By the time you’re reading this, the tallying of the ballots for Lesotho’s parliamentary elections held on Saturday will be well under way. Despite 23 parties having been registered for yesterday’s election, only three were considered strong enough to be deemed the frontrunners. Among them are the two parties that
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Power Surge For Women As Emerging Consumers by Tassos Stassopoulos, AllianceBernstein What’s the connection between electricity and women? Electricity is an agent of empowerment, able to transform societies and economies in emerging markets. It paves the way to buying home appliances like electric cookers, refrigerators and washing machines, freeing up
Nine arrested in Johannesburg suburb as xenophobic attacks on foreigners sweep Rainbow Nation. Police in South Africa say nine people have been arrested after a foreigner was set alight outside Johannesburg, the latest in a string of xenophobic attacks in the country. Lieutenant Kay Makhubela, a spokesperson for the South African
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. (the ” Company” or ” Hanwha Q CELLS”) (NASDAQ: HQCL), top-10 global photovoltaic manufacturer of high-quality, cost-competitive solar modules, today announced an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company will be held at 9:00 a.m., Seoul
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of Damian Cardona-Onses of Spain as Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Dakar, Senegal. The Information Centre in Dakar covers Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal. Mr. Cardona assumed his new duties on
The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a total of US$75.5 million to improve the management of fisheries and increase the economic benefits from fishing-related activities for families living in the coastal communities of the South West Indian Ocean region. The First South West Indian Ocean
Shonubi Musoke and Company Advocates, one of the leading law firms in Uganda, has partnered with a global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright. In a press release issued by Norton Rose Fulbright, the partnership will enable the two law firms to “collaborate on selected client matters to provide seamless legal
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY THE ONS AND MOHS SHIPPING OF SERUM SAMPLE TO THE MAXIMUM SECURITY FACILITY (BIO-CONTAINMENT LEVEL 4 – BSL4) IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR LONG TERM SECURITY AND SAFE STORAGE The Office of National Security (ONS) in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) wishes to draw
This column is so titled and headline this week questioningly. This is partly in tribute to the Namibian freedom fighter, Gerson Hitjevi Veii, who was put to rest at Heroes’ Acre on Wednesday. And also as a follow up to last week’s focus on the same subject, racism and reconciliation,
Marketing strategy I have a client who retails high fashion clothing branded goods in Johannesburg and they have built a database of thousands of people from an online newsletter. The objective is to invite these people at a certain date and time to a preview of the latest fashions. They
Patricia Arquette, who carried away the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress at Oscars this year, took the awards show to a political level when in her acceptance speech, she stressed on the fact that there still was a gap between what men and women earn. The actress wasn’t just
