Luyanda Makapela

Pretoria – The Department of Health is on track in implementing salary increases for nurses in the public sector, a process which is due to be complete by the end of March.

Michael Appel

Pretoria – South Africa has called for renewed urgency in finding a peaceful resolution to the post-election violence in Kenya, says Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad.

NAMPA

The Namibian government is to formulate a national plan of action on youth employment as a step towards ensuring employment for all young Namibians.

Shaun Benton

Cape Town – Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Monday announced that the Irish government's development agency, Irish Aid, will be handing over Euro 5 million – R50 million – to a house building charity to build more homes in South Africa.

Accra – There is a need to move the Pan African Parliament from its current advisory role to a legislative body to speed up the development of Africa through common laws.

FT

A confidential memo from the World Bank’s Kenya office that supports President Mwai Kibaki’s claim of victory in the country’s disputed elections plunged the Washington-based lender into controversy on Wednesday.

IRIN

HARARE, 9 January 2008 (IRIN) - Post-election violence in Kenya is creating pre-election nervousness among Zimbabwe's voters ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in March, and people are beginning to stockpile food in the event of any possible unrest.

IRIN

BULAWAYO, 8 January 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of Zimbabwean families displaced by the government's Operation Murambatsvina (Drive out Filth) in 2005 are still awaiting alternative accommodation.

NBC

The Chairperson of the Republican Party, RP, has called on voters in the Rundu Rural West Constituency to turn out in their thousands and vote for the party's candidate, Johannes Sinonge in Friday's by-election.

IRIN

NAIROBI, 5 January 2008 (IRIN) - The crisis prompted by Kenya's 27 December elections has left large numbers of people stranded in various parts of the country due to insecurity on the roads and general uncertainty. Many Nairobi residents and migrant workers travelled "up-country" to spend holidays with family or to vote in their rural constituency.

BuaNews

Harare - Zimbabwe is all set for harmonised presidential, parliamentary and local government elections next month following the completion of delineation of constituency boundaries by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

Mike Nyoni in Harare

Ruling party’s backing of Mugabe as its presidential candidate may bolster opposition electoral prospects.

AfrolNews

afrol News, 14 December - The Zambian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) has banned Radio Lyambai in Mongu from broadcasting call-in programmes.

AfrolNews

afrol News, 19 December - Jacob Zuma's election yesterday to the top post in the ANC, and his probable candidacy to the South African presidency, has split the nation. Mr Zuma beat President Thabo Mbeki for the ANC's top job by 800 votes, but street polls indicate a popular vote would have been closer.

Various

South Africa's ruling ANC votes to oust President Thabo Mbeki as party leader and replace him with Jacob Zuma. The win puts Zuma in pole position to become president of South Africa in 2009 -- a remarkable political comeback after Zuma was acquitted of rape last year.

AFP

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Sunday hit back at a group of four "arrogant" European countries for criticising his human rights record, saying democracy only came to Africa in the post-colonial era.

The Namibian Newspaper

A NEW era was ushered in Swapo's history after delegates to the party's fourth congress last night unanimously agreed to President Hifikepunye Pohamba replacing Sam Nujoma after more than 47 years at the helm.

Various

Another high-profile member of Namibia's ruling party, SWAPO, has tendered his resignation

The Namibian Newspaper

Delegates to the congress spent most of the day discussing reports presented by Prime Minister Nahas Angula and outgoing Swapo Secretary General Dr Ngarikutuke Tjiriange.

NBC

The former Regional Councillor for the Rundu Rural West Constituency of the Kavango region, Herbert Shiwameni, has resigned from the ruling SWAPO party.