07 March 2010
Source: IOL/Sapa-AP
(by Emanuel Camillo)
Mozambican police have said they are investigating a suspected attempt to traffic 15 children into the central port city of Beira after residents in the area raised the alarm.
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07 March 2010
Source: IOL
(by Moshoeshoe Monare)
President Jacob Zuma has raised concern and wants Julius Malema's claims of a politically explosive intelligence report to be investigated, and says the ANC Youth League president has explained his business dealings.
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07 March 2010
Source: IOL
(by Gaye Davis and Sapa)
President Jacob Zuma has not made any declaration of his financial interests, assets and liabilities as required by the law, the Sunday Tribune can reveal.
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07 March 2010
Source: The Namibian
(by JO-MARR DUDDY)
Opposititon parties will meet at 11h00 today to decide whether or not to appeal the High Courtts ruling to strike their challenge of last yearrs presidential and National Assembly elections from the roll.
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07 March 2010
Source: The Namibian
(by WERNER MENGES)
A hard-fought challenge to Namibia's presidential and National Assembly elections of November 27 and 28 last year was thrown out by the High Court yesterday afternoon.
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07 March 2010
Source: Zambian Post
(by Agness Changala)
Former secretary to the cabinet Sketchley Sacika has attributed the inefficiency, lack of commitment and corruption in the civil service to the appointing of unqualified political cadres as permanent secretaries.
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07 March 2010
Source: Zambian Post
(by Namatama Mundia)
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has observed that the introduction of the public interest disclosure (protection of whistle-blowers) Bill by the government will ensure increased checks and balances in the public sector delivery system.
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07 March 2010
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
Zimbabwe is facing political and security risks which might scuttle the current transition, the International Crisis Group (ICG), a global organisation led by retired statesmen, has said. In its latest report titled Zimbabwe: Political and Security Challenges to the Transition, the ICG said the countryys transition from dictatorship to democracy was bedevilled by serious political and security riskss.
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28 February 2010
Source: IOL/Sapa-AFP
Zambia's supreme court on Thursday dismissed an application by former president Fredrick Chiluba to stop the government applying a London judgment that found him guilty of fraud and froze his bank account.
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28 February 2010
Source: IOL
EU leaders on Tuesday renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year, citing a lack of progress in implementing the country's power-sharing agreement.
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28 February 2010
Source: The Times/Sapa
Southern African Development Community tribunal rulings against the seizure of farmers' land in Zimbabwe should be registered, recognised and enforceable by the South African government, the High Court in Pretoria ordered.
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28 February 2010
Source: IPP/The Guardian
To be good for the people. People are tired of the many instances of abuse of power at all levels where functionaries have some power to give or refuse a service. Peoplees rights are so often ignored and people are tired of it..
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28 February 2010
Source: The Namibian
(by WERNER MENGES)
Former Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo should be acquitted on all of the corruption and fraud charges on which he has been standing trial, Namugongoos defence lawyer argued in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.
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28 February 2010
Source: The Namibian
(by CHRISTOF MALETSKY)
Lawyers representing National Housing Enterprise (NHE) chief Vinson Hailulu have filed an urgent application to stop the Prosecutor General and the Anti-Corruption Commission from having him answer to fraud and corruption charges before his first appeal is heard.
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28 February 2010
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
The erratic constitution-making is predictably getting increasingly entangled in confusion for all sorts of reasons, including lack of leadership and cohesion, internal disagreements and shortage of funds. The political parties leading the process are however trying too hard to put a gloss on the messy process but itts not washing.
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28 February 2010
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
(by Constantine Chimakure)
President Robert Mugabe turned 86 last Sunday and as per the norm over the years, he granted an interview to the sole national television broadcaster, ZTV, where he pontificated on several issues, among them the state of the inclusive government, Western sanctions, the controversy over the Chiadzwa diamonds and his favourite subject for the past decade land reform. Mugabe made several interesting disclosures that exposed his inability over the past 30 years to deal decisively with corruption among the rank and file in his government and Zanu PF. His inability to stop the rot has been the major undoing of his leadership.
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28 February 2010
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
(by Wongai Zhangazha)
The administration of justice is under threat after it emerged the Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) does not have vehicles to transport remand and convicted prisoners to jail. Florence Ziyambi, the director of public prosecutions in the Attorney-Generalls Office, confirmed to the Zimbabwe Independent the transport blues.
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21 February 2010
Source: IOL/Sapa
Lax and corrupt public officials should stop blaming apartheid for their misdeeds, a senior government official has been quoted as saying in the ANC journal, Umrabulo, featured in The Sunday Independent.
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21 February 2010
Source: IPP/Guardian on Sunday
(by Rodgers Luhwago)
Despite the Parliamentts call on the government to revoke the extended contract for the Tanzania International Container Services (TICTS) to handle containers at the Dar es Salaam port, the latter has not discussed the matter, The Guardian on Sunday has learnt.
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21 February 2010
Source: IPP/Guardian on Sunday
(by Rodgers Luhwago)
After months of debate over the cause of deaths and other injuries incurred by a community living adjacent to the North Mara Gold Mine, a secret parliament government report confirmed without a doubt that the mine is to blame for the local riverrs pollution but there is still no direct confirmation that this pollution caused any illnesses.
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