The Green Scorpions, which have been mandated to protect the environment by enforcing legislation, have in the past financial year maintained, and in some instances, even increased the level of compliance and enforcement activities. This according to the statistics outlined in National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report, which was officially released on Monday. Environmental crimes […]
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Rwanda: MP Gamariel Mbonimana Resigns
Member of Parliament Gamariel Mbonimana has confirmed to The New Times that he tendered in his resignation to the Speaker’s office on Monday, November 14. He cited personal reasons in his resignation letter. However, his resignation came after President Paul Kagame expressed concerns over a lawmaker whose name constantly appeared in police reports for drunk […]
Nairobi — The National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo has pledged to robustly engage in formulating framework to widen the taxbase and increase tax compliance as fiscal consolidation measures. With the current national debt mark standing at Sh8.8 billion and huge recurrent expenditure by the government, Kiptoo pointed out that there is need to increase […]
Eastern Cape Department of Education blames delays on protests The newly built Noninzi Luzipho Primary School in Gunguluza, KwaNobuhle in Kariega has officially been handed over to learners and the community. While most learners have been attending classes at the new school since February, construction of the R63-million building was finally completed recently following several […]
Activists launch report on urgent need for “inclusive” housing policy In 2019 human settlements Mayco Member Malusi Booi said the City of Cape Town would develop an affordable housing policy. Three years later it has not yet been finalised. Last week, housing activists Ndifuna Ukwazi released a report and made an urgent call for an […]
There is a need for strong early warning systems and capacity building to ensure fast, accurate and precise information in response to disasters, experts in disaster prevention and management have said. The observation was made after UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, unveiled details of his $3.1 billion plan to ensure everyone on the planet is protected […]
Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says South Africa will need funding in the form of grants in order to implement the Just Energy Transition. He was speaking during the weekly presidential media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday. Magwenya revealed that South Africa will need at least R1.4 trillion over five years to transition from high to […]
Cape Town — Public Servants Renew Threats of National Sutdown Against GovtPublic service workers have reiterated their threat of a national shutdown following a a stay-away last Wednesday over wage increases, EWN reports. Two unions – the Public Servants Association (PSA) and healthcare professionals’ Hospersa – warned that a national shutdown would be started if […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address two working sessions at the G20 Leaders’ Summit to be held in Indonesia this week. The President will also hold bilateral engagements with China and other trade partners. According to Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, the first session to be addressed by President Ramaphosa will be on food and […]
Bola Tinubu held town hall meetings with different groups in Niger and Nasarawa states. But the dominant news about him centred on his affairs in Chicago, about 30 years ago. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is once again facing scrutiny over a 1993 money laundering and drug-related case […]
While in the UK, President Buhari had on 10 Nov met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom. President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful routine medical check-up in the United Kingdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader and members of his entourage arrived at […]
Mr Sowore says there is no justification for the payment of money to governors and others as security votes because they are not protecting anybody. The presidential candidate of the African Action Alliance (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised to end payment of security votes to governors and federal agencies, if elected president. Mr Sowore also […]
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Nigeria: I’m Not a CIA Agent – Sowore
Mr Sowore says President Muhammadu Buhari would have long disappeared from the surface of the earth for arresting him if he was a CIA agent. The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has denied being an agent of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mr Sowore stated this while featuring […]
It is my prayer that our newly elected Nigerian government would heed to this voice of conscience and start a massive crusade and movement to establish truth, honesty and other virtues in our society. The truth, therefore, is that nations become great not because of the amounts of wealth and natural resources they have. Nations […]
As political campaigns for the 2023 presidential elections gather steam, the various parties have started unveiling their programmes. They are promising to take Nigerians to the moon and back. You have to give it to the Nigerian politicians: They know how to re-say the same thing others have said in the past and still appear […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa came out of the heated ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting over the weekend unscathed. He won the day on Sunday after NEC members, including Tony Yengeni, Tandi Mahambehlala, and Bheki Mtolo, the provincial secretary of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, tried to use the Phala Phala scandal to topple him ahead of […]
Asmara, 12 November 2022- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia and his delegation, including Foreign Minister Mr. Abshir Omar Huruse, accompanied by President Isaias Afwerki today, 12 November, conducted visit to the Northern Red Sea Region. During his visit, President Hassan visited and talked with members of the Somali Naval and […]
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia accompanied by President Isaias Afwerki, visited members of the Somali Defense Forces that are being provided training at the Aviation College of Eritrea. Speaking to the trainees, President Hassan Sheik Mohamud indicated that the training opportunity they were provided shoulders them heavy responsibility, and […]