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Namibia: Poll Challenge Ruling Due
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:29THE Supreme Court's judgement on the legal challenge to the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year, will be delivered this morning.
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Namibia: Workers Demand Pension Fund Probe
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:29WORKERS attending the 5th congress of the National Union of Namibian Workers have called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to set up an inquiry into the running of the Government Institutions Pension Fund.
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Uganda: More Ministers Lose Ruling Party Primaries
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:25More heavy weights continued to fall in the ruling National Resistance Movement primaries with four ministers beaten in the Saturday polls. Results that came in last evening indicated that Disaster Minister Tarsis Kabwegyere and Health General Duties Minister Dr Richard Nduhuura had been defeated in Bushenyi.
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Kenya: New Pledge to Resettle Chaos Victims
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:03Poll chaos victims living in transitional camps will be resettled soon, Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi announced on Sunday.
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South Africa: Police Willing to Learn From Society - Mthethwa
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:58Determined to make inroads in the fight against crime, the police were prepared to learn lessons from any sector of society that was willing to share its ideas with them, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
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South Africa: Top Police at Odds Over Lease Controversy
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:16The procurement crisis in the South African Police Service (SAPS) deepened at the weekend, with three "retired" generals insisting that national commissioner Bheki Cele misled Parliament when he described a litany of abuses he had become aware of since his appointment just over a year ago.
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South Africa: Former Top Cop Back in Court to Appeal Jail Sentence
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:15AUTHORITIES at the weekend denied any knowledge of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi’s “recently discovered” information , which Selebi said suggested that the investigation and prosecution of him were improper.
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South Africa: President's Nephew Sells DR Congo Oil Rights
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:15PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's nephew Khulubuse Zuma is reliably understood to have sold on his disputed rights - thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars - to oilfields in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only four months after gaining them in a controversial battle with Tullow Oil, a UK prospector and oil producer.
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South Africa: End of Public Servants' Strike in Sight?
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:15THE three-week public service strike could end today as most trade unions, except for the South African Democratic Teachers Unions (Sadtu), yesterday reached an agreement on the government's latest wage offer.
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South Africa: Gallo Loses Appeal in Case on Copyright Infringement
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58GALLO Africa, which owns rights to the musical Umoja, cannot rely on South African courts to sue other parties for infringement of copyright of its work in foreign countries, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.
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South Africa: 'Cool' Minister Stands Ground Against Strike
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58PUBLIC Service Minister Richard Baloyi, born on Christmas Day, is not as giving as Santa Claus. Striking public servants have learnt this the hard way as Mr Baloyi has stood his ground by refusing to accede to their demands.
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South Africa: Another Year Before Colleges Take on More Students
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58IT WOULD be another year before SA's further education and training (FET) sector was re-jigged so that the colleges could take on twice the number of students they do at present, delegates to a weekend further education and training conference heard.
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South Africa: London Business School to Open
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58ONE of the world's few triple-accredited business schools, the London School of Business and Finance, is to establish a foothold in Africa by opening a campus in Johannesburg, its CEO, Aaron Etingen, said on Friday.
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South Africa: Increase in Senior Public Servants May Explain Inflated Total Wage Bill
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58DURING the week I had an interesting debate with the deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Adam Habib, about the public servants' strike. Habib suggested in a leader page piece in Business Day he thought the government should acknowledge the legitimacy of the strike because "public sector wages have lagged inflation for a number of years".
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South Africa: Monday Comment - Kumba's Case Against ICT Looks Strong
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:58LEGAL arguments are often convincing, and if they are not, then the lawyers are probably not doing their jobs properly. But reading Kumba 's arguments against the Department of Mineral Resources' decision to grant prospecting rights over the Sishen mine to Imperial Crown Trading (ICT), you have to say their case looks incredibly strong.
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Rwanda: Heads of State Gather for Inauguration
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:01Today, Monday September 6, 2010, will be a memorable day, a story with a happy ending for Rwandans and friends of Rwanda alike.
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Rwanda: Kagame Backs Development Goals
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:00President Paul Kagame, yesterday, called on African states to pursue and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) not because someone wants them to, but for the good of the African people.
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Rwanda: It's Africa's Turn to Shine
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 23:59Today, President Paul Kagame, will officially be sworn in as the Head of State, kicking-off his second term in office, after his landslide victory in the elections last month.
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Kenya/Guinea Bissau: Sad Outing for Harambee Stars
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 23:45Kenya may have started its campaign for a return to the Africa Cup of Nations on a losing note, but the coaches and players need to look at the result as an opportunity to improve Harambee Stars' preparations.
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Senegal: Religious Teachers Vow to Oppose Wade
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 23:41Members of the association of Koranic teachers in Senegal have declared a "spiritual war" against the regime of President Abdoulaye Wade.
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