Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi defended his 30-year-old unique system of rule based on grass-roots government on Wednesday, saying Western-style democracy was not appropriate for Africa. ”All people must manage their country according to the cultural and social environment,” Gaddafi said in a speech in the town of Sebha.
Residents fear an imminent and severe water shortage throughout Limpopo province in the wake of recent water cuts and shortages in the Polokwane municipality. Simon Mokoatedi, the municipality’s spokesperson, confirmed that it is experiencing a dilemma, but said the problem is limited to high-lying areas.
In a belated response to the success of online booksellers in enticing customers to websites such as Amazon, two publishers have launched features that allow customers to browse through books online. The facility "is today’s equivalent of picking up a book off a friend’s coffee table and glancing through it", said Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of <i>I Am Not Myself These Days</i>.
A "feel-good factor" is creating a comfort zone for thousands of upwardly mobile families as they add to their personal possessions — but without proper insurance safeguards, these householders could find the good times turning bad. This consumer alert comes from short-term insurer Mutual & Federal.
First National Bank (FNB) has scrapped its annual credit-card eBucks linkage fee and has simplified the way in which customers earn eBucks. eBucks retains its key benefits enabling a member to spend well-earned eBucks at a wide range of partners, whether it is a flight anywhere in South Africa or shopping at retail partners
Zimbabwe cranked up the face value of its highest banknote fivefold on Thursday as black-market trading in scarce gasoline and hard currency spiralled. On the illegal market, a single United States dollar bought up to Z 000, up from Z 000 last month.
ANC treasurer general Mendi Msimang and the trustees of the ANC-linked Batho Batho Trust are at loggerheads over who decides how trust money should be spent. The origin of the disagreement is Msimang’s belief that the proceeds from a lucrative sale of trust shares last year should be used to pay off the ANC’s massive debts.
Leaving the Chadian capital, Ndjamena, isn’t what it used to be. ”Thirty years ago, you’d still often come across herds of elephant crossing the highway at the southern exit of Ndjamena,” recalls Hassan Nago, a retired Agriculture Ministry official who lives in the village of Malo-Gaga, about 14km south-west of the capital.
Horror tales of brutal campaigns by supporters of the ruling Zanu-PF party, which saw over 200 opposition supporters die in state-sponsored crackdowns in 2000 during the genesis of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s seizure of farms, are being laid bare before a court seven years later.
Unlike many city managers, Lael Bethlehem takes the mandate of ”groundwork” literally. When the Mail & Guardian Online proposed a tour through Johannesburg’s inner city, it was Bethlehem who opted to ditch the car for a walk-through. Petite and unassuming, she packs a powerful punch, especially where it concerns reviving the inner city.