HARARE, 14 October 2011 (IRIN) – Stallholders at the Mupedzanhamo market on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thought they were immune to the 2008 Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which requires large businesses such as banks and mining companies to relinquish at least 51 percent of their shares or interests to indigenous Zimbabweans. They were wrong. Bustling Mupedzanhamo, where shoppers can buy anything from hairpins to refrigerators, has for many years provided traders with a small income and an escape from the country’s economic woes, but recently groups of youths have descended on the market, brandishing letters they claim... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers in Mumbai – A week-long Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene has officially opened in Mumbai, India, bringing together hundreds of sanitation and hygiene professionals from around the world. The first global Forum which is organized by the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is designed to place special attention on sanitation and hygiene. WSSCC Executive Director, Jon Lane speaking Monday at the formal start of the conference taking place at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre and Hotel, described sanitation and hygiene as crucial development and health issues that are often over looked and have not... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure in the Tanzanian government of President Jakaya Kikwete, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe has been flown to India after suffering from a mysterious skin disease that is believed to be an effect of poisonous infection. Dr. Mwakyembe a professional lawyer and former senior lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam before venturing into politics, is known for his aggressive stance against greedy politicians. Minister Mwakyembe came to the centre stage of politics after he chaired a Parliamentary Select Committee in 2008 that investigated the Richmond scandal, a purported US... Continue Reading
Lira- The big search engine Google on 9th October developed a doodle logo as a dedication to Uganda as it celebrates its 49 years of independence. The doodle logo with the independence day monument is seen above a search space on Google Uganda. The monument was constructed by the British Colonial Government just before Uganda’s first independence cerebrations on October 9, 1962. The Independence Monument was built by Gregory Magoba, one of Uganda’s first professional sculptors and was unveiled by Uganda’s first Prime Minister Apollo Milton Obote, on October 5, 1962, a few days before Uganda’s first Independence celebrations. It depicts a man unwrapping a child and... Continue Reading
…..Welcomes WaterAid Support To Sanitation and Water for All – By: Augustine N. Myers – The WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia has successfully ended series of Interactive Discussions with Legislative and Presidential candidates in four selected Counties of Liberia. The discussions held in Montserrado, River Gee, Maryland and Grand Kru Counties were successful in that all the candidates interacted with, described the initiative by WASH R&E as significant and in the interest of ensuring access to clean and safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene. The candidates pledged their unflinching support to the Liberian WASH Sector, and promised that when... Continue Reading
