Intertek, the global quality services provider, has appointed Greg Dinkelman as business development manager to expand the company’s calibration and metering service offering in Sub Saharan and West Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Mr Dinkelman is responsible for developing the business as part of Intertek’s growth strategy, which will also see the development of local offices in the region. The company already has plans to open a calibration laboratory in Ghana in the coming months. Mr Dinkelman joins Intertek with over ten years’ experience in the industry, in both management and in the field, and is ideally placed... Continue Reading
Harare, August, 2012: The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC-Zimbabwe) is assisting Zimbabwe in developing an alcohol policy to help curb the spread of HIV and AIDS, a senior U.S. Embassy health official said on Tuesday. “Alcohol use is related to both risky sex and poor retention and care for people who are HIV infected,” said Dr. Peter Kilmarx, head of CDC-Zimbabwe during a U.S. Embassy-sponsored Food for Thought (FFT) presentation on Tuesday. “Some of the work we have been involved in is related to developing an alcohol policy for Zimbabwe, (and) some of that will be trying to... Continue Reading
Harare, August 20, 2012: Zimbabwean youth leader, Precious Simba, was named one of the three winners of the Goldman Sachs & Fortune Global Women Leaders award announced August 15th. She will receive the award at the Fortune Most Powerful Women summit scheduled for October 2 in Laguna Niguel, California. “The award has truly humbled me,” said Simba via e-mail. “To be picked amongst some of the great initiatives by women from around the world is an honour, not just for me but for my country and the girls we are working with.” The awards are given to outstanding alumni of the... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – AFRICAN civil societies have been warned not to leave the issue of tax administration in the hands of the governments alone, instead they should form parallel institutions to monitor the same. This call was made on Monday last week at the Kunduchi Beach Hotel during an International Training in Tax Administration. The training to representatives of civil societies drew attendants being trainers and other participants from East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa. In the workshop that was convened by the Policy Forum NGO. It was learnt that tax collection is turned into a political weapon... Continue Reading
LUSAKA, 10 August 2012 (IRIN) – “This is like a prayer answered for me. Our government has really done well to remember us, to think about us,” Priscilla Mwemba, a domestic worker in the Zambian capital Lusaka, told IRIN after the government imposed non-negotiable minimum wage scales that will more than triple the 22 year old’s monthly salary. “Since I am a resident maid, I am paid 150,000 Kwacha [about US$30] per month. My friends [other domestic workers] who report [for work] every morning and knock off in the evening receive up to 250,000 Kwacha (US$50) sometimes. Madam says I... Continue Reading
