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IN THIS ISSUE
1.
Business: Defiance of Zimbabwe
2. Business: Freedom of the press in Africa
3. Business: Is South Africa the money laundering capital
of the world?
4. Business: Massive unemployment amongst South African
youth rings alarm bells
5. Business: The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
6. Business: The cost of doing business in Africa
7. Business: Thinking about joining a Franchise?
8. Business: Unemployment in Africa
9. Business: What will be the future price of Gold?
10. Business: Zambia is bankrupt
11. Construction: Home Gardening
12. Education: Swimming the Channel
13. Education: Children of World War 2 (1939-1945)
14. Education: Donating to Charities
15. Education: English Folk Play Research
16. Education: Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825
17. Education: The Archaeology Channel
18. Global Trade: World Trade Talks
19. Immigration: Australia relaxes student visa requirements
20. Immigration: Major problem are brewing in South Africa
21. Immigration: Working in the UK
22. Real Estate: Housing in South Africa
23. Travel: The call to Africa
24. Travel: The Queen Mary 2 takes to the high seas
25. Travel: Tourism to South Africa Positive
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1. Business: Defiance of Zimbabwe
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said Zimbabwe should
remain suspended from the Commonwealth until democracy;
human rights and proper governance are introduced to the
country. Mr Blair is in Nigeria for the Commonwealth Heads
of Government meeting. To read the full report go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Since receiving this report we have now heard
that Zimbabwe has actually resigned form the Commonwealth
to save future embarrassment.
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2. Business: Freedom of the press in Africa
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Ethiopian
journalist Araya Tesfa Mariam knows in his bones how painful
it can be to tell the truth - and help build democracy
- in Africa. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: Is South Africa now the money laundering
capital of the world?
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Government
is moving fast to head off any perceptions that South
Africa is a safe haven for money launderers.
Our
return to international respectability has, ironically,
exposed the country to organized crime. While the possibilities
of money laundering are vast, lack of research and information
makes it impossible to determine the extent of the problem.
To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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4. Business: Massive unemployment amongst South
African youth rings alarm bells
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Youth
unemployment has reached critical levels. While the efforts
by the government, intermediary organizations and businesses
are to be welcomed and supported; the statistics and the
real outcomes in the economy are anything but rosy. To
read the full report, go to our
NEWS DESK link.
Editor's Note: Don't forget to use the employment
services of our firm, and visit this link.
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5. Business: The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act
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African
exporters are on edge as US lawmakers ponder an extension
of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through
to 2015.
Intended
to stimulate African economies through export-led growth,
former US president Bill Clinton signed AGOA into law
in 2000. The primary objective of AGOA is to encourage
increased trade and investment between the US and sub-Saharan
Africa through, among others, the reduction of tariffs
and non-tariffs to trade. To read the full report, go
to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Please read the mission of our Global
Trade pages
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6. Business: The cost of doing business in Africa
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Construction
firms have burnt their fingers doing business in Africa
and some are finding it difficult to hide their frustrations
with corrupt governments, poor infrastructure and logistical
nightmares. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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7. Business: Thinking about joining a Franchise?
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Franchised
businesses were once limited to fast-food restaurants,
but have grown significantly in the direction of products
and services in recent years.
Cleaning
services, hair salons, and fitness facilities are just
a few of the types of franchises available, with low interest
rates, a timid stock market, and rising unemployment encouraging
many to move into franchising. Visit
this site for the latest information.
Editor's
Note: Buying a business is covered on our Real
Estate (Property) page,
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8. Business: Unemployment in Africa
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Addis
Ababa - Some 300 million young Africans are expected
to enter the continent's labour market in the next 10
years, according to a study presented to the ongoing 10th
Regional International Labour Organisation (ILO)
conference.
"The
numbers represent about 60 percent of total unemployment
in Africa, with unemployed female youths consistently
higher in all countries," said the report obtained
by AFP late on Thursday.
To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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9. Business: What will be the future price of Gold?
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PERTH
- An Aussie investment bank claims global financial
markets could be entering an epoch that turns the clock
back to the 1970s when paper assets fell out of favour
in place of hard assets such as gold, the value of which
it prophesises could test US$1,000 per ounce as a result.
To read this full report, go too our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: If you are interested in the latest
gold price, visit our webpage on Investing.
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10. Business: Zambia is bankrupt
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Lusaka
- Zambia was bankrupt and would have to raise taxes
to fund its budget for 2004 in the absence of aid from
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other
lenders, finance minister Peter Magande said this week.
Read the full report; go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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11. Construction: Home Gardening
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This
site provides "ecologically sound, science-based
practices" for gardening and lawn care.
Features
illustrated growing guides for specific flowers and vegetables,
a tutorial on designing flower gardens, lawn care tips
and techniques, and fact sheets on gardening techniques,
avoiding pests and diseases, and lawns. From Cornell University.
Visit
this site
Editor's
Note: Our Construction
page covers this important subject of environmental
issues.
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12. Education: Swimming the Channel
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An
online resource on the early history of swimming the English
Channel. Although this site does not present a comprehensive
list of all attempts to swim the English Channel, it does
include a list of records and firsts and provides highlights
of Channel swimming attempts from the 1870s through 1950s.
From the Dover Museum. Visit
this site
Copyright 2003 by Librarians' Index to
the Internet, lii.org.
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13. Education: Children of World War 2 (1939-1945)
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This
site from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
provides a glimpse of what life was like for British
children during World War II.
It
features annotated images of a replica of a typical home,
a rationing activity, and evacuees' letters. It also includes
resources such as posters, photographs, letters, documents,
an audio clip of an air raid siren, and materials for
teachers. This is a great site to view our past history,
which our senior partner remembers well having been brought
up in Manchester during the war. Visit
this site
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2003 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org.
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14. Education: Donating to Charities
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This
organization is dedicated to helping the poorest people
on earth. Global Impact represents 50 of the most
respected U.S.-based international charities in the workplace
giving campaigns across the nation. The site provides
an overview of programs, lists of aid organizations by
country, and a description of urgent needs. Visit
this site.
Editor's Note: Our firm is aware that at this time
of the year the spirit of giving is on the minds of all
of us. Please read our page about the Special
Fund for South African students.
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15. Education: English Folk Play Research
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This
extensive resource focuses on English folk plays, also
called Mummers' plays that are "short traditional
verse sketches performed at Christmas, Easter and other
annual festivals and taken round pubs and private houses."
You
can find background, news, scheduled performances, research
indexes and catalogs, scripts, reading lists, related
links, and more. Searchable. From the Traditional Drama
Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Visit
this site
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2003 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org
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16. Education: Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825
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This site traces Russia's movement from relative isolation
to global empire through its contacts with Europe, Asia,
and the Americas.
When Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as a "window
on Europe" in 1703, he intended the city to symbolize
Russia's new direction. This website explores Russia's
exposure to and interaction with the larger world, as
well as the significant role the new cosmopolitan capital
played in this evolution. Visit
this site.
Copyright 2003 by Librarians' Index to
the Internet, lii.org
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17. Education: The Archaeology Channel
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Founded in 1999, the Archaeology Channel brings
a host of short films about the practice of archaeology
to the computers of visitors from around the globe in
an attempt to inform the general public about this field
and its continuing relevance.
The
site's homepage features some of the latest audio and
video segments, along with links to additional commentaries,
teacher resources, and news from the field. Some of the
subjects covered in the videos include the mound builders
of Ohio, the ancient city of Machu Picchu, and a broad
overview of archaeology in Jordan. The audio interviews
are quite good as well, and include interviews with an
expert on the legendary city of Atlantis and some perspective
on the excavation of Caral, a city in Peru that is thought
to be the oldest effervescence of urbanity in the New
World. Visit
this site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003
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18. Global Trade: World Trade Talks
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Johannesburg
- The general council of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) starts a two-day meeting today to work out an
agenda to get the stalled multilateral trade negotiations
back on track.
Tshediso
Matona, department of trade and industry deputy director-general
in charge of international trade and economic development,
said the meeting would try to set a timetable for the
successful conclusion of the negotiations.
In
November 2001, when it was agreed to at the WTO's ministerial
meeting in Doha, the Qatari capital, that a new trade
round should be launched, the deadline for the conclusion
of talks was set at the end of 2004, To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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19. Immigration: Australia relaxes student visa
requirements
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In
what will come as a relief to Indian students, the Australian
government has decided to bring in student visa reforms,
acting on the recommendations of a review committee.
The
new regulations, which came into effect from December
1, have reduced the financial requirements for an Indian
undergraduate student in any Australian university by
at least 33 per cent and allowed bank finance for vocational
studies. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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20. Immigration: Major problem are brewing in South
Africa
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While
many have been fleeing this country in the past 10 years,
the whites mainly because of third world style government
and future prospects for their families, plus the fearful
crime statistics, others are actually illegally pouring
into the country especially from northern countries such
as Zimbabwe.
This
has created a major problem for South Africa and as a
result the formation of an Immigration Advisory Board
took place in May 2003. This month the 4th public consultation
took place in Cape Town, which reveals the very serious
problem now developing.
For
the latest information being discussed, visit
their site
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21. Immigration: Working in the UK
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This
new site aims to provide you with clear information about
the various routes open to Foreign Nationals who want
to come and work in the United Kingdom. For more details,
visit this site.
Editor's Note: We have available an excellent book
on working and living in the UK. Please visit our web
page on Employment.
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22. Real Estate: Housing in South Africa
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Pretoria
- The latest 0.5 percentage point reduction in interest
rates would improve the affordability of housing and lengthen
the boom in house prices, said Erwin Rode, the chief executive
of property services company Rode & Associates.
But
Rode warned on Friday that it was becoming extremely dangerous
to buy residential property to let. "That market
will become saturated. It's already happening," he
said. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS DESK link
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23. Travel: The call to Africa
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The
Sunday Times newspaper has recently collected together
a series of article about the highlights of a trip to
Southern Africa. Go read this collection, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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24. Travel: The Queen Mary 2 takes to the high seas
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When
she leaves Southampton for her maiden voyage on January
12, the QM2 will be the first new liner to have taken
to the high seas since her sister ship, the QE2, set sail
in 1969.
Some
of our partners have often enjoyed a meal or morning coffee
on the old Queen Mary now moored in Long Beach
California, but we are now looking for tickets to
join the lucky few that will be on this maiden voyage
of the QM2.
To
read the report behind the concept of this incredible
ship, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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25. Travel: Tourism to South Africa Positive
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Against
a gloomy global outlook, it is boom times for South Africa's
tourism industry. At least that is the picture that tourism
experts painted in a KPMG Conference on Monday.
One
of the speakers did not think the strong rand was such
as major threat to the industry either. To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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