ZANU PF's centre of power, the Politburo, has officially endorsed the party's nominated leadership ahead of the start of the ZANU PF congress on Wednesday.
If what Internal Security permanent secretary Francis Kimemia plans for property owners in Nairobi and elsewhere is effected, then many lives will be disrupted. But there could be merit in the plan.
With just over a week to the closure of the period given for public deliberations on the draft constitution, it is worrying that the key political actors are still divided.
This week the University of Botswana (UB) is hosting one of its biggest conferences on Health and Health Research.
As the UN's Climate Change Summit continues in Copenhagen, Africa must take a firm stand by seeking financial compensation, technology transfer and capacity building from developed economies to mitigate climate change.
Being the custodian of the Ethiopian state must be an undertaking that shows no gratitude in return. In many ways, it puts those at the helm of power in a position of "Damned if you do; damned if you do not."
Agriculture, though has remained one of the priority areas of the development strategies of successive governments, is yet to make an impact in the overall national economic growth efforts.
Last Friday, President Paul Kagame and members of the Private Sector held the annual roundtable dialogue in which issues affecting development and growth of business were discussed under the auspices of the Presidential-Business roundtable.
We have seen it before - and it was replayed in Hoima over the weekend. Opposition politicians congregate to address supporters, heavily-armed Police swing in, declare the meeting illegal and spray teargas. In the attendant melee some people are injured, others break bones - but one thing is clear; our democracy has suffered.
THROUGHOUT Zimbabwe, trees have been reduced to ash on the hearth or fireplace as they are being used for energy for cooking and heating. While rural dwellers used to use firewood for cooking, their urban counterparts have joined the fray due to the power outages that were being experienced.
CONCERNS raised by Chintimfu Middle Basic School authorities in Mpongwe District over poor enrolment of grade one classes, need to be followed up by the Government and other stakeholders because this is not the only school which is facing such problems.
Contrary to claims made by Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba-Aji, on his role in scuttling President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's vacation letter to the leadership of the National Assembly, THISDAY hereby states categorically that it is standing by its story.
The move by a section of daladala operators to go on a strike, leading to a disruption of normal activities in parts of the city yesterday, is a clear indication that there are serious problems with the city transport system, which the Government cannot simply sweep under the carpet.
The way some public institutions in this country act sometimes embarrasses the Government unnecessarily. A case in point is the recent ban on at least ten brands of baby milk by the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA).
A High Court judge yesterday cancelled an order for the vice-chancellor of Kyambogo University to vacate his office.
THERE can be little doubt that airlines remain the largest facilitator of global trade, ferrying millions of people from one destination to another every single day.
WHILE we have been aware for some time that bad things happen in our schools, the list of applications for expulsions, and the reasons for them, come as a shocking reminder.
Recently petrol tanker drivers withdrew their services to protest what they said was the sorry state of Nigerian roads. As a result of their unexpected action, the nation was thrown into social turmoil as commuters and motorists queued endlessly at filling stations that seemed to have run out of supply.
The recent massacre of defenceless Nigerians in Bakassi Peninsula by armed Cameroonian forces is a development that should not be ignored by Nigeria.
Gitau Mwara congratulates all the Rites of Passage 2009 initiates, including his son, whom the Anglican Church Kahawa Sukari Men have given the name, 'Mau Forest Reclamation Age Group'. Says he: "I wish others could be given the same name, going by the tradition of naming initiates according to historic events, such as Ciringi (shillings), Rubia (two-cent coins), Ndege (aeroplane), and Ngigi ...
Lightning does not strike twice at the same place, they say, but Tanzania's Mrisho Ngasa, scored thrice in 20 minutes as Kilimanjaro Stars on Tuesday evening glided into the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup's semi-final with a comfortable 4-0 win over Eritrea.
FOUR years ago, the popular televangelist and Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Bimbo Odukoya died at the prime age of 45 when a Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 she boarded in Abuja crashed in Port Harcourt. The air crash also claimed the lives of 75 pupils, among others. That was on December 10, 2005.
Having the most visited website in the country is not enough for Mmegi. The newspaper, a few months ago, moved to both Facebook and Twitter. In the absence of journalists who were scattered across the country, THALEFANG CHARLES, a man used to the Advertising Division of Mmegi, was suddenly roped in to help update the Mmegi Facebook page during the General Elections. He describes the torturous ...
On a dark and stormy night in Gaborone twenty dancers, singers and drummers performed to a delighted but small audience at the No 1 Ladies' Opera House at Kgale Siding.
The Annual President's Concert, which is the last event hosted by Maitisong every year, was once again a marvel to watch.
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