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MONTHS after the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected its application for a 74,42% tariff increase, Transnet Pipelines has gone back to the regulator, this time requesting a 51,3% hike for the 2010- 11 financial year.
A GROWING number of companies are cutting back on IT spending as a proportion of their overall turnover, a study has revealed, raising concern that this will affect their performance in the future.
FRENCH telecoms giant Orange has issued legal threats to Johannesburg public relations firm Orange Ink, demanding that it change its name and accusing it of copyright infringement.
THE Department of Defence has unveiled the first phase of an initiative to hire out military engineers and other skills for use in service-delivery projects, especially among poor communities.
TELKOM could have to pay R3,7bn in penalties for anti-competitive behaviour after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a high court order and ruled that the Competition Tribunal had the power to decide on a long-running complaint.
As an inquiry into the alleged misuse of Chogm funds continue, the Auditor General has issued a new report on roads telling how billions were lost in shoddy road deals.
UGANDA'S average temperature will increase by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years as a result of global warming, according to the State of the Uganda Population Report, released yesterday by finance minister Syda Bbumba.
The terms regulation and control sound retrogressive when used in the context of information and communication technology.
THE long awaited award of contract for reconstruction of Nkalagu-Ikem-Nsukka F117 Road, has been approved for award by the Federal Executive Council in Abuja.
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have described the frequent outbursts by the Minister of Works and Urban Development, Dr Hassan Lawal, over poor state of infrastructure nothing short of playing to the gallery.
According to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers.
The Gambia on Friday joined the rest of Africa to observe the 20th anniversary of UN Africa Industrialisation Day, at a ceremony held at the conference hall of the Independence Stadium in Bakau. This yearÂ's theme is: Industrialisation for integration.
Vodafone Ghana has officially opened its first Internet Café at Cantonment in Accra. The Internet Cafe, together with a Wifi area has Wifi hotspot and a seating capacity for 100 customers. The facility provides a world class high speed internet services at a cost of GH¢2.5 per an hour, guaranteeing customers value for their money.
THE Obuasi Divisional Police commander, Superintendent Emmanuel Amissah has expressed concern over the lack of accommodation for police personnel within the Division.
The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba, has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital, and also to ensure maximum utilisation of the facility.
Lagos State Government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the prevailing traffic jam that has ravaged the Ikorodu Town on a daily basis by constructing the fourth Mainland Bridge that will link the town to other parts of the state.
Work has commenced on the multibillion naira Yenagoa-Brass road project which was awarded two weeks ago by the Federal Government in line with its promise to open up the hinterland of Bayelsa State in the wake of the presiden-tial amnesty granted Niger Delta militants.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Wednesday said prices of petroleum products would increase even if more refineries were established.
After the Lagos State House of Assembly postponed the date of its original presentation, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) finally presented an appropriation bill of N429.596 billion recently. Designed principally to complete the existing projects, the 2010 budget thus raises some questions beyond the appreciation of value and purpose that it is meant to serve.
NIGERIANS have been told to brace up for the unexpected as the much orchestrated generation of 6,000MW of electricity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the end of the year is no longer realisable.
EXPERTS in global distributive trade, yesterday, urged President Umaru Yar'Adua to open up more port facilities around the country to rapidly boost the national economy.
Workers of the troubled Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) have threatened the Bureau of Public Enterprises over their unpaid 16 months salary arrears.
Nigeria has signed an LRIT Services Agreement with the International Mobile Satelite Organisation (IMSO), in London, United Kingdom.
Koala Bears are to Eastern Australia what Pandas are to China. The same can be said of Gorillas and Uganda. Uganda is home to a little over half of the world's population of these amazing creatures which stands at about 720 individuals and whose year of dedication, 2009, is coming to an end.
The statistics of our country's economy still rate Uganda as predominantly peasant.Peasant life basically entails trying to obtain livelihood from toiling for oneself on one's piece of land. This is usually based on the use of rudimentary implements to work the land. The peasant income is always paltry, worsened by permanent strangulation from higher costs of living.
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