Newspapers, lawyers charged with contempt of court Namibia's chief justice has laid contempt of court charges against two independent newspapers and the local Society of Advocates for criticising his conduct, the prosecutor-general's office was quoted by AFP as saying on Monday. Reports said that an estimated 34,000 people have been resettled on commercial farm land since independence from South Africa in 1990. The government wants to resettle a further 243,000 people and has said it wants to acquire 9.5 million hectares of land for its programme. White farmers numbering just over 4,000 own nearly 30.5 million hectares, with 2.2 million hectares held by an estimated 200 black commercial farmers. Deputy President visits Great Lakes South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma's visit to Uganda on Monday was part of a wider initiative to bring about solutions to the conflicts in the Great Lakes region, a spokeswoman for Zuma told IRIN on Tuesday.
Many people think that South Africa is more neutral than many other countries.
Zuma returned to South Africa on Monday night after meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Deputy President Speciosa Kazibwe. Political sources told IRIN that Zuma's visit should not be seen as trying to replace former South African President Nelson Mandela as mediator in the Burundi conflict. It added that Mandela had also invited Kabila to the next round of Burundi peace talks to be held in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on 26 and 27 February the statement said. Opening the course, Deputy Defence Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge was quoted as saying that the officers should be ready to be deployed for peacekeeping duties anywhere in Africa. This could see Mugabe ousted as chairman of the organ, the news agency said.