AFRICA

FIFA to broadcast matches in sign language

PRETORIA: Video reports from all 64 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be broadcast in International Sign, on FIFA.com, said the world football governing body on Thursday (3 June 2010). Read more >>

AFRICA

FIFA concert to go ahead despite boycott threats

JOHANNESBURG: The Local Organising Committee and FIFA say the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert to precede this year's opening of the World Cup will go ahead as planned. Read more >>

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign to the rescue

After The Zimbabwean newspaper's battle with Mugabe's ZANU PF government made headlines around the world over the past year, The Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg has won more than 50 global and South African advertising awards. This has raised the profile of the newspaper beyond its "wildest dreams". [video] Read more >>

AFRICA

Call for Loeries Young Creatives Award entries

Entrants are invited to submit their portfolio for the Loeries 2010 Young Creatives Award. The winners receive a Gold Loerie, as well as an all-expenses paid trip to an international award show of their choice. Read more >>

AFRICA

Tech4Africa, open for registration

Tech4Africa, the web, mobile and emerging technology conference, will be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa at The Forum 12-13 August 2010. The event aims to bring together Africa's digital thought-leaders and provide a global perspective to the African context. Registration is currently open. Read more >>

AFRICA

Seedcamp to jump-start African entrepreneurs

[Nur Bremmen] Seedcamp, a European micro-seed fund that invests in early stage startup companies, will be jetting into Johannesburg later this year to identify African startups for potential investment. Read more >>

AFRICA

Inaugural ALR launches in July

JOHANNESBURG: The inaugural African Leadership Retreat (ALR) will take place from the 4-13 July 2010 over eight days, at venues in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in South Africa. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Africa Fashion Week salutes the continent

Africa Fashion Week starts on 30 June 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre and the four-day event features more than 27 designers from Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, Somali, Tunisia, French Comoros, South Africa, Mozambique, the US and the UK. Read more >>

MAURITIUS

Mauritian government boycott La Sentinelle - Reporters Without Borders

PORT LOUIS: Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about the Mauritian government's discriminatory behaviour towards La Sentinelle media group. The latest example was the exclusion of La Sentinelle's journalists from a news conference by the finance minister late last month. Read more >>

ZAMBIA

Zambia should halt harassment of The Post, M'membe

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and his administration to halt the ongoing harassment of the nation's independent newspaper The Post and its award-winning editor Fred M'membe. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN says zero chance of Facebook Zero

[Jeremy Daniel] Despite providing access to Facebook Zero in seven African countries where it operates, international mobile service provider MTN has no plans to make the data-charge free version available to South African mobile users any time soon. Read more >>

AFRICA

Franco-African summit ends on high note

PRETORIA: The 25th Africa-France summit held in Nice was an opportunity for South Africa to strengthen relations based on shared interest and mutual trust, says the SA presidency. Read more >>

UGANDA

Uganda: Wetlands dry up as rice demand soars

Uganda's wetlands - lying in Dokho, three kilometres from the Eastern Uganda town of Mbale have provided drainage and prevented flooding during rainy seasons for centuries. Communities living in these areas traditionally depended on food crops like cassava, millet, maize grain and bananas. Read more >>