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IN THIS ISSUE
1.
Business: Be warned when you do business in Africa
2. Business: Democracy spreads across Africa
3. Business: Investing in Africa
4. Business: Our farmers in Kenya are suffering
5. Business: Political change in view for Kenya
6. Business: South Africa and the challenge of the next 10 years
7. Business: South Africa hosting the world cup in 2010
8. Business: We are about to lose our farm?
9. Business: What about the poor in Zimbabwe?
10. Education: African Art
11. Education: Aids in Africa is much worse than originally
thought
12. Immigration: What can you do to help stop the flow of illegal
aliens into the USA?
13. Real Estate: The Pro's & Con's of investing in property
14. Real Estate: Is it financially secure to buy a property
in the Cape?
15. Real Estate: Is investing in property a safe bet?
16. Travel: Beware of the dangers of visiting Africa
17. Travel: Highlights of a visit to Kenya
18. Travel: When you want to walk around England, Be Warned
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1. Business: Be warned when you do business in Africa
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The
chief architect in the Goldenberg scandal, Kamlesh Pattni said
he offered former president Daniel Moi 50 percent share in Goldenberg
International Ltd in order to get the hiked export compensation
and monopoly for Gold and Diamond export. To read this report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: Democracy spreads across Africa
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JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA - As South Africa celebrates 10 years of democracy
Tuesday - with grand festivities and speeches by everyone from
Nelson Mandela to Tony Blair - it also marks the continent's
progress on the path toward political freedom.
Forty-three of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have held
at least one multiparty election during the past decade, compared
with 1990, when just three were solidly democratic. To read
the full report go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: Investing in Africa
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Africa's
problem can be summed up in a single sentence. Despite its huge
size and its population of more than 800 million people, Africa
receives less than one half of 1 per cent of the total amount
of money invested globally in foreign enterprise.
Foreign
investment amounts to billions of dollars worldwide every year,
but time and again multinational companies are choosing to invest
in areas like South-East Asia and Latin America instead of Africa.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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4. Business: Our farmers in Kenya are suffering
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In
Kenya, a group of more than 10 organizations has launched their
part of a campaign to convince world leaders to reform global
trade rules to enable farmers in developing countries to benefit
from international trade.
The chairman of the Kenya National Farmers' Union, Nduati Kariuki,
tells us that fair trade, not charitable donations, is the way
to help the struggling farmers and economies in developing countries.
He says farmers in countries such as Kenya lose out the most
in the current international trade system. To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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5. Business: Political change in view for Kenya
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THE
chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Kenya, Prof. Makau
Mutua has said he expects President Yoweri Museveni to step
down after his constitutional term to pave way for total transition
from the movement to multiparty politics. "I hate to see
what will happen to this country when a political gap develops.
I hope this will be President Museveni's last term and he will
not seek another one so that political parties are set free
and full democracy restored," he said.
To
read this full report and how it will affect your investment
attitude toward Africa in general, please read our full report;
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Business: South Africa and the challenge
of the next 10 years
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It's
an old truism that South Africa is a land of two realities.
It has never been more than a short drive from lush gardens
and shopping malls to tin shanties and open sewers.
Today,
the contrast remains blatant, even if many of the shanties have
been replaced by matchbox houses, and the well-dressed shoppers
in the malls are no longer exclusively white. To read this full
report from the BBC, go
to this link
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7. Business: South Africa hosting the world cup in 2010
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South
Africa's economy will get a direct boost from hosting the 2010
Soccer World Cup, but the likely financial spin-off of its improved
image abroad may have a much bigger impact, economists say.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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8. Business: We are about to lose our farm in Namibia?
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The
Namibian government has taken the first steps in its plan to
acquire white-owned farmland. At least three farm owners are
reported to have received letters asking them to enter into
negotiations for the purchase of their land. To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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9. Business: What about the poor in Zimbabwe?
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Mugabe's
private mansion in the suburb of Helensvale, near Borrowdale,
has been under construction for the past five years and is now
expected to cost more than US$25-million when completed. (ZIM$
?????)
Mugabe
is now facing calls to disclose where he has been getting the
foreign currency to purchase all the imported materials for
his house particularly after the arrest of his finance minister,
Christopher Kuruneri. Kuruneri is in jail after being arrested
for illegally exporting foreign currency to South Africa where
he is reportedly building a R30-million mansion in Cape Town.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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10. Education: African Art
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Drawing
on its extensive collections, the National Museum of African
Art in Washington, DC has created this online exhibit to showcase
the work of nine contemporary artists.
This
ensemble approach essentially reveals the nuances of the artistic
process to visitors, and demonstrates the interplay of experimentation,
continuity and change in each artist's subjects and materials.
The artists here represent just a fragment of Africa's many
cultural traditions, but their range of media is quite diverse,
including film, fabrics, oils, and various sculpting materials.
One
artist whose work visitors will want to take a look at on the
site is Iba N'Diaye, a Senegalese painter whose love of jazz
informs much of his work, especially paintings such as Hommage
a Bessie Smith.
Another
such artist is the late Ezrom Legae, a South African sculptor
and draughtsman who used his art to offer visual commentaries
on the system of apartheid that was used to dominate blacks
throughout his country until the 1990s. Visit
this site
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2003
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11. Education: Aids in Africa is much worse than originally
thought
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The
long-term economic and social cost of Aids has been seriously
under-estimated, according to the World Health Organisation
(WHO).
The WHO's recently-published World Health Report says some African
countries could face economic collapse unless the Aids pandemic
is controlled. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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12. Immigration: What can you do to help stop the flow
of illegal aliens into the USA?
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To
read this enlightening report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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13. Real Estate: The Pro's & Con's of investing in
property
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Interest rates are going to rise, both in the US and at home,
but the burning question is, when?
All
this wild talk about stock markets - and the bearish readings
they've been giving - has undoubtedly been part of the reason
for the headlong rush into property. To read this very informative
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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14. Real Estate: Is it financially secure to buy a property
in the Cape?
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The Western Cape in South Africa could be the riskiest province
to buy a home in, says international risk-rating organisation
Fitch.
Fitch structured finance analyst John Paterson said at the Institute
for International Research's mortgage and home loans conference
this week that prices in the Cape were likely to fall as much
as 49% in a serious (AAA) property recession (see graphic).
In a mild (B) downturn they could fall by 26,3%. To read this
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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15. Real Estate: Is investing in property a safe bet?
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According
to a recent report from a client in South Africa, many have
made great profits, but many have also lost heavily, we suggest
that you consider these facts from South Africa. Buying a residential
property at the bottom of the market could translate into rising
prices and capital gains when it firms. Latest data from ABSA
indicates that real growth in house prices is at a whopping
20% year-on-year.
Conversely,
buying when the market has peaked could mean plunging prices
and capital losses. And it usually means that properties are
hard to sell, even at reduced prices.
The answer lies in understanding that property is localized
and that the real- estate cycle is at different stages in different
areas. Indeed, you can even lose money on your property in a
boom. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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16. Travel: Beware of the dangers of visiting Africa
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The Kenyan government yesterday admitted there WAS a cover-up
into the death of Julie Ward, and it offered an investigation
into any new evidence that she was murdered on a safari holiday.
Julie was a friend of the staff of Delamere-Pennine Associates
and we are pleased that the authorities are taking some action.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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17. Travel: Highlights of a visit to Kenya
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When
South African Airways stopped its direct flights to Bangkok
some time ago, there was general disappointment in the travel
industry. Thailand had been gathering momentum as an exciting
new destination but, without a direct flight, would South Africans
still go there? Kenya Airways came to the rescue.
Tourists
heading for Thailand can now get there almost as easily by flying
via Nairobi where they can spend a few hours looking around
or - even better - breaking the journey for a few days to visit
one of the superb game parks or even the famous beaches south
of Mombassa. To read the full travel report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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18. Travel: When you want to walk around England, Be Warned
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LONDON
- An Englishman's home is his castle. So it has been said for
400 years, leaving few doubts that when it comes to domestic
life in Britain, privacy and property are paramount.
But not any more, it would seem. For in recent years, another
equally ancient right has been championed by those countryside
enthusiasts who see one man's property as another man's dispossession
and the right to roam. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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This month's quote
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"Most
success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist
largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful
executive." ~ Scott Adams American cartoonist
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