SOUTH AFRICA

Final chance to grab World Cup tickets

Around 90 000 additional tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be made available for public sale across all 64 matches from Friday, 28 May 2010. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa's plugging the technology gap with help from India

Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Festival to market Africa during World Cup

[Nthambeleni Gabara] The kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 11 June will coincide with the inaugural Festival of Africa. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Six newspapers get licences to publish in Zimbabwe

After years of being able to only read the party line followed by goverment mouthpieces, Zimbabweans might soon be able to read balanced reports on the state of their country and other issues. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi needs a mass communication university

[Gregory Gondwe] One of Malawi's members of parliament has said the country needs a mass communication university, which could be the only way to improve the country's democracy. Read more >>

AFRICA

African nations oppose Bharti's Zain purchase

[Sure Kamhunga] A number of African governments could delay plans by Bharti Airtel to celebrate its US$10,7 (about R80.8 billion) purchase of the African mobile phone assets of Zain after having either conditionally approved the telecoms sale or ordered a review of the transaction, it was reported on Friday. Read more >>

AFRICA

Kuwait's Zain starts measures to close African sale

Kuwait's Zain telecom said on Thursday it has begun procedures to finalise the sale of its operations in 15 African nations to India's Bharti Airtel for US$10.7 billion (about R80.8 billion). Read more >>

MALAWI

Zain Malawi to Show UN's Ban-Ki-moon its project

[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has announced that it will on Sunday, 30 May 2010, be taking the visiting Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon to two places in the country where there are Millennium Villages to assess progress that Zain Malawi and partners Ericsson have made in applying telecommunication technology as a catalyst in reducing poverty. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

SA newspaper in court for Zim report

Lawyers for the Mail & Guardian (M&G) on Monday described the government's contention that two eminent SA judges were sent to Zimbabwe in 2002 as special envoys on a confidential diplomatic mission as "nonsense on stilts". Read more >>

MALAWI

MACRA starts processing TV & radio licences

[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has started processing 36 different types of sound and television broadcasting licences. Read more >>