Full Coverage: Southern Africa
April 2008
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04/28/2008
Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdwellers' movement, gives a reminder that the structures of apartheid are still thriving in South Africa.
Read moreRelated: [South Africa] [Shelter & Housing] |
04/22/2008
Tourist lodges requiring large amounts of water are to be built on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana but the Bushmen are not allowed to pump water from their single borehole, says an organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Italia Related: [Botswana] [Water/Sanitation] [Indigenous Rights] Image: Botswana Bushmen in the Kalahari © Survival International
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04/18/2008
An urgent application has been made to suspend a transport permit allowing arms from China -- currently anchored in a South African harbor -- to be conveyed to the government of Zimbabwe.
Read moreFrom: Business Day Related: [Zimbabwe] [South Africa] [China] |
04/10/2008
The judge hearing the Zimbabwean opposition's case demanding the immediate release of presidential election results has said he will deliver his judgment on Monday.
Read moreFrom: Mail & Guardian Related: [Zimbabwe] [South Africa] Image: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04/08/2008
Amidst conern about the increasing possibility of violence in the wake of Zimbabwe's unresolved election, the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance is sending delegations to request intervention by the Southern African Development Community and the African Union.
Read moreFrom: Progressio Related: [Zimbabwe] |
04/04/2008
Sands like those in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana are full of drought resistant bacteria which can fix atmospheric carbon dioxide. These desert soils are contributing significantly to the global carbon dioxide budget but until recently they have been ignored.
Read moreFrom: TerraDaily Related: [Botswana] [Climate Change] [Soils] Image: Water pump in the Kalahari © Adrian Arbib
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