http://africa-news.africaetravel.com News from Africa Travel Destinations Copyright 2005 Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/400/new-zealand-v-south-africa/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/400/new-zealand-v-south-africa/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:57:15 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/400/new-zealand-v-south-africa/ With the Wallabies lying prostrate on the canvas, South Africa and New Zealand head to the chilly surrounds of Dunedin to contest the unofficial final of the 2005 Tri-Nations series. First Blood: So'oialo and Pretorius tussle in Cape Town The Boks, unbeaten in their last five Tri-Nations encounters, need only a ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/400/new-zealand-v-south-africa/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/396/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/396/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:52:18 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/396/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/ South African casino and hotel company Johnnic Holdings urged shareholders on Tuesday to reject a hostile takeover bid by rival HCI, which it said undervalued the firm. "The board believes that the offer by HCI does not fully value Johnnic and therefore recommends that you take no action in relation to ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/396/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/399/food-shortage-looms-in-southern-africa-despite-harves/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/399/food-shortage-looms-in-southern-africa-despite-harves/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:52:53 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/399/food-shortage-looms-in-southern-africa-despite-harves/ Despite a harvest of cereals in 2005, nearly 10 million Southern Africans could face food shortage and need humanitarian assistance in the next year, it was revealed ahead of a regional summit in Gaborone from Wednesday. Leaders of 14 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will gather ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/399/food-shortage-looms-in-southern-africa-despite-harves/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/398/actress-angelina-jolie-takes-part-in-mtv-documentary-on-poverty-in-africa/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/398/actress-angelina-jolie-takes-part-in-mtv-documentary-on-poverty-in-africa/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:49:33 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/398/actress-angelina-jolie-takes-part-in-mtv-documentary-on-poverty-in-africa/ US music broadcaster MTV has announced that it will show a documentary The Diary Of Angelina Jolie And Dr. Jeffrey Sachs In Africa next month. This is a part of the network's new pro-social initiative Think MTV. The half an hour special episode of the Diary series follows ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/398/actress-angelina-jolie-takes-part-in-mtv-documentary-on-poverty-in-africa/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/397/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/397/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:46:37 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/397/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/ South African casino and hotel company Johnnic Holdings urged shareholders on Tuesday to reject a hostile takeover bid by rival HCI, which it said undervalued the firm. "The board believes that the offer by HCI does not fully value Johnnic and therefore recommends that you take no action in relation to ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/397/safricas-johnnic-recommends-rejecting-hci-bid/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/395/analysis-economic-success-human-disaster-in-southern-africa/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/395/analysis-economic-success-human-disaster-in-southern-africa/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:42:38 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/395/analysis-economic-success-human-disaster-in-southern-africa/ Mozambique stock and bond exchange chief Jussub Nurmamad has seen the value of his fledgling market increase 50 times since 1999 -- the result, he says, of southern Africa's stability and economic growth. "For people to invest their money, you have to have stability," he says. "Political stability is here. With ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/395/analysis-economic-success-human-disaster-in-southern-africa/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/394/s-africa-condemns-kadirgamar-killing/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/394/s-africa-condemns-kadirgamar-killing/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:38:09 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/394/s-africa-condemns-kadirgamar-killing/ South Africa has joined other countries in condemning the killing of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in Colombo. Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said in a statement: "The South African government joins the international community in expressing its shock and outrage at the callous murder of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar." "The ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/394/s-africa-condemns-kadirgamar-killing/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/393/sa-to-boost-rugby-in-africa/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/393/sa-to-boost-rugby-in-africa/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:37:19 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/393/sa-to-boost-rugby-in-africa/ SA Rugby has named a squad of 24 to participate in the International Rugby Board/Confederation of African Rugby Under-18 tournament to be held in Windhoek, Namibia, from August 24 - September 3. The tournament will determine which country, except South Africa, will qualify for the IRB Under-19 World Championships in ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/393/sa-to-boost-rugby-in-africa/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/392/africa-must-win-the-food-fight/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/392/africa-must-win-the-food-fight/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:30:11 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/392/africa-must-win-the-food-fight/ A bellwether report has found that the number of malnourished people in Africa has increased from 88-million in 1970 to 200-million today, 35% of the continent’s population, as a result of ill-conceived agricultural policies and trade barriers imposed by wealthy countries. This makes the Millennium Development Goals -- to halve the ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/392/africa-must-win-the-food-fight/feed/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/391/south-africas-sacked-deputy-gains-popular-support/ http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/391/south-africas-sacked-deputy-gains-popular-support/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:24:53 +0000 General http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/391/south-africas-sacked-deputy-gains-popular-support/ A popular groundswell is building behind Jacob Zuma, the former South African deputy president who was recently dismissed amid corruption allegations. Leftwing supporters of Mr Zuma on Tuesday launched a fund to pay his legal and other costs when he goes on trial to face two counts of corruption. The ... http://africa-news.africaetravel.com/391/south-africas-sacked-deputy-gains-popular-support/feed/