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News Briefs 27 March 2020
Zimbabwe Proceeds of Looting Through Sakunda Holdings – Enough is Enough of this Nonsense Firstly, it was the Dema project which Kudakwashe Tagwirei was given a tender of over USD 1 billion and prices were inflated to suit the whole clan of …
Mapping Vulnerability to the Virus
The GCRO, as an urban observatory, helps build the knowledge base for the Gauteng City-region. We collect data and provide policy analysis and support for key issues in the city-region. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak the GCRO has …
#PrayForSouthAfrica
The President calls on citizens to demonstrate their solidarity with fellow South Africans by displaying our inspiring national flag on social media, outside their homes and other prominent places, as an act of compassion and unity during …
BREAKING: Zim confirms first Covid-19 case -20 March 2020
source - https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-confirms-first-covid-19-case/ Nyore Madzianike and Joseph Madzimure Zimbabwe has confirmed its first Covid-19 case, a foreigner living in Victoria Falls who appears to have been infected in Britain but …
We’re not going back to normal by Gideon Lichfield - 17 March 2020
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/17/905264/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/ To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our …
Judith Todd – The ‘inconvenient’ white woman
Ms Judith Todd, SALO Board Member Source: https://www.chronicle.co.zw/judith-todd-the-inconvenient-white-woman/ Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Senior Reporter Judith Todd, the second daughter of former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Sir Garfield …
News Briefs 06 March 2020
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe calls US extending sanctions ‘baffling’ Zimbabwe on Thursday said it was dismayed by the White House’s “baffling” decision to extend sanctions against members of the southern African country’s government over rights …
SALO's Chair committed to social justice
Anglican Bishop (chair of SALO board), A Catholic Cardinal SA, Jewish Rabbi and a Muslim activist all based in Durban. They are all committed to social justice.
Developments in Malawi after the Constitutional Court ruling on the May 12, 2019 Presidential Election Dispute - News Briefs
Malawi MPs reject bill to amend presidential election law Malawi lawmakers on Thursday rejected a bill that would have meant a president could only be re-elected after securing at least 50 percent of votes cast, dismissing a landmark order …
The guerrilla priest by Carlos Amato
From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity. By: Carlos Amato@CarlosCartoons 24 January 2020: Bishop Rubin Phillip, …
News Briefs 21 February 2020
Somalia Somalia: Al-Shabab fighters attack military bases Al-Shabab has attacked two Somali military bases using an explosive-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber along with dozens of heavily-armed fighters. At least 12 Somali soldiers …
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AS A DOMESTIC & FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE - 17 February 2020
The Embassy of Ireland and SALO hosted a conversation on South Africa’s approach to Gender Based Violence and gender equality, at home and abroad, this week in Cape Town. A panel discussion took place on the progress made by South Africa on …
News Briefs 14 February 2020
Sudan Sudan agrees those wanted by ICC should appear before court Sudan’s transitional authorities and rebel groups from Darfur have agreed that those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes in the region should appear …
News Briefs 7 February 2020
Western Sahara Despite Israeli Requests, US Won’t Recognize Moroccan Claim to Western Sahara The Trump Administration has reportedly turned down repeated overtures by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to recognize Morocco’s …
News Briefs 31 January 2020
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe sets pay deal with government workers Unions representing government workers in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday they had accepted an offer of higher pay as a provisional step in long-running negotiations. Cecilia Alexander, …
News Briefs 24 January 2020
Central African Republic. Half Central African Republic’s population needs humanitarian aid: UN More than half the population in the Central African Republic – around 2.6 million people – needs humanitarian aid and more than one million are …
News Briefs 17 January 2020
Zimbabwe. Mbeki to resume Zimbabwe political dialogue Former South African leader Thabo Mbeki will bring terms of reference for political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC’s Nelson Chamisa when he returns to Zimbabwe by …
Finding a way through the Zim deluge by Prof. Brian Raftopolous (SALO Board Member)
The euphoria that marked the end of Robert Mugabe’s stay in power in the November 2017 coup quickly dissipated in the aftermath of these events. The resurgence of authoritarian politics in the form of the post-2018 election violence and the …