A quartet of congressmen applauded Twitter for recently shutting down 2,000 accounts established by “foreign terrorist organizations” that are using an American-based social media company, they say, to fundraise, spread propaganda and recruit members. But it’s not enough. Republican Reps. Ted Poe of Texas and Ed Royce of California, plus
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden, tragic passing of Comrade Collins Chabane, Minister of Public Service and Administration and ANC NEC Member, and his two bodyguards, Sergeants Sekele and Lentsoane, in a road accident near Polokwane. We send our sympathy, condolences
Mr. Sebastianaan Spijkers was recently appointed Brussels Airlines country manager for Uganda and South Sudan. He spoke to Julius Businge about their operations and the pertinent issues in the aviation industry: What are the main pillars of your management style as a manager? I enjoy seeing my team involved in
Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe, in this interview with journalists, explains the organisation’s new subscription rates, adding that the price increase, though painful, was a necessary decision in view of the changes in inflation, foreign exchange and other local market indices. Excerpts: The hike in MultiChoice’s subscription rates has
The Tanzania-based low-cost airline, Fastjet has announced a new domestic route between Mwanza and Kilimanjaro. The airline said last week that it will fly four times a week by using its Airbus A319 aircraft. The airline currently flies from four international airports in Tanzania, covering routes between Dar es Salaam,
THERE is a school of thought in the Zimbabwe football fraternity which declares that the pre-independence era produced better footballers, administrators, and referees and hence better entertainment value than the post-independence era. Among the adherents of this line of argument is my brother in law, Manyika D.T [2014] a man
John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, explains the organisation’s new subscription rates The hike in MultiChoice’s subscription rates has hit subscribers like lightning. The prevalent view is that MultiChoice has no justification for such and is just taking advantage of the lack of alternatives in the sector. How accurate is
AFRICA, the continent with warming deviating most rapidly from ‘normal’ conditions, could see climate change adaptation costs rise to US dollars 50 billion per year by 2050, even assuming international efforts keep global warming below 2°C this century, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Released at
Our football has lost its way around the African football map not only at national team level but also at club level. We are no longer as influential as we used to be. In fact, we have sunk so low that our most successful football team, Dynamos, have now been
A poaching gang involved in the slaughter of South African rhinoceros in the Kruger National Park came close to murdering two western journalists in Mozambique, according to their own account in the latest issue of the English version of “Spiegel Online”. Garbled reports had circulated in Maputo that the two
