A court in Malawi handed down a six-year prison sentence on Tuesday to a former minister over corruption charges dating back 14 years, officials said. Former education minister Sam Mpasu stood accused of having received kickbacks for awarding a British company a deal to provide Malawi with millions of notebooks and pencils.
African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma on Tuesday criticised the delay in declaring the results of Zimbabwe’s presidential election. Zuma, the front-runner to become the next president of South Africa, indicated that ”keeping the nation in suspense … keeping the international community in suspense” was wrong.
A new World Bank and International Monetary Fund report warns that most countries in Africa will not meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) due by 2015. While there has been strong growth in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the region is still likely to fall short of the first goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015.
There is an urgent need to double electricity prices over the next two years, Eskom tells the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in its recent application for a tariff hike. Nersa made an edited version of Eskom’s application available on its website on Tuesday.
The top United States commander in Iraq told Congress on Tuesday he plans to stop US troop withdrawals in July due to fragile security gains and heard appeals for quicker action to find a way to end the war. Appearances by General David Petraeus and the US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, drew US presidential candidates.
The South African human rights compliance assessment is now available to South African businesses, reports Tagbo Agbazue. Already operational in 62 countries worldwide, this global tool has been customised for South Africa by Human Rights and Business Project South Africa.
Top professionals who feel trapped in their positions, middle managers who are ready to ascend to the top and fatigued go-getters who are in search of a change of pace could make things happen by finding themselves executive coaches. Nowadays coaching appears to be the hottest tool to tackle personal growth and develop challenges in the workplace across the globe.
Business plays an influential role in society, one that extends beyond its economic impact. From its employees to its consumer base, a business’s activities have both tangible and intangible effects on individuals’ rights. To date, a catalyst for corporate attention to human rights has been reputation.
Two global research organisations dedicated to designing a vaccine against HIV — the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the Centre for HIV/Aids Vaccine Immunology — have signed an agreement to work together to address major biological questions that have slowed development of a safe, effective and affordable Aids vaccine.
As part of its Human Rights Month celebrations the South African Human Rights Commission, in partnership with the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will host a national human rights and business conference titled <i>Business, Development and Poverty</i>.