ZAMBIA
Zambian Airways launches daily Livingstone serviceZambian Airways has announced that from 1 June it will run daily return flights on the Johannesburg-Livingstone route. Its initial flights from OR Tambo Airport to Zambia's tourism hub operated four times a week.
AFRICA
SA government to set up shelters for the displacedThe South African government decided on 29 May to establish small, temporary shelters for foreigners displaced by the recent xenophobic violence, rather than larger, more permanent refugee camps.
MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique: Returnees at a loss after fleeing South Africa
Orlando Pereira and Agostino Antônio Bila are two of the more than 26,000 Mozambicans who have fled South Africa and returned to their country of origin with little more than stories of hatred.
SOUTHERN AFRICA
SA nationals found with 'Sky equipment' due in courtThree South African nationals, arrested in Zimbabwe at the weekend for allegedly being in possession of "illegal transmitting equipment" belonging to British television station Sky, are due to appear in court on Thursday.
CENTRAL AFRICA
Malawi introduces new tax measures on mobile phone services[Gregory Gondwe] The 25% excise on cellular phones has been replaced by a domestic excise tax of 10% on airtime with effect from June 1.
AFRICA
US minorities dominate use of new mediaAccording to BIGresearch's most recent Simultaneous Media Survey, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Whites not only use traditional media differently, their adoption of new media is also quite unique.
GHANA
Japan gives Ghana $85mil grant for road project[Kwaku Osei Bonsu] Japan has announced an $85 million grant to support the construction of the Yamoransa-Kumasi road project in Ghana.
ZIMBABWE
Zim's ‘war veterans' enter the space race with a vengeancePro-government war veterans force locals to remove satellite television receivers from their homes in Matabeleland South.
