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UN Lauds Country’s Decision to Give Burundian Refugees More Time to Return Home
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania’s decision to allow more time for some 36,000 Burundian refugees who have been living in the country since the 1990s to make their way back to their homeland.
UN Envoy En Route to Morocco
The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status Western Sahara is on his way to Morocco, following a visit to Algeria, a spokesperson for the United Nations said today.
Will Our Makerere Beat Malawi’s Mzuzu?
ARE we about to see yet another Ugandan university getting thrown out of the Zain Africa Challenge after Busoga and Kampala universities? I am not sure what to expect, considering that the team from Malawi’s Mzuzu University, which is going to face Makerere in tonight’s showdown, isn’t a weak one. But I will put my money on Makerere winning. No specific reasons, really. Just a hunch.
Coalition Rift Threatens Govt Reforms
The ongoing conflicts and divisions in the Grand Coalition Government could scuttle the reform process.
CCTV Footage Assists Police in Egyptian Case
Close Circuit Television (CCTV) footage has assisted in ruling out the possibility that mystery women or hotel staff could have been responsible for the alleged theft of cash from the Egyptian football team about two weeks ago.
Kasonde set to sign for Sudanese giants
Francis Kasonde with an Merriakh official at the airport in Sudan. Power Dynamos and International defender *** midfielder Francis ‘Mr Reliable’ has been spotted in Sudan where he is believed to be on the verge of signing for Al Merriekh contrary to media reports that he is in Egypt. And CHAN 2009 Golden Boot winner Given ‘Freedom’ [...]…(read more)
Clifford attending trials in Isreal
CAF 2007 African Young Player of the Year Clifford ‘The Master’ Mulenga is in Isreal attending trials with a Premier League out fit Maccabi Petah Tikva.
The highly rated left footed midfielder jetted into Isreal on Saturday morning and is expected to spend 10 days with Petah Tikva, a club he almost signed for just before [...]…(read more)
M Mabuyakhulu: Debate of State of Province Address
Input by the Minister for Economic Development and Tourism,
Mr Michael Mabuyakhulu, on the occasion of the Debate of the
State of the Province Address held at the KwaZulu-Natal
Legislature
19 June 2009
Madam Speaker
The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize
Fellow Members of the Executive Council
Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature
Mayors Present
Esteemed amakhosi
Fellow citizens
Ladies and gentlemen
One of
M Mabuyakhulu on recession jobs cut
Recession cuts jobs in KwaZulu-Natal
19 June 2009
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development and Tourism
Michael Mabuyakhulu has called on all the stakeholders in
the province to come together to come up with a workable
plan to mitigate the impact of the recession. Minister
Mabuyakhulu said the figures released by the Statistics
South Africa recently have shown that KwaZulu-Natal had been
hardest hit by the recession, with a total number of 117 000
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