November 2011

HARARE'S water problems, which are causing perennial outbreaks of water-borne diseases like cholera and typhoid, are set to continue for at least the next three years, if not longer.

THE construction of the US$20 million modern facility at Kasumbalesa border on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) side has been completed.

Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned contractors handling the 14 newly awarded road projects across the state against shoddy jobs and involvement in shady deals with government officials.

Around 1,000 people displaced by Sudan's vast Merowe dam staged a sit-in on Sunday in protest at the government's failure to compensate them as promised, their spokesman said.

In our increasingly urbanised nation, it is an intrinsic part of the Kenyan dream that at some point, the Kenyan will buy a piece of land in an urban center, and build a home for his or her family.

Hundreds of shanties were demolished in Mitumba slums near Wilson Airport on Saturday as part of the operation to reclaim government land and clear structures situated next to vital installations.

Reactions have been mixed and varied to the demolition of extensive housing developments the government says are on land that belongs to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.

The inhabitants of Derhlase administrative area, Areza sub-zone, expressed satisfaction with the provision of service-rendering institutions, and commended the Government for that.

The fact is that we have a young government in the world and our leadership is struggling to establish itself but can this be a justification for not having electricity in the seat of this government? Can the Ministry of Electricity and Dams not issue a statement at least to explain to its citizens why there is no power for the last three months. The Minister in charge of power Deng Athorbi should have at least issued an apology to the residents of Juba rather than just taking his time as if the shortage o

The Angolan deputy Defence minister, Gaspar Rufino, is in Ombadja district, southern Cunene province, to assess the works of construction of the memorial being built to honour Angolan and Namibian fighters who died in the region during the war against the South African apartheid regime.

RESIDENTS of Minna metropolis, whose houses have been compulsorily acquired by the Niger State government to pave way for the construction of a City Centre have expressed dissatisfaction over the undervalue of their houses and properties in the payment of compensations by the state government.

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In an attempt to preserve the rich biodiversity in the Blaauwberg region along the west coast of the Cape Town Metropole, the city has intensified its fight against invasive alien vegetation which poses a substantial threat to rare endemic plants and water purity.

The KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development needs more than just an MEC change. It needs an uprooting of officials in order for it to go back into the state that the IFP left it in.