| Thu 2 Sep 2010 |
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
Herald Tribune | JOHANNESBURG - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry - and erupting in anger - in the world's poorest countries. AC = 1234 | --> | A spike in food prices has triggered de... |
WI Environmental Signs Agreement With South African Company
redOrbit | SEATTLE, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WI Environmental, the heavy metals remediation expert based on Whidbey Island, Wash., today announced an agreement with South Africa's African Alternative Technologies, granting the company exclusive sales and distr... |
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
The Press Democrat | A spike in food prices has triggered deadly riots in Mozambique this week, and experts worry other countries that saw such unrest during the last global food crisis in 2008 could be hit again. Over the last two months alone, food prices worldwide h... |
Strikes in South Africa could have long-term economic consequences
The Christian Science Monitor Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa’s civil servants continue to flex their muscles, rejecting the latest government offer of wage increases in a nationwide strike that has reached its 16th day. | Because the striking workers are teachers, nu... |
ANALYSIS: South Africa united: was it all just for show?
m&c | Johannesburg - Ambulances turned away from hospitals, patients abandoned, schools vandalized by teachers - less than two months after being lauded for a successful World Cup, South Africa is again roiled by deep divisions. | For the past two weeks,... |
Will the unions kill the mines?
Mineweb | At Northam, union's "demand" of 15%, is in reality a ferocious 27%. | JOHANNESBURG - - | "We have no jokes", according to a statement by Ecliff Tantsi, the National Union of Mineworker's chief negotiator at Northam, which operates the wo... |
Inflation Decline Not a Surprise
All Africa The annual rate of inflation fell for the second consecutive month to 4,1 percent in July 2010 from 5,3 percent the previous month. In fact, the inflation developments might over-perform on Government's target of 4,5 percent by year end. | ... |
Nunw Congress GIPF Tops Agenda
All Africa The central executive committee of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) would recommend to the union's congress tomorrow the opening of criminal charges against "key managers and trustees", of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF),... |
Changing Weather Depletes Fish Stocks
All Africa The decline in Namibia's fish resources is a result of environmental conditions and failed recovery of the resources despite conservative management strategies, says Beau Tjizoo of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. | ... |
Absa Told to Revise Its Bid
All Africa Namibia's central bank would consider a reconfigured bid by South Africa's Absa Bank to take up rather a minority equity in Namibia's second largest commercial bank, Bank Windhoek, The Southern Times has established. | ... |
Suspected Baby Dumping at Ongwediva Trade Fair
All Africa Traces of blood in the public toilets at the Ongwediva Trade Fair grounds led to the cordoning off of the entire premises, with the police suspecting that a visitor had dumped a foetus in the toilets on Monday. | ... |
Unions Go 'Back to Basics' At Congress
All Africa Future operations of trade unions in the country depend on this weekend's watershed congress, which trade unionists have described as "an opportunity to turn things around for the better, yet with enough room to destroy the future of trade unions". |... |
'Import Syndrome a Shame'
All Africa The Executive Director of Women's Action for Development (WAD), Veronica de Klerk, is of the opinion that the business sector should think twice about the country's unemployment rate, estimated by some to be 51 percent, before importing products that... |
Annual Trade Fair to Hit More Than Ten Thousand
All Africa It is official... Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair is now the largest trade show in the country, toppling the prestigious and oldest Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show. | ... |
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Country
All Africa Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive ... |
Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead
Philadelphia Daily News | EMANUEL CAMILLO | The Associated Press | MAPUTO, Mozambique - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes betwe... |
Price hikes in Mozambique 'irreversible' - government
Business Report | Submit your comment | The Mozambican government's top spokesman said Thursday that price hikes in the country are "irreversible" despite violent protests that left seven dead and 288 wounded. | "The price hikes are irreversible," Alberto Nku... |
Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead
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Nafinu Throws Weight Behind Kaaronda
All Africa THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) yesterday threw its weight behind under-fire National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) secretary general Evilastus Kaaronda, and called on acting NUNW president David Namalenga not to stand for the pr... |
Ongwediva Marks 10 Years of Growth
All Africa THE 10th Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) kicked off on Friday on a high note, with more than 550 confirmed exhibitors clamouring to show off their business colours. | ... |
Ladies Cricket Gets Financial Lifeline
All Africa NAMIBIAN ladies cricket received a massive boost through a sponsorship of N$90 000 from Bank Windhoek yesterday. | ... |
Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead
Herald Tribune | MAPUTO, Mozambique - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and rioters. AC = 1234 | --> | ... |
Discovery annual profit up 24 percent, sees growth
Business Report | * FY Headline EPS 277.7 cents vs 224.1 cents | Submit your comment | South African health insurer Discovery reported a 24 percent rise in full-year profit on Thursday, helped by a slow recovery in Africa's largest economy, and said it was po... |
S.Africa state workers reject offer, take to streets
The Guardian * Government says cannot afford to pay more * Union leaders will try to urge members to accept deal * Union decision expected next week (Updates with comments from union officials) By Jon Herskovitz and Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters... |
Bread Prices Not Justified - Biti
All Africa Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Tuesday hit out at the recent increases in prices of bread saying they were not justified and warned the business community against abusing consumers. | ... |
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