By Greg Leebonye & Isaiah Morewgae/ Mnegi LOBATSE – Witnesses say it was a miracle nobody was hurt late Monday morning when the entire ceiling of a courtroom in Lobatse collapsed during trial. The incident happened when Justice Leatile Dambe’s court was in session. “It was during roll call that we heard this noise like someone was walking on the roof. A court officer went to look out through the window to see if there was anybody on the roof but there was no one. Five minutes later, a portion of the ceiling slid down, then there was this amazing... Continue Reading
94.7 Highveld Stereo’s Ground Patrol team took to the streets to hand out loaves of bread to the needy. The team encouraged all South Africans to do their bit and Lead SA.
By Bongani Nkosi – A new mobile service network, owned and operated by South African telecommunications giant Telkom, is well on its way to becoming a reality in the country. Telkom had planned to introduce the new mobile service before the end of 2010, but its spokesperson Pynee Chetty could not give an exact date. Initial expectations were that it would launch on 14 October. Outgoing CEO Reuben September confirmed to the media in June that plans for the new venture were already advanced and said they would introduce it within the 2010 calendar year. Telkom has invested R6-billion (US$857-million)... Continue Reading
BIHOGO, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) – Smartphones are being introduced to help assess food needs in Burundi and other African states, speeding up data-collection and improving accuracy. Whereas World Food Programme monitors used to conduct surveys with paper forms, answers to key questions such as ?How many meals a day are you eating?? ?What do you use to cook?? and ?How many people live in your household?? are now entered into Hewlett Packard iPAQ smartphones loaded with a specially developed application. Each phone costs about US$200. With two devices in each of the 15 provinces, the cost of the initiative... Continue Reading
KADOMA, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) – A new wave of farm invasions in Zimbabwe has been dubbed the Fourth Chimurenga (liberation struggle) – the fast track-land reform programme launched by President Robert Mugabe in 2000 was the third – but this time they are not looking to redistribute land, they are looking for gold. Thousands of unemployed Zimbabweans trying to survive in an economic meltdown that has lasted almost a decade have taken to unlicensed prospecting for gold and other minerals along the country’s rivers. As more and more illegal miners crowd the river banks, people have begun spreading onto... Continue Reading
