The International Federation of Journalists has called on the Government of Ghana to take "urgent and immediate steps" to secure the safety of Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of Crusading Guide, following two death threats.

An economic report released last month was “cautiously optimistic” about Africa’s economic prospects, but growth projections are not sufficient to meet poverty-reduction goals. Questions may also be raised about possible changes in the prognosis given global economic developments this year and the continued spread of the AIDS pandemic.

The Eskom Development Foundation on Tuesday presented People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) with a R100 000 cheque. The grant was to support the objectives of the organisation in the context of celebrating Women's Day and would also go towards the development of its Soweto branch.

A website using the slogan "Welcome to SA's National Robbery" to call for a boycott of the National Lottery because of concerns over donations from its proceeds, has been threatened with legal action by Uthingo. On his website Dewberry wrote that Uthingo owed about R2-billion to the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) for good causes. The total was calculated from the government requirement for 30 percent of the lottery earnings to be distributed.