adminMDGs: Will Africa succeed?
Much debate surrounds the real progress made by Africa to date with regards to attaining the Millennium Development Goals. The aim of having the millennium goals was to encourage development by improving socio-economic conditions in the world’s poorest countries.Prophets, prophecy and prosperity
The hunt for material gain and wealth is the reason people go to school, colleges and universities, toiling hard to pass often hard-set examinations — the reason why African nations got colonised by wealth hunters in the 19th century, and the reason people hunt for employment in urban areas, even resorting to homelessness while waiting for the golden opportunity to get a job.
Zuma team overstepping mandate — legal experts
Felex Share Herald Reporter
THE South African facilitation team is overstepping its mandate by engaging small political parties outside the inclusive Government, legal experts and political observers said yesterday.
They said the team was now operating outside the Global Political Agreement framework.
Sadc facilitator South African President Jacob Zuma’s backroom team was in Harare on Monday and met small parties’ representatives in Harare.
The parties are MDC 99, Democratic Party, Zapu and Zanu Ndonga.
The team had earlier met the GPA negotiators.
Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku yesterday described the approach by Mr Zuma’s team as “stupid”.
“We were surprised by their conduct. Their mandate is to assist GPA parties implement and solve outstanding issues, not to engage other political parties.
Sadc supports Namibia’s bid to host climate secretariat
Kizito SikukaThe Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has endorsed a bid by Namibia to host the secretariat for the Green Climate Fund. The fund, established in December 2011 at Durban, South Africa, during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Uranium enrichment Iran’s inalienable right: Negotiator
TEHRAN — Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said yesterday that uranium enrichment is an inalienable right for the Islamic republic, Press TV reported.“According to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, enrichment is the Islamic republic of Iran’s inalienable right and Iran is a member of the NPT and there is nothing wrong when enrichment is being used for peaceful purposes,” Jalili was quoted as saying.
President launches second STI policy
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday laun-ched the Second Science, Technology and Innovation Policy which seeks to make new technology an integral part of individual and national development.
The first policy was launched in 2002.
“Since the launch of First Science and Technology Policy, Information Communication Technology has had a tremendous impact on the general population in Zimbabwe, just as it had in the rest of the world. Zimbabwe has not been left out or behind in the ICT race for development,” President Mugabe said.
Over 70 percent of the country’s population has mobile phones.
President Mugabe said the strong proliferation of satellite dishes and high-speed Internet connections in urban and rural areas bear testimony to achievements Zimbabwe has scored in embracing science and technology.
“Government has responded both proactively and positively to the ICT revolution. Computerisation has become a permanent feature of primary, secondary and tertiary education curricula. The Presidential Computer Programme, complemented by the recently introduced e-Learning Programme, have taken centre stage in promoting ICT learning in educational institutions,” he said.
Zinara clarifies car licensing deadline extension
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTHE Zimbabwe National Road Administration has said it does not have powers to bar the police from effecting arrests on motorists who have not renewed their licences by the initial May 31 deadline. The notices given, said Zinara, only allowed motorists a grace period of up to June 30 to renew their vehicle licences without a
Man rapes, holds hooker hostage
Tendai Rupapa Court ReporterA Harare man reportedly held a woman hostage and raped her several times after threating her with a toy gun. The man is also accused of shoving a knife into the woman’s backside. Geoffrey Mafika took the self-confessed hooker from a local bar to his lodgings in the Avenues where he threatened to “shoot” her if she did not
Woods renews rivalry
SAN FRANCISCO. — Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson often bring out the best in each other’s games.Just don’t expect any friendly conversations when golf’s greatest running rivalry resumes at the US Open, starting today. Luckily, there’s a guy in their group with a pink driver and a green jacket to lighten the mood.
China’s top legislator vows further ties with Sri Lankan parliament
BEIJING — China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo yesterday pledged to boost exchanges and co-operation with the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), made the pledge during a meeting with Chamal Rajapaksa, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.