on Public Enterprises visits the Transnet Phelophepa Healthcare Train – Today a 15 member Portfolio Committee on Public enterprises gave Phelophepa II their vote of approval. The Committee visited the Phelophepa health care train as part of their oversight role to Transnet plant and operations. Launched only in March this year, the new Phelophepa II has already reached over 50 000 people. In rural communities in resource limited towns, there is usually a very poor doctor-to-patient ratio, and people have to travel long distances to receive primary healthcare. Phelophepa aims to address this challenge by travelling to remote communities to bring... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – IS it religion, politics or a disease? This is how one could sum up the debate which was meant for discussing access to information to just end up with the Uamsho debate. On Tuesday this week at the Courtyard Protea Hotel the media stakeholders and lawyers were discussing the topic “is viable constitution possible amidst inadequate information?” in the breakfast debate that was convened by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT). Three presentations were made one by Erick Kalunga from Daraja an NGO based in Njombe who dealt with findings on the level of access to... Continue Reading
Harare, June 7, 2012: Zimbabwean youth entrepreneur, Limbikani Makani (31), is travelling to the United States for Barack Obama’s Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership for Young African Leaders. He says he is counting on Zim’s youth to take IT innovations to a new level. “The achievement Zimbabwe has made in terms of human capital is immense. We have a youth that is capable of delivering on a global scale, but we also have a youth that has been disconnected from the world in terms of communicating or exchange of ideas…. The sooner we tap into it, the sooner we benefit,”... Continue Reading
Harare, June 7, 2012: Campaigning for preservation of the environment is no easy task in Zimbabwe and it takes individuals connecting with nature for development to be sustainable, a local environment conversation activist said on Tuesday, June 5. “It’s tough! I have been called into offices many times and told (to keep quiet)…that’s the sad thing — fighting and making a stand for the environment is not easy in Zimbabwe, and everywhere in the world,” said Charlene Hewat, Executive Director of Environment Africa. The award winning environment conservation campaigner addressed a Food for Thought session at the U.S. Embassy’s Eastgate... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna -The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday suspended indefinitely the operating license of DANA Airways, owners of the MD 83 aircraft which crashed into residential buildings in Iju- Ishaga area of Lagos on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and many more on ground. The Federal Government, according to the Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, took the step as part of the safety precautionary measures, saying no responsible government will fold its hands while its citizens perish. Speaking though, her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Joe Obi, the Minister explained that this is... Continue Reading
