Nelson Mandela famously said that the day the ANC does to us what the Apartheid government did, we should do to the ANC what we did to the Apartheid government. Corruption, greed and the rising discontent in our society should have us very concerned indeed – and more so the ANC. Having lived through the brutal repression of the Apartheid state, I developed more than a healthy mistrust of securocrats of any political colour, including the current crop that seem intent on taking away a number of our Constitutional rights. And what a short memory our leaders have. The preamble... Continue Reading
The prompt and efficient rollout of government’s renewable energy programme is possible only if we can import the skills necessary for the development of these new industries. This is the view of Sandra Burmeister, CEO of the Landelahni Recruitment Group. The government signed contracts in November with 28 independent power producers for the delivery of 400MW of renewable energy to the national grid, bringing an investment worth R47bn into the energy sector. Government’s 20-year Integrated Resource Plan for renewable energy includes solar, wind, biomass and biogas projects. A second group of 19 preferred bidders has been announced for window two... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Technical Cooperation Project for the establishment of a Forest Database and Information System for Liberia’s forest sector. The project will support the establishment of a database on all forestry activities and make available reliable statistical data and information to the people of Liberia as well as partners in the forest sector, thus fulfilling the government’s forestry data information objectives. Signing for his Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country Representative in Liberia, Jean-Alexandre... Continue Reading
The International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA) today thanked the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on behalf of millions of African farmers for recognising tobacco farming as “one of the major sources of employment, foreign exchange earnings and an important business base” in the region. The communiqué off the 16th summit of the COMESA authority of heads of state and government issued on 24 November following its meeting in Kampala, Uganda, also called for a more balanced approach to tobacco regulation. Francois van der Merwe, Global President of ITGA welcomed the firm stance taken by the COMESA delegates. “The... Continue Reading
Harare, November, 2012: The United States is supporting efforts by the Zimbabwean arts community to promote HIV/AIDS prevention among its members by using discussions and educational activities targeted at the sector. Artists, mostly from the theatre sector, and an HIV/ AIDS campaigner met on Friday, November 23, at Harare’s Book Café in the fourth such HIV/AIDS prevention meeting (although it was the first in Harare). The series of discussions, dubbed “Artists’ Hotpots”, started in August this year with support from United States Embassy through the U.S. President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). “I see artists as celebrities, who have... Continue Reading
