Independent online Mass action about electricity 'vindicated' | The National Energy Regulator's admission that Eskom's load-shedding had cost the economy a massive R50-billion has vindicated mass protest action over the electricity crisis, Cosatu said on Wednesd... (photo: WN / james)
TVNZ More living below poverty line Aug 27, 2008 1:03 PM | The World Bank said more people are living in extreme poverty in developing countries than previously thought as it adjusted the recognised yardstick for measuring global povert... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
International Herald Tribune Africa and Caribbean fear EU Latam banana tariff cuts | : Banana producers in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will fight fresh attempts by Latin American growers to obtain cuts in European Union import tariffs for their fruit, ACP members ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) AfricaBananaCaribbeanFruitPhotos
Kenya Broadcasting Corp Minister urges Africa to stop aid dependency Written By:Rosalia Opondo , Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | African governments have been urged to stop being too dependent on aid. | Foreign affairs Minister Moses Wetangula says in... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim) AfricaAidDevelopmentKenyaPhotos
News24 Power crisis cost SA about R50bn | Johannesburg - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Tuesday estimated the cost of the energy shortage to be about R50bn. | Speaking at a conference ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) CoalEconomyJohannesburgPhotosPower
Al Jazeera Mugabe heckled as parliament opens | Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, has been heckled as he opened parliament claiming there was "every expectation" that all parties would agree to a power-sharing dea... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) ElectionsPhotosPoliticsSocietyZimbabwe
Business Report Boom in remittances arouses Western Union | By Mzwandile Jacks | Nairobi - A surge in inward remittances from $344 million (R2.7 billion at yesterday's exchange rate) in 2000 to $735 million last year could have ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) AfricaBusinessMoneyNairobiPhotos
Hong Kong Standard Malawi on Madonna baby radar Madonna may be trying to adopt a second child from Malawi, her husband Guy Ritchie said. | //--> Tuesday, August 26, 2008 | Madonna may be trying to adopt a second child ... (photo: AP / Franka Bruns) BritishCelebrityEntertainmentMalawiPhotos
