March 2015

South Africa Is Psyched to See Trevor Noah Host 'The Daily Show' (Newsweek)

South African comedian Trevor Noah, at the Ivy Club, June 24, 2013. David Bebber/The Times/NI Syndication/Redux For Americans, Trevor Noah’s appointment as host of The Daily Show means a sharp international perspective heading the long-running satire show. But for fans in South Africa–Noah’s home country–it’s a massive and unexpected source

Obama To Visit Kenya For Business Summit (International Business Times)

President Obama announced this week that he will visit Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in July. It will be his first trip to the country and his fourth to sub-Saharan Africa during his presidency.Reuters / Jonathan Ernst President Obama will co-host a forum on entrepreneurship in Kenya as

27-Year-Old Rapist Jailed for 25years [press release]

30 March 2015. 27 year old Akhona Mpaphela was convicted and sentenced to undergo 25 years imprisonment by the Butterworth Regional Court this afternoon of Monday 30 March 2015. It is alleged that the accused raped a seven year old girl on 20 February 2013 during the evening at Thunga

Statement On the Appointment of Trevor Noah [press release]

The African National Congress is elated on the appointment of Trevor Noah as a replacement of John Stewart the host of Daily Show in the United States of America. With this appointment, he joins the list of South Africans whose talent is being recognized and celebrated internationally. We believe that

Trevor Noah Takes Over ‘The Daily Show’

NEWSWATCH: Top SA stand-up comedian Trevor Noah is taking over as host of ‘The Daily Show’. Mail amp Guardian: Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as host of ‘The Daily Show’… aIt’s the break that most comedians can only dream of… South African comedian Trevor Noah is to be the

African Press Review 31 March 2015

Vavi sacked in South Africa, too tight to call in Nigerian presidential race, Ugandan prosecutor assassinated . . . some of the stories making front-page news across Africa this morning. Zwelinzima Vavi has been sacked as general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). That’s the main

Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab

External support should not be the determiner of Africa’s development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of central banks. “We should first decide what we want to do and then apply the money to it, as oppose to doing what the

Algeria, South Africa for Building Strategic Partnership

Algeria and South Africa ambition to build a strategic partnership allowing the reinforcement of cooperation in various fields notably the economic ones, affirmed Tuesday in Algiers Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana Mashabane. Speaking during the 6th Algerian-South African High Bilateral Commission of Cooperation, Lamamra

Algeria, South Africa Sign MOU On Political Consultations

Algeria and South Africa signed Tuesday in Algiers a Memorandum of Understanding on the political consultations. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and South Africa Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana Mashabane. This memorandum covers the political consultations between the two countries

Lawyers, Rights Groups Rally Around Author of 'Blood Diamonds', Facing Jail

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have signed an open letter demanding justice for crusading Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, whose exposés have offended several military officials and other higher-ups. In

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