Watch: Taylor Swift’s New Music Video For “Wildest Dreams” Shot In Africa But There Are No Black People In It
The video for American singer Taylor Swift’s new song “Wildest Dreams” has been viewed more than ten million times in the two days since it debuted. The video was shot in Africa and California. In it, we see two beautiful white people falling in love while surrounded by vast expanses of beautiful African landscapes and […]
Swaziland’s King Mswati’s Election As Deputy Chairman Of SADC Raises Serious Legal Problem
The Southern African Development Community felt it was not its place to block Swaziland’s King Mswati III’s election as deputy chairman of the regional bloc as it would have meant intervening in the affairs of a nation that has “no problem” with their monarch, Deputy International Relations and Co-operation Minister Luwellyn Landers said on Wednesday. […]
South African Policeman Arrested And Convicted For Murdering A Mozambican Man
EIGHT South African policeman were found guilty on Tuesday of murdering a Mozambican man who died after being dragged behind a moving police van in an incident that provoked global outrage. The shocking treatment of taxi driver Mido Macia, which was captured on film by bystanders, threw the spotlight on South Africa’s police force and […]
Botswana’s President Ian Khama Tells SADC Leaders To “Walk The Talk”
BOTSWANA: President Ian Khama has reportedly urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to “walk the talk” and implement the regional body’s key plans. Khama, who is the incoming SADC chairperson, said this in a speech to mark the end of the bloc’s 35th summit of heads of state and government in Gaborone on […]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Hands Over SADC Chair
ANALYSTS and opposition leaders have varying views over how President Robert Mugabe fared as Southern Africa Development Cooperation (Sadc) chair and also as head of the African Union, a position he is also set to pass on soon. Some of those interviewed last week said Mugabe was unlikely to leave any regional imprint as Sadc […]
Mozambican Police Incinerate illicit Drugs
The Mozambican police incinerated about 60 kilos of illicit drugs in Maputo on Thursday. According to a report by the independent television station STV, the drugs destroyed, under stringent security precautions, included cocaine, heroin, ephedrine and marijuana. Many of the drugs had been seized over the past three months at Maputo International Airport, carried in […]
Mozambican Police Caught District Administrator Poaching
The Mozambican police caught the administrator of Chimbonila district, in the northern province of Niassa, Felisberto Muterua, poaching in a reserve in Maua district ten days ago, according to a report carried by Radio Mozambique on Thursday. The spokesperson for the Niassa Provincial Police Command, Simao Mate, said Muterua was heading a group of four […]
Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho Urges Diversifying the Economy
Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Thursday stressed the need to diversify the country’s economy, saying that agriculture in particular plays a crucial role in improving living standards. Although he was speaking at the ceremony to swear into office the new chairpersons of the National Hydrocarbon Company (ENH), and the National Petroleum Institute […]
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi Calls for Joint Efforts On Food Security
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday called for combined efforts of all activities involved in agriculture in order to improve food security and reduce the high levels of chronic malnutrition. He was speaking at a debate organized in the presidential offices with agricultural experts, including former agriculture ministers, which centred on how to eliminate hunger […]
Southern African Development Community Needs U.S $500 Million for Strategic Plan
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is seeking to raise about 500 million US dollars to finance implementation of its Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), according to Mozambican Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi. Speaking to Mozambican journalists in the Botswana capital, Gaberone, Baloi stressed that the plan had been devised so that the SADC region […]
