apologise for Gukurahundi atrocities up until his victims, the Ndebeles, apologise for King Mzilikazi's and his son Lobengula’s raids in Mashonaland during their reign prior to 1890.
Gent Jazz Festival 2010: Days 6-9Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:21AMThe Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 15-18, 2010 It's now customary to expect the biggest players in the jazz universe to alight each night at the Gent Jazzfest. This massively historic Belgian city provides a beautiful setting for the music, with its Bijloke site situated just outside the main centre, in a universe of its own making. The large marquee set-up is now an established ...
Southern African leaders conveneMonday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:26PMNamibia ’s president yesterday opened a regional summit, calling on leaders to cement the democratic gains made since the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was created 30 years ago.
Ninth week of camp visits African lore and wildlifeWednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 1:02AMWeek nine of Summer Discovery Camp at Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert will feature an African theme, with children learning about the continent’s wildlife and culture by making a Mozambique-style wooden flute, a shrunken head and an African mask.
Mozambican Colonel personifies Brotherhood of ArmsTuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:07AMHis warm, infectious smile and genuinely upbeat and joyful demeanor make it hard to imagine the many adversities and tragedies the distinguished colonel has endured.
Christopher Ryan: The Prehistory of Prop 8Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 2:06PMWhen defenders of "traditional marriage" make their appeals to some universally-accepted notion of what marriage is, they're talking through their hats. No such institution exists, or ever has.