| Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:04 | | | Jacob Zuma begins talks with Mugabe and Tsvangirai in Harare |  South African President Jacob Zuma Wednesday began talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, amid growing pressure for the country to move toward new elections. "The principals are meeting this morning," Patrick Chinamasa, the chief negotiator for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party told AFP. Mugabe and Tsvangirai formed a unity government in February last year under stiff international pressure, aiming to end an economic freefall and curb deadly political violen.......... | | |
| Monday, 15 March 2010 11:24 | | | Malema guilty for "rape accuser had a nice time" speach |  The Johannesburg Equality Court on Monday found ANC Youth League president Julius Malema guilty of hate speech and harassment.
"This court is satisfied that the utterances by the respondent amounted to hate speech," said magistrate Colleen Collis.
"The uttered words constitute harassment as contemplated in the Equality Act."
Malema was taken to court by the Sonke Gender Justice Network over his comments that President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser had "a nice time". | | | Monday, 15 March 2010 11:07 | | | Zuma to try and rescue Zim unity government |  South African leader Jacob Zuma will visit Zimbabwe this week to assess the state of a power-sharing agreement set up to end a decade-long political and economic crisis.
President Robert Mugabe and his old rival Morgan Tsvangirai formed a unity government last year to end a stalement over disputed elections, which have managed to stabilise the economy following 10 consecutive years of contraction.
But analysts say frequent wrangling over policy and the slow pace of reforms have held back progress. Western donors have also held back aid crucial to helping rebuild the country, demanding Mugabe first implement concrete human rights and democratic reforms. | | | | Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:32 | | | ANC defends Malema on "shoot the boers, they are rapists" song |  South Africa- The ruling ANC defended youth leader Julius Malema on Thursday for singing, "shoot the boers, they are rapists", saying the lyrics of the song had been quoted out of context.
"Let's discuss appropriately on this matter. Don't blame Julius. In fact, on this one, I will defend him," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu told Sapa by phone on Thursday morning.
"This song was sung for many years even before Malema was born... Julius doesn't even know who's the writer of the song. He got it from us [the ANC]. You must blame the ANC, don't blame Julius. But when you blame the ANC, then contextualise it."
Mthembu said the song was an old struggle song that Malema learnt from his ANC colleagues. | | | Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:56 | | | Julius Malema charged over 'kill the boer' | Johannesburg - ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been charged for Incitement of violence over his latest racial outburst, after he led students in singing "kill the boer". Freedom Front Plus leader and Deputy Agriculture Minister Pieter Mulder laid a criminal charge against Malema at the Brooklyn police station, Pretoria on Wednesday.
Mulder said the use of the slogan contravened section 16 of the Constitution.
"In terms of this section, no person may advocate hate which is based on the grounds of race, ethnicity, gender or religion and which incites action to cause harm to others. | | | |
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