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PUFFED to an unreasonable size, the Dubai bubble was bound to burst. Perhaps the biggest, and certainly lengthiest, bubble burst was the one Ben mentioned in his column last week. Back in 1989 we were having dinner with a fund manager, who shouted me down when I suggested that charts said that the Nikkei was about to crash.
LET's skip all the emotional claptrap, the political correctness and newfound South African way of justifying that our teams don't lose, the other teams just score more points. Let's get real and call Saturday's Springbok Test defeat and the five-match tour of Europe exactly what it was: an absolute disaster and a disgrace.
Culture \Long Live, your Majesty, Kabaka wa Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. Permit me to share with you my dream of the great Buganda. Like the history of most nations, Buganda is a history of battles, blood and conquests. Back in the days the three were the canon that defined who is master or servant. However, thanks to the emergence of trade, industry and technology, power has been redefined.
Never has the Black population in the United States been as diverse as it is today. If Global Africa means people of African ancestry all over the world, the Black population of the United States is a microcosm of Global Africa. Today, this Black population includes people from literally every Black country in the world: from every member of the African Union, Organisation of American States and ...
In the first part of our review last week of Princess Elizabeth Bagaaya's autobiography Elizabeth of Toro: The Odyssey of an African Princess to mark its 20th anniversary, we focused on her education and modelling career. We now turn to her work in government. The Idi Amin coup found Ms Bagaaya in Paris. So excited was she that she flew to Kampala without returning to her New York apartment or her ...
LAST Friday, we carried a heart-rending story of three women who kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza and forced him to be intimate with one of them.
Climate change will hit Africa - a continent that has contributed virtually nothing to bring it about - first and hardest.
In yet another clear indication of why MPs should not be entrusted with too much power over economic policies, parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill seeking to reinstate price controls in certain segments of the economy.
With Namibia's parliamentary and presidential elections on 27-28 November, hype and obsession mount by the day. The assumption that democracy is about competition between contesting political programmes of parties seeking to convince voters that they have the best on offer for the political future and social welfare of the country and its people could not be more misplaced than in the current ...
A CLOSE KNOWLEDGE and deep appreciation of the wounds of electoral violence, including recent ones in some sisterly African counties, would compel any patriotic Liberian to sigh a relief for the peaceful passing of the last action-packed by-election. In Zimbabwe and Kenya for instance, though the former political adversaries are dinning together, families are still mourning the death of loved ...
In our editorial of our 25th November Issue we reported that we will do further investigation on the reports of the arrests of the Ex Chief of Defence Staff, Lang Tombong Tamba; The Ex Director General of the NIA, Modou Lamin Badjie; Ex Deputy Inspector General of Police, Momodou Gaye; Ex Lt Colonel, Kawsu Camara;Mr Lie Joof and Mr. Kebba Touray. The list of those reported to be in custody is ...
You may not blame those who have advocated for the abolition of local governments in Nigeria. Their argument is that as things are, the local governments are practically of no use. They are neither nearer the people nor are they doing anything that will make their absence felt by anybody.
ABRAHAM, as it is universally accepted, is the symbol of faith for both Muslims and Christians. He is a common denominator and should be a unifying factor. His significance to both Islam and Christianity can never be down-played.
LATEST data show consumer price inflation back inside the target range for the first time in 31 months, at 5,9%, while at producer level prices are in deflation for the sixth successive month. It is welcome news, and suggests the Reserve Bank shouldn't have to raise interest rates for quite some time. Yet benign as they seem to be, the numbers don't necessarily imply there is space for further ...
The decision by the government to give all districts, municipalities and town councils road construction equipment is laudable. Kampala City, where majority of taxpayers live, has for a long time now become synonymous with potholes, dust and mud.
THE decision of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to exclude Nigeria from the ongoing mass vaccination campaign to protect people from the yellow fever disease in West Africa, is absurd and bound to be counter-productive.
A snap survey by this newspaper amongst Members of Parliament shows that the Land Bill will pass if put to the vote in the House, the strong opposition to it notwithstanding.
The terms regulation and control sound retrogressive when used in the context of information and communication technology.
We cannot afford to waste more time. The more we delay, the more we embolden those using the illegal occupation of the Mau Forest as a weapon of blackmail
The Group of Experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has delivered on its mandate, producing a report that seems to be well-researched and detailed in its accusations against those giving support to the rebel outfit, FDLR.
IN the recent past, concern has been expressed over the conduct and behaviour of the youth and many who have commented on the matter have expressed worry at the immoral behaviour that the young people are falling in.
Both houses of Parliament did not sit this past week and so today I will start by looking at the 2010 National Budget set to be presented on Wednesday and will obviously be the highlight of the coming week.
There are a lot of things that Coach Amodu will not understand. Given the benefit of experience, he may be in a position to, but does lightning now strike twice?
TODAY and tomorrow the Namibian people will cast their votes to elect the parties and President of their own choice. It is my hope that, as they take to the polls on Friday, they will do so fearlessly, and without being intimidated, harassed, forced or disturbed. It is also my wish that these November 27 and 28 elections will be characterised by overall calm, peacefulness, and an environment of ...
Two weeks ago we ran an oped under the headline Moyo raising the sceptre of racism. We carry Prof Moyo's reply below. DOES criticising Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's controversial choice of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture amount to raising the sceptre of racism against whites?
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