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    Dan Plato set to become Cape Town mayor.
    Cape Town News

    Dan Plato set to become Cape Town mayor.

    Politics
    The Democratic Alliance (DA) has named Cape Town city councillor Dan Plato as its candidate for mayor to replace party leader Helen Zille, who stepped down at the end of April to take up the elected p...
    City Hall clock stops ticking.
    Cape Town News

    City Hall clock stops ticking.

    General
    The signature clock tower that rises above Cape Town
    President Zuma names cabinet.
    Cape Town News

    President Zuma names cabinet.

    Politics
    Jacob Zuma announced his new cabinet line-up on 10 May, the day after being sworn in as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president in Pretoria. Perhaps the biggest novelty is the appoint...
    National assembly convenes.
    Cape Town News

    National assembly convenes.

    Politics
    On 6 May the 400 newly elected members of the national assembly, South Africa
    Explosions rock Dar es Salaam.
    Dar Es Salaam News

    Explosions rock Dar es Salaam.

    Humanitarian
    At least three people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a series of explosions at an ammunitions depot in Dar es Salaam. The blasts occurred around lunchtime on 29 April at an armoury nex...
    Drumming banned ahead of Homowo.
    Accra News

    Drumming banned ahead of Homowo.

    Culture
    Traditional leaders of Ga state have banned drumming and noisemaking in the capital from 4 May to 4 June as part of preparations for the Ga traditional Homowo festival to celebrate the harvest in July...
    Kenya Speaker Marende to chair house business committee.
    Nairobi News

    Kenya Speaker Marende to chair house business committee.

    Politics
    As political tension rises again in Kenya the parliamentary speaker Kenneth Marende has decided to chair the house business committee (HBC) on an interim basis. The decision comes after prime minist...
    Who is Jacob Zuma?
    Cape Town News

    Who is Jacob Zuma?

    Politics
    On 6 May South Africa
    The rise and rise of Helen Zille.
    Cape Town News

    The rise and rise of Helen Zille.

    Politics
    Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Helen Zille is set to become the premier of the Western Cape after her party won a clear majority of the popular vote in provincial elections on 22 April. This w...
    Egypt culls pigs against swine flu.
    Cairo News

    Egypt culls pigs against swine flu.

    Health
    The health ministry has ordered all pigs in the country to be culled as a precaution against swine influenza, which has killed over 150 people in Mexico and one person in the United States and spread...
    Final election results.
    Cape Town News

    Final election results.

    Politics
    The African National Congress (ANC) has won the national elections in South Africa but lost the two-thirds majority in parliament needed to make constitutional changes unilaterally. Final results give...
    Zille new Western Cape premier.
    Cape Town News

    Zille new Western Cape premier.

    Politics
    Mayor of Cape Town Helen Zille is to become premier of the Western Cape provincial government after her party, Democratic Alliance (DA), took the province from the national ruling ANC in the 22 April...
    ANC set for decisive win in South Africa polls.
    Cape Town News

    ANC set for decisive win in South Africa polls.

    Politics
    The African National Congress (ANC) looks set for a decisive victory in South Africa
    ANC leads in South Africa polls.
    Cape Town News

    ANC leads in South Africa polls.

    Politics
    South Africa
    South Africans cast their vote.
    Cape Town News

    South Africans cast their vote.

    Politics
    Polling stations have opened in South Africa for what some observers say are the most exciting general elections since the end of apartheid in 1994. Over 23 million citizens out of a total population...
    Mozambique elections in October.
    Maputo News

    Mozambique elections in October.

    Politics
    Mozambique is to hold general elections on 28 October and not in December as earlier thought. Incumbent president Armando Guebuza of the ruling FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front) will be standing...
    Arusha School turns 75.
    Arusha News

    Arusha School turns 75.

    Education
    Tanzania
    Polls close in South Africa.
    Cape Town News

    Polls close in South Africa.

    Politics
    Voting in presidential and parliamentary elections officially ended at 21.00 local time although election officials said earlier in the day that anyone already in line to vote at that point would be a...
    Letter to Arusha: countdown to Juilliard arts workshop begins.
    Arusha News

    Letter to Arusha: countdown to Juilliard arts workshop begins.

    Culture
    Hello everyone! This is Megan Griffin, part of the Arusha Arts Initiative. We are getting close to the trip
    South Africa prepares for elections.
    Cape Town News

    South Africa prepares for elections.

    Politics
    Political parties in South Africa held their final rallies ahead of general elections on 22 April. Jacob Zuma, leader and presidential candidate for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) addres...
    Moatize coal project underway.
    Maputo News

    Moatize coal project underway.

    Energy
    Mozambique
    Maputo airport expansion.
    Maputo News

    Maputo airport expansion.

    Infrastructure
    Mozambique
    All Africa media games.
    Lagos News

    All Africa media games.

    Sport
    Modern public toilets in Lagos.
    Lagos News

    Modern public toilets in Lagos.

    General
    Lagosians are to get modern public toilet facilities at key locations across the metropolis, the
    Old Moshi Road upgrade.
    Arusha News

    Old Moshi Road upgrade.

    Infrastructure
    Dozens of people living along the Old Moshi Road in Arusha are set to lose their homes under a road upgrade project, the
    Arusha welcomes seasonal rains.
    Arusha News

    Arusha welcomes seasonal rains.

    Environment
    The
    Air Ethiopia starts operations.
    Addis Ababa News

    Air Ethiopia starts operations.

    Transport
    National flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines no longer has the monopoly on scheduled flights on domestic routes following the launch of a new private airline, Air Ethiopia, the private biweekly newspaper
    Addis school children run for Europe Day.
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis school children run for Europe Day.

    Sport
    Roughly 2,000 schoolchildren in Addis Ababa will be taking part in the fifth edition of the annual road race to mark Europe Day on 9 May. The event itself will take place the following day, 10 May, on...
    South African ex-pats cast their vote.
    Cape Town News

    South African ex-pats cast their vote.

    Politics
    South Africans in the diaspora are casting their vote in national and provincial elections a week before the country officially goes to the polls. Nearly 18,000 South African ex-pats registered to vot...
    Opposition challenges Zuma over case withdrawal.
    Cape Town News

    Opposition challenges Zuma over case withdrawal.

    Justice
    Opposition party Democratic Alliance led by Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has filed an application for a judicial review of the decision to drop corruption charges against the ruling African National Co...
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