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Investors in Tanzania
President Jakaya Kikwete chairing the first business round table with the Government of Tanzania.I did not get the objectives of this meeting. I am not sure if this was an investment forum or "businessmen meeting the Government forum".By looking at the picture, none of those seating at the high table is a familiar face or major investors that I know of. They could be another batch of gold diggers ....
President Kibaki...too little too late
I feel that I wasted a good vote. But after what happened, who does not. I had hoped President Kibaki would wield a big stick and take to task the oil companies as well. Its not enough to ask for a review of electricity tariffs - that helps the manufacturers carry on and make margins, processing already costly raw materials thanks to high transport (high fuel ....
Government moves to counter crime
source: BOPA 06 October, 2008 TUTUME - Government is considering to devise some effective people-centred initiatives to combat the spiralling crime rate in Botswana. This was said by the Minister of Justice, Defence and Security, Brig. Dikgakgamatso Seretse during a meeting with dikgosi from Tutume and the surrounding areas recently. Brig. Seretse said the strategy was that a number of villages would be clustered together and each cluster would ....
Zimbabwe: Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara agree country in dire
source: SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 6 October 2008 Robert Mugabe is reported to have admitted to the leaders of the two MDC’s, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara that the country is in a state of extreme distress. A source close to the round table meeting the three leaders held on Saturday in Harare said despite failing to agree on the formation of an inclusive government, the three ....
Govt Rapped Over Coupon System
source: Mmegi By Mqondisi Dube Correspondent SELEBI-PHIKWE: The government has been criticised for its decision to implement the coupon system to supply food baskets to the needy. Selebi-Phikwe councillors criticised the move following the recent failure by government to implement the coupon system. According to correspondence read during a special full Selebi-Phikwe Council meeting on Thursday, the government decided to defer the implementation of the system after a company ....
SA spokesman says Mbeki in touch with political leaders in Zimbab
source: SW Radio Africa Violet Gonda 6 October 2008 Seven months have passed since elections and there is still no functioning government in Zimbabwe and the political parties continue to issue conflicting statements about the status of the cabinet talks. Of the 31 ministries up for grabs ZANU PF says only two - Finance and Home Affairs - are still being debated, but the MDC says ZANU PF is ....
The Life of Iranian President Ahmedinejad & Monthly Expenses
The Life of Iranian President Ahmedinejad Monthly Expenses The Fox News TV (USA) asked the Iranian President Ahmedinejad; 'When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself'? He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him 'Remember' you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy ....
Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veene - Part 1
Erik van Veene is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of the most approachable, down-to-earth people ever. I emailed Erik following a discussion on Ugandas I-Network mailing-list about the costs of bandwidth in Uganda for consumers. Erik is a member of the mailing list and offered some insight as to why things are ....
Reports Reveal Khadr’s Life in Guantanamo
Source: Cagedprisoners The reports read like a diary of his years of incarceration. Omar Khadr the stubborn teenager. Confused. Depressed. Angry. From the mundane complaints about tasteless food and shoes that dont fit, to the days when he fears hes going completely blind. He has read The Life of Pi. He loves To Kill a Mockingbird. Hes learning French and yoga. Recently a piece of shrapnel was finally was ....
Armenia: Secular State?
Unzipped comments on an idea from a parliamentary deputy to build a church to bring the Armenian Apostolic Church closer to the country's legislature. Mentioning the situation in neighboring Georgia, where concerns have already been raised about the involvement of the church in local politics, the blog says that such a move does not bode well for the future. ....
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Intriguing trailer for Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
Just what in the world is Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard? Is it a homage to the golden-oldie games of the past? Does it make fun of those self-same games? Is it a marketing ploy, as evidenced by the ">">dreadful ‘fan-page’ dedicated to a fake series of games starring Matt Hazard?What it definitely is, though, is an action game coming from D3 Publisher, releasing on Xbox 360 and ....
Condoms are hairbands: Made in China!
BEIJING - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, threatening to spread the very STDs they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported on Tuesday. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. "These cheap and colourful rubber ....
Seeking Africa's green revolution
From the begging bowl to the bread basket: in just two years, Malawi has gone from famine to food surplus - a minor agricultural miracle.By applying a mixture of crop breeding, soil management, irrigation and diversification, agro-science experts are helping subsistence farmers to cope with climate change and buck the trend in neighbouring African countries.BBC science and environment reporter James Morgan has gone into the field to meet the ....
'Your company is bankrupt, you keep $480m. Is that fair?'
'Your company is bankrupt, you keep $480m. Is that fair?' Andrew Clark in New York and Elana Schor in Washington The Guardian, Tuesday October 7 2008 Richard Fuld, chief executive of Lehman Brothers, testifies in Washington on Monday. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP It was a showdown to cherish for critics of Wall Street's culture of enrichment. The grim-faced boss of the bankrupt bank Lehman Brothers ....
Hangovers abound
Why is it that the hangovers are so much worse when The Boyfriend is away? Probably because when he’s around, he is there to swap my beer/brandy/wine/tequila for water and guide me home earlier than I always unwisely decide when on my ace.Gawd, I miss him.Gawd, if he gets malaria (like two of his colleagues have already done this past week) or Typhoid Fever (like another colleague did. This ....
Alfred Kinsey and How He Changed Your World.
I’m just beginning to read about Alfred Kinsey in detail. You could say that along with heavyweights like English botanist Charles Darwin, and Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (of course there are lots of people whose names I skip) are responsible in large part to the world we live in. our everyday world. The way we relate to each other and some of the morality we try to live up-to ....
Malawi reopens agriculture schools to foster food security
As part of his war against hunger in the country, Malawi President Bingu was Mutharika on Monday announced that he would reopen several educational institutions that once taught modern agriculture methods but were shut down by his predecessor Bakili Muluzi due to financial constraints between 1994 and 2004.Mutharika, who has won praise from both local and international observers for his achievement of food security since he took power in ....
Madagascar's president in Dar
The President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana is in Dar for three days State visit (Pictures: Mdau) ....
New Yorker Endorsement of Obama
[Aside] - I have read glowing endorsements of candidates. This endorsement of Barack Obama by the New Yorker magazine has to be among the better and more complimentary ones I have read. Among other American greats, it compares him to Lincoln, Roosevelt and even the great wartime president Dwight Eisenhower (whose daughter I might add [...] ....
The Blogging Revolution: from Iran to Cuba
Antony Loewenstein, a Sydney-based freelance journalist and blogger, has recently published his new book: The Blogging Revolution. This book talks about the impact of blogging on six countries: Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China and Cuba. He says: I chose the six countries in the book because they are routinely referred to in the West as enemies or allies of Washington and we were rarely gaining true insights ....
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Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veene - Part 1
Erik van Veene is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of the most approachable, down-to-earth people ever. I emailed Erik following a discussion on Ugandas I-Network mailing-list about the costs of bandwidth in Uganda for consumers. Erik is a member of the mailing list and offered some insight as to why things are ....
HOW MANY AFRICAN LEADERS ARE 'FORMALLY' EDUCATED
President Pierre Nkurunziza - BurundiAttended primary school in Ngozi province and secondary school in KitegaUniversity of Burundi -he majored in education and sports.President Sir Anerood Jugnauth, KCMG, QC - MauritiusTrained and worked in law and took an active role in the 1960s negotiations for independence. Called to the Bar in London in 1954President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - LiberiaCollege of West Africa, in Monrovia,BA in Accounting at Madison Business ....
George 'Mugabe' Bush
Normally, the mere mention of George Bush in my church is accompanied by a thunderous applause. Not this past Sunday. You could hear a pin drop the moment our pastor asked that we pray for the president as he prepares to leave office.With his ratings at a record low, George Bush has joined the ranks of Uganda's Idi Amin, Kenya's Daniel Arap Moi and Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, who drove their ....
Chaz Davies doesn’t mince images.
You know how some people dont mince words? Chaz Maviyane-Davies doesnt mince images. The Zimbabwean graphic designer has created some of the most striking images that comment on politics in his native country, and around the world. In 2000, Davies created a set of images leading up to the Zimbabwean parlimentary elections, the first election in which Mugabes ZANU-PF party faced sustained and stiff resistance. They werent all ....
Apartheid operative confesses to Samora Machel killing
THE investigative show Special Assignment is revealing that a member of the apartheid-era Civil Co-operation Bureau has admitted to a role in the killing of Mozambican president, Samora Machel. In the documentary to be aired tonight, Hans Louw, recently released after doing time on an unrelated charge, says he was the clean-up man who was supposed [...] ....
Zimbabwe Opposition Denies New Talks On Unity Government
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party said no new talks on a unity government would be held on Monday and called for regional mediation to resolve a dispute on how to divide key ministries. (Source) ....
On yours marks, get set…GO
The venue for this years Business Trust Long Run send off is scenic Qunu, where Nelson Mandela spent the early years of his life. Vumani Mkhize was at the starting line when the runners took of.He also spoke to 9 times Comrades Marathon winner Bruce Fordyce, and Business Trust CEO Brian Whittaker. ....
Tutu says he might not vote
Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has said he might not vote in next year's general election, because of infighting in the ANC.Tutu says he might not vote: South Africa: Politics: News24:Johannesburg - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said he would welcome the creation of a viable opposition in South Africa, after ruling party infighting forced former president Thabo Mbeki to resign, in remarks published on Sunday.The ....
ReadWriteWeb’s Focus on African Tech
Recently, I was in touch with the staff of ReadWriteWeb (one of the most popular technology blogs in the world with 231,000+ daily readers) and I was asked to write a three part essay on the state of social media and web development in Africa. In some way its only fitting that RWW devote more attention to Africa. According to Alexa.com South Africa brings them 3.2% of their ....
Free advice to those planning an ANC splinter party: Love somethi
HEREs the thing. You cant base a party on bitterness, revenge and hate. You might feel those emotions right now, but they are not shared by enough voters out there. Most people are confused and questioning, some are joyful, others are sad at the sacking of President Thabo Mbeki. But they are not all fired [...] ....
