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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Business: Energy of the future, oil or hydrogen?
2. Business: Investing in South Africa
3. Business: Malawi is becoming even more corrupt
4. Business: Mining in Kenya
5. Business: South Africa increases trade with China
6. Business: Zimbabwe to restrict NGOs
7. Education: Bogus colleges in the UK
8. Immigration: Now it's easier for Brits to get into Australia
9. Internet: Rural Africa and the Internet
10.Travel: Cape Town is No.1 for tourists
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1. Business: Energy of the future, oil or hydrogen?
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South
Africa could become the powerhouse of world energy if hydrogen
becomes the new power source of the future.
This
country holds 86 percent of the world's platinum resources
and platinum is a vital catalyst needed to convert hydrogen
into the new form of energy. To read this exciting report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: Investing in South Africa
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Johannesburg
- Foreign investors are pumping money into South African
equities at rates not seen for four years.
According
to the latest data out of the JSE Securities Exchange, foreign
investors so far this year have made net purchases of R11.2
billion - more than 10 times the amount recorded by this
time last year. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: Malawi is becoming even more corrupt
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Several
ministers under Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi
are to face charges connected with the embezzlement of some
92 million dollars from the state, the chief prosecutor
said Friday. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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4. Business: Mining in Kenya
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NAIROBI
- Canadian mining firm Tiomin Resources on Tuesday signed
a 21-year lease agreement with Kenya's government to begin
extracting titanium deposits along the east African country's
Indian Ocean coast in 2006.
Kenyan Environment Minister Kalonzo Musyoka and Tiomin's
President Jean-Charles Potvin signed the agreement worth
150 million dollars (122 million euros) in Nairobi, ending
nine years of wrangling over environmental concerns and
compensation for displaced villagers. To read the full report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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5. Business: South Africa increases trade with China
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Pretoria
- South Africa is hoping to lure huge investment from China
with incentives to be unveiled during a visit beginning
at the weekend by Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong.
The
centerpiece of the three-day visit will be the launch of
free trade negotiations that should provide a major boost
to economic relations between China and its number one trading
partner on the continent, South Africa. To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Business: Zimbabwe to restrict NGOs
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Harare
- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe castigated private
charities, religious groups and other aid organisations
on Tuesday for interfering in politics and said legislators
will be asked to pass a law allowing authorities to close
some groups and arrest officials. To read the full report,
go to our
NEWS DESK link.
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7. Education: Bogus colleges in the UK
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Nearly
500 suspected "dodgy" colleges have been uncovered
in a Home Office crackdown. Officials visited 672 colleges
across England and Wales in an effort to curb illegal immigration
scams and found 178 were genuine, 195 were not and 299 will
require further investigation, but are strongly suspected
of being bogus. To read the full story, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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8. Immigration: Now it's easier for Brits to get into
Australia
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Britons
weary of life in the old country are being encouraged to
apply for visas to live in regional Australia, where they
are needed to boost the population.
As of Thursday, new rules will make it easier for skilled
migrants who want to live in various parts of regional Australia.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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9. Internet: Rural Africa and the Internet
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In a few years, an old woman in rural Africa should be able,
if all goes according to plan, to connect to the net and
communicate with her children in the city.
This is what an Information Communication Technology (ICT)
workshop being held in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is seeking
to explore. The meeting is seeking to ensure accessibility
of ICT to rural people, who form the bulk of Africa's population.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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10. Travel: Cape Town is No.1 for tourists
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According
to a recent international survey where the Mother City trumped
all others as the number-one long-haul destination for the
second year in a row. To read more, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
