COMESA calls for proposals to end conflicts
30th July 2010
THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has urged member States to propose ways in which to address conflicts in Africa. Speaking in Lusaka yesterday during the COMESA 10th meeting on peace and security, COMESA Assistant Secretary General Nagla El-Hussainy said most of the conflicts on the continent had been resolved through the mediation of African States. .....


KK sings for his love Betty
30th July 2010
FORMER Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda had Grahamstown school leaders eating out of the palm of his hand yesterday when he picked up a guitar and sang a love song about his wife Betty. Flanked by former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano – who does not appear to have been blessed with the Madiba Jive – the 86-year-old told the Dispatch he had been happily married for the past 63 years.......