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IN
THIS
ISSUE
1.
Business:
Aid
to
Africa
is
Decreasing
2.
Business:
Chaos
Is
Looming
in
Zimbabwe
3.
Business:
Chinese
Airlines
&
Kenya
Airways
Partnership
4.
Business:
Does
US
Aid
For
Africa
In
Fact
Help?
5.
Business:
Investing
in
South
Africa
6.
Business:
Is
Africa
Really
Corrupt?
7.
Business:
Salary
Survey
for
Kenya
8.
Business:
Somalia
Reopens
to
Oil
Companies
9.
Business:
South
African
Stock
Market
10.
Education:
Good
News
About
Aids
in
Africa
11.
Education:
How
to
Care
for
Your
Pets
12.
Immigration:
Mass
Exodus
From
Britain
13.
Real
Estate:
House
Prices
in
England
14.
Travel:
Our
Recent
Visit
to
Cape
Town
15.
Travel:
Problems
at
Masai
Mara
Reserve
in
Kenya
16.
Travel:
Visit
to
Salt
Lake
City,
USA
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Business:
Aid
to
Africa
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Decreasing
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South
Africa
is
among
several
African
countries
that
have
fallen
out
of
favour
with
the
world's
donor
community.
The
continent's
development
watchdog,
African
Monitor,
says
the
more
than
half
of
development
aid
coming
into
Africa
is
only
going
to
10
countries.
To
read
our
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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2.
Business:
Chaos
Is
Looming
in
Zimbabwe
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Zambian
President
Levy
Mwanawasa
has
called
on
the
people
of
Zimbabwe
to
maintain
peace
at
all
costs.
He
was
speaking
at
the
opening
of
a
summit
of
southern
African
leaders
at
which
Zimbabwe's
economic
and
political
crisis
is
expected
to
be
discussed.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Business:
Chinese
Airlines
&
Kenya
Airways
Partnership
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Chinese
aviation
officials
say
they
want
their
airlines
to
partner
with
Kenya
Airways
(KQ)
on
direct
flights
from
Kenya
to
their
country.
Mr
Yang
Guoqing,
the
deputy
minister
in-charge
of
China
Civil
Aviation,
says
that
due
to
KQ's
wider
spread
in
terms
of
market
expansion,
they
have
identified
the
national
carrier
as
a
strong
airline
in
Africa
worth
working
with.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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4.
Business:
Does
US
Aid
For
Africa
In
Fact
Help?
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CARE,
one
of
the
world's
biggest
charities,
is
walking
away
from
about
$45
million
a
year
in
federal
funding,
saying
American
food
aid
is
not
only
plagued
with
inefficiencies,
but
may
hurt
some
of
the
very
poor
people
it
aims
to
help.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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5.
Business:
Investing
in
South
Africa
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Many
business
leaders
predict
that
Africa
is
the
next
emerging
market
of
the
future,
with
U.S.
trade
to
the
continent
rising.
What
an
important
time
for
your
business
to
explore
global
investments
in
the
next
emerging
market.
Partnerships
between
U.S.
and
African
businesses
will
be
formed,
during
The
Corporate
Council
on
Africa's
(CCA)
2007
U.S.-Africa
Business
Summit
is
being
held
in
Cape
Town.
Visit
this
site.
Editor's
Note:
If
you
require
additional
information
about
investing
in
South
Africa,
our
senior
partner
has
spent
over
30
years
based
in
Cape
Town,
why
not
ask
for
his
opinion;
it's
free.
Contact
us.
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6.
Business:
Is
Africa
Really
Corrupt?
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African
governments,
especially
those
rich
in
natural
resources,
should
do
more
to
battle
corruption
and
strengthen
financial
governance,
the
International
Monetary
Fund
(IMF)
said.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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7.
Business:
Salary
Survey
for
Kenya
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The
first
salary
survey
for
the
country,
which
will
enable
top
company
managers
compare
earnings
with
other
countries,
has
been
unveiled.
A
global
report
from
the
Global
management
consultant
Hay
Group,
ranked
Kenya
25th
on
the
earning
scale
ahead
of
countries
like
South
Africa,
Netherlands
and
Belgium.
Read
our
full
report
at
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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8.
Business:
Somalia
Reopens
to
Oil
Companies
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NAIROBI:
The
largest
oil
groups
in
the
world
that
declared
force
majeure
and
quit
Somalia
16
years
ago
will
be
given
the
chance
to
resume
their
activities
under
the
anarchic
country's
proposed
hydrocarbon
law.
To
read
this
full
report
and
to
research
the
tremendous
opportunity
of
investing
in
this
venture,
visit
our
NEWS
DESK
page.
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9.
Business:
South
African
Stock
Market
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The
South
African
equity
market
has
been
quite
volatile
over
the
quarter
to
the
end
of
June
as
a
result
of
significant
swings
in
the
factors
that
influence
the
market,
such
as
commodity
prices,
global
bonds
and
local
interest
rates.
Yet
despite
a
sharp
fall
in
the
All
Share
index
(Alsi)
in
May,
and
again
in
June,
the
market
trend
is
still
upward.
Earlier
this
month,
the
index
hit
the
30
000
mark
a
few
times
before
falling
back
to
about
29
600
late
this
past
week.
To
read
our
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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10.
Education:
Good
News
About
Aids
in
Africa
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After
a
steep
increase
in
the
1990s,
and
several
years
of
plateauing,
South
Africa's
HIV
prevalence
may
finally
have
entered
a
phase
of
decline.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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11.
Education:
How
to
Care
for
Your
Pets
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This
web
site
has
been
referred
to
our
Editor
by
one
of
our
readers
and
he
found
it
to
be
so
helpful.
In
turn
our
editor
suggests
that
you
visit
this
site.
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Immigration:
Mass
Exodus
From
Britain
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Britain
is
facing
a
mass
exodus
of
people
looking
to
escape
the
crime
and
grime
of
modern
living.
The
country's
biggest
foreign
visa
consultancy
firm
has
revealed
that
applications
have
soared
in
the
last
seven
months
by
80
per
cent
to
almost
4,000
a
week.
Ten
years
ago
the
figure
was
just
300
a
week.
Most
people
are
relocating
within
the
Commonwealth
-
in
Australia,
Canada
and
South
Africa.
They
are
almost
all
young
professionals
and
skilled
workers
aged
20-40.
To
read
the
full
report
and
the
main
reasons
for
this
exodus,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Real
Estate:
House
Prices
in
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The
cost
of
an
average
home
in
England
is
set
to
soar
by
40%
during
the
coming
five
years,
to
break
through
the
£300,000
barrier
by
2012,
a
report
warned
today.
The
National
Housing
Federation
said
the
price
of
the
average
property
in
the
UK
would
increase
to
£302,400
by
2012,
while
a
home
in
London
would
cost
nearly
£500,000.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
this
link.
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14.
Travel:
Our
Recent
Visit
to
Cape
Town
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One
of
our
senior
staff
members
made
the
following
report,
"We
were
shocked
at
the
upturn
of
violence
and
crime
in
the
City
of
Cape
Town
and
its
environs,
and
we
ask
what
will
happen
when
we
send
about
10,000
clients
and
customers
to
the
City
of
Cape
Town
in
2010
for
the
World
Cup?"
Read
this
report
from
our
friend
John
Scott
in
Cape
Town.
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15.
Travel:
Problems
at
Masai
Mara
Reserve
in
Kenya
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Kenya's
Masai
Mara
game
park
faces
a
disastrous
surge
in
tourism
after
a
government
decision
to
give
away
land
around
its
borders.
Unscrupulous
investors
looking
to
sidestep
a
ban
on
new
hotels
inside
the
reserve
are
buying
up
150-acre
plots
which
had
been
given
by
the
government
to
the
formerly
nomadic
Masai
tribesmen.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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16.
Travel:
Visit
to
Salt
Lake
City,
USA
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Situated
in
a
basin
between
the
rugged,
snow-covered
Wasatch
mountain
range
to
the
east
and
the
Great
Salt
Lake
to
the
west,
Salt
Lake
City's
scenic
backdrop
frames
a
pleasantly
spacious
and
hassle-free
city
that
is
surprisingly
sensible
and
down-to-earth
for
a
growing
state
capital.
The
vast
salty
wasteland
that
ultimately
became
one
of
America's
prize
cities
was
originally
picked
out
by
a
band
of
Mormon
pioneers
who
were
searching
for
a
quiet
spot
where
they
could
follow
their
faith
undisturbed
by
the
world.
Led
by
Brigham
Young,
leader
of
the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-Day
Saints,
the
followers
surveyed
the
desolate-looking
valley
of
the
Great
Salt
Lake
basin
and
declared
it
to
be
the
peaceful
haven
they
had
been
seeking
for
the
past
five
months.
'This
Is
The
Place
Heritage
Park'
commemorates
the
site
where
they
ended
their
trek,
named
after
the
famous
words
uttered
by
Young
in
1847:
'This
is
the
right
place'.
To
this
day
the
city
is
dominated
by
the
Mormon
influence,
with
more
than
40
percent
of
the
population
belonging
to
the
Latter-Day
Saints.
Visitors
come
to
listen
to
the
singing
of
the
exceptional
Mormon
Tabernacle
Choir
and
to
see
the
fascinating
Temple
Square
that
is
the
spiritual
headquarters
of
the
Mormon
faith
and
the
heart
of
the
city.
Despite
being
steeped
in
religious
tradition,
Salt
Lake
City
is
rapidly
emerging
as
one
of
the
foremost
business
locations
in
the
country,
attracting
large
numbers
of
high-technology
firms
and
software
corporations,
and
a
favoured
venue
for
major
corporate
and
professional
conferences
and
conventions.
The
city
is
also
growing
in
reputation
as
an
outdoor
recreation
centre,
enhanced
by
its
international
recognition
as
the
excellent
host
of
the
2002
Winter
Olympics.
Throngs
of
outdoor
enthusiasts
are
drawn
to
the
nearby
mountains
where
world-class
skiing
is
offered
at
top
resorts,
as
well
as
miles
of
stunning
mountain
trails
for
hiking,
biking
and
rock
climbing.
Salt
Lake
City
is
also
within
a
day's
drive
of
numerous
national
and
state
parks,
rivers,
forests
and
canyons,
offering
endless
opportunities
for
outdoor
sports
and
recreation.
(This
travel
review
was
presented
by
Delamere
Travel,
visit
their
site.)
Editor's
Note:
The
Delamere
Group
operates
a
branch
office
in
Salt
Lake
City
and
many
of
our
readers
and
clients
have
requested
more
information,
we
decided
to
place
this
description
in
our
current
Newsletter.
Also
visit
this
link.
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"To
do
the
useful
thing,
to
say
the
courageous
thing,
to
contemplate
the
beautiful
thing:
that
is
enough
for
one
man's
life."
~
T.
S.
Eliot
(1888-1965)
American
Poet
