Further strengthening ties with Ghana and the West Africa region, The CWC Group last week made a significant donation straight to the Drifting Angels orphanage for schooling and other essentials. The donation – which has been gifted from the recent CWC Ghana Summit in Accra, Ghana – means that every child at the orphanage has had their school fees paid for all of the next school year, alongside 600 exercise and note books, 35 Maths and English books for the kinder garden and colouring books for the nursery. 250kg of rice, 50L of cooking oil, milk, tomato puree, sugar and soap was also purchased providing required consumables for at least... Continue Reading
Miss Zim diamond has been on a year’s journey to find the rough diamonds who inherit the spirit of Zimbabwe. Miss Zim Diamond has toured various parts of the UK in search of different girls from different cultures, classes, races, tribes, but all have one thing in common, they are all passionate about flying the flag of Zimbabwe and promoting the beauty and talent that Zimbabwe has to offer. The road shows have been to the South, Midlands and as far as North England and Scotland.. ‘It has been an incredible journey with so much passion and amazing talent. All... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Uganda Public transport taxi drivers and conductors have announced a countrywide demonstration protesting what they called Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (Utoda)’s continued harassment of drivers and charging of exorbitant illegal loading and welfare fees. “We have decided to park our vehicles at home come Monday to show dissatisfaction over what Utoda is doing. They are forcefully and illegally collecting exaggerated welfare dues from us and harassing our drivers to the extent of beating them up like young children,” the DACCA chairperson, Mr Mustafa Mayambala flanked by taxi drivers and conductors said. He said Utoda collects un-receipted... Continue Reading
…As Political Campaign Opens – By: Augustine N. Myers – As part of the official start of Presidential and Legislative campaign activities across the Country, the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia has announced the launch of an interactive dialogue Named and Styled, “WASH Media Forum” beginning July to October, 2011. A release from the WASH R&E says, the WASH Media Forum will on a weekly basis bring together Representative, Senatorial and Presidential candidates to speak about their interest in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and priorities given to the WASH sector in their respective platforms and manifestos. The WASH... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG, 6 July 2011 (IRIN) – With just weeks to go before a 27-month moratorium on deporting Zimbabweans living illegally in South Africa expires, the authorities are scrambling to complete a documentation process that will still leave hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans lacking the necessary permits to avoid arrest. The number of Zimbabweans who have fled the political and economic crisis in their country and moved to South Africa is unknown but estimates from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) range from 1 to 1.5 million. Before the government introduced the moratorium in April 2009, the authorities were deporting Zimbabweans... Continue Reading
