The Copenhagen Speeches: Deceit, Denial and Betrayal
THE Global Climate Change Summit recently held in Copenhagen, Denmark, is symbolic of the deep-seated divisions that characterise global efforts to push back the effects of global warming.
Harare water plant needs more chemicals, urgent refurbishment
EXPERTS working at Zimbabwe’s largest water treatment plant, blamed for the 2008 cholera outbreak that infected nearly 100,000 people and killed over 5,000 Zimbabweans, say the plant needs an urgent overhaul, just as Harare officials announced that they had procured chemicals worth $450,000. ZiaNetwork this week established that the Morton Jeffray plant, which uses 4.0 [...]
Harare water plant needs more chemicals, urgent refurbishment
EXPERTS working at Zimbabwe’s largest water treatment plant, blamed for the 2008 cholera outbreak that infected nearly 100,000 people and killed over 5,000 Zimbabweans, say the plant needs an urgent overhaul, just as Harare officials announced that they had procured chemicals worth $450,000. ZiaNetwork this week established that the Morton Jeffray plant, which uses 4.0 [...]
PROFILE: Botswana, A Cut Above The Rest
PICKING diamonds in the dirt has become a pipedream for many African nations, but Botswana, a landlocked nation mainly made up of the Kalahari desert, has continued to pick diamonds in the fray of socio-economical and political chanllenges facing other African countries today.
Who Feeds Africa’s Dogs of War?
Investigations into the aborted Equatorial Guinea coup d etat have begun to unveil the hand feeding Africa’s “dogs of war”, with recent revelations sucking high profile British figures and global security companies into the controversy.
The plot, which has since emerged to have been conceived by a coterie of global oil magnates, sought to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overnight and replace him with exiled opposition leader Mr Severo Moto in almost customary coup style.
Who Feeds Dogs of War?
Who feeds dogs of war? The Southern Times, September 2004 By Tawanda Kanhema and Max Hamata Harare- INVESTIGATIONS into the abortive Equatorial Guinea coup d etat have begun to unveil the hand feeding Africa’s “dogs of war”, with recent revelations sucking high profile British figures and global security companies into the controversy.The plot, which has [...]
U.S. commandos spark regional anxiety
By Tawanda Kanhema, Zimbabwe Bureau Chief, The Southern Timeswebsite: www.southerntimesafrica.com Sub-Saharan Africa is on the militarisation path, as the United Sates rolls out a quasi-military command strategy aimed at pre-empting China’s growing political and economic influence in the region.The U.S recently announced the establishment of the United States African Command (AFRICOM or USAFRICOM), a special [...]
U.S. commandos spark regional anxiety
By Tawanda Kanhema, Zimbabwe Bureau Chief, The Southern Timeswebsite: www.southerntimesafrica.com Sub-Saharan Africa is on the militarisation path, as the United Sates rolls out a quasi-military command strategy aimed at pre-empting China’s growing political and economic influence in the region.The U.S recently announced the establishment of the United States African Command (AFRICOM or USAFRICOM), a special [...]
US warned against attacking Iran
A group of nuclear physicists, military experts and diplomats has warned the United States and its military allies against launching an Iraq-style pre-emptive war on Iran to cripple its purported nuclear arms programme, saying such an attack would escalate the global risk of a nuclear holocaust.