MAURITIUS

China may use Mauritius as a gateway to Africa
The People's Republic of China has expressed interest to invest in Mauritius and use the island as a gateway to Africa especially in the financial services sector.

Zimbabwe: Voices out of the violence
Yvonne Chipowera endured 16 hours of beatings, rape and being urinated on, all because of her support for Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

AFRICA

South Africa: Reintegration with trepidation
Tens of thousands of foreign nationals displaced by South Africa's wave of xenophobic violence have returned to their home countries but those left behind, scared and robbed of every possession, are reluctant to go along with government plans to resettle them into the communities that drove them out.

IBM opens New Africa Innovation Centre
[Gabi Khumalo] An Africa Innovation Centre was officially opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday 24 June 2008, with the aim to drive information technology skills development and address business challenges in the economic growth of sub-Saharan Africa.

ANGOLA

SA firm opens imaging bureau in Luanda
South African enterprise content management (ECM) firm Digital Archiving Systems (DAS) has opened an imaging bureau in the Angolan capital. The enterprise, which is worth US$250,000, will see the employment of 10 skilled ECM workers.

AFRICA

Mbeki gives emergency SADC summit a miss
Southern African leaders will hold an emergency meeting in Swaziland today, Wednesday 25 June 2008, to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe but key negotiator President Thabo Mbeki will not attend, officials said.

SOUTH AFRICA

Mpofu's case against SABC postponed
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Thrice-suspended SABC CEO Dali Mpofu's case in the Johannesburg High Court against the board has been postponed to Tuesday, 1 July 2008, to give chairperson Khanyisiwe Mkhonza and her band time to file an answering affidavit. Before postponing the matter yesterday, Tuesday 24 June 2008, Judge Mohamed Jajbhay made an impassionate plea to both parties to try by all means to resolve the matter in an amicable way.

Zim vendor arrested for listening to ‘wrong' station
A street vendor has been arrested and faces a jail term of as much as six months for listening to critical radio program. In addition, his newspaper copies were seized.

Kenya approves biofuel project
Kenya has approved a biofuel project which environmentalists fear will destroy wetlands and impoverish local residents.