By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his central bank chief are among those who, under a U.S.-drafted resolution, would face U.N. asset freezes and travel bans over last week's widely criticized election.

According to an annex to the latest version of the draft, obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, Mugabe is among 12 people who would face U.N. sanctions because he is the "Head of Government responsible for activities...

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African leaders have deferred their discussion of a union government until January next year after failing to reach a consensus at their Summit in Egypt this week.

A high-level expert group of 12 heads of state was established at a previous summit in Ghana, specifically to accelerate the process but consensus remains elusive.

Heads of State attending the 11th Session of the African Union (AU) Summit on 30 June and 1 July in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, decided...

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A U.S. draft resolution is being circulated at the United Nations that calls for new travel and financial sanctions against Zimbabwe's government in response to that nation's political crisis.

A copy of the draft resolution obtained by VOA calls for freezing the assets and restricting the travel of President Robert Mugabe and 11 other top Zimbabwe government officials. The proposed resolution also seeks to expand an arms embargo against the government.

Zimbabwe was plagued...

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By Emily Visser

Johannesburg – Metro cops are to get a pay hike, after minimum, median and maximum salary bands were increased to be on par with those of the city.

This follows after an agreement on salaries was reached between the City of Johannesburg and the South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu), representing the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) staff.

The agreement comes in the wake of three days of...

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By Bathandwa Mbola

Pretoria - Reports that the 2009 General Election will cause instability in the public service are untrue, says Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.

The minister was responding to reports that alleged that senior managers in government were leaving their positions before the elections.

“We are not seeing this flight that is being spoken about. A general election is a necessary part...

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