How Technology Can Provide Access for Distressed Communities
America's new gilded age with its increasing disparities and growing patchwork of pockets of poverty covering the nation like smallpox (see map) causes thoughts about access or the lack thereof. Not to...
View ArticleHere’s what the Nigeria Labour Congress had to say to Buhari
On Sunday, the organised labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the opportunity of the proposed economic conference to...
View ArticleDC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters
The Washington, DC Metro. Photo by RJ Schmidt/Flickr.read more Read full article: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sustainablecitiescollective_allposts/~3/ackJiRaJ0...
View ArticleUltra-luxury Bantry Bay development under way
In 2001 land in Bantry Bay was awarded to the Tramway Road Trust by the City of Cape Town as part of a restitution claim, on condition that it be redeveloped to benefit the beneficiaries. Now the land...
View ArticleLargest solar farm in southern hemisphere launched
Late last week, Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson inaugurated the 175MW Solar Capital facility based in De Aar, Northern Cape. It is the largest solar farm ever completed in the Southern...
View ArticleMore heads could roll at NetOne after forensic audit
The forensic audit being spearheaded by the Comptroller and Auditor General is expected to take at least two months.THE board of Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile operator, NetOne, on Monday said it is...
View ArticleFidelity revenue up 36 percent
Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe Managing Director Simon ChaperekaINSURANCE group, Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe said on Monday revenues for the full year ended December 31, 2015 rose by 36...
View ArticleMilk production up 18 percent in January – Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers
Overall production for 2015 was up four percent to 57,5 million litres from 55,5 million the previous year.THE Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) said on Monday milk production was up 18...
View ArticleSpare a thought for children living with disability
World Health Organisation (WHO) defines disability as an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions.By Tendai MakaripeCHILDREN her age descend upon...
View ArticleYet-to-launch operator Viva Mobile introduces new VOD service, fights for...
By Nigel GambangaIn the meantime, Viva Mobile has introduced its subscription-based video on demand TV service known as Uhuru TV (stylised as uHuru TV) with a pre-launch campaign that is offering early...
View ArticleThis is what we know about the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium
Attacks in Brussels, Belgium.Map shows sites of blasts at #Brussels airport & metro station. At least 13 dead http://t.co/tVBsfXEbu9pic.twitter.com/zaYN1YRYK7— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March...
View ArticleZuma's government developing "Non-racial heritage architecture"
Durban – President Jacob Zuma has at the Human Rights Day celebrations in Durban earlier today announced that government has drafted a national action plan to combat racism, racial discrimination,...
View ArticleGovernment turns prison into modern centre of learning
Boksburg – Government is going all out to ensure that when juvenile inmates leave correctional centres, they leave with skills that will help them contribute positively to society.In partnership with...
View ArticleHome affordability gradually deteriorating - index
Carin SmithCape Town - The gradual deterioration of affordability in the residential property market looks set to continue in 2016, John Loos, household and property sector strategist at FNB Home...
View ArticlePetrol bomb thrown at MyCiTi bus station during Dunoon protests
Tammy Petersen, News24Cape Town - Authorities are out in their numbers in Dunoon after attempted land grabs resulted in unrest in the area over the long weekend.Metro Police Deputy Chief Yolande Faro...
View ArticleMalawi, Mozambique butt heads over refugee crisis
Brian Ligomeka, News24 CorrespondentBlantyre - Malawi is at loggerheads with Mozambique over the handling of over 12 000 Mozambican refugees, currently living in makeshift camps at Kapise in the border...
View ArticleOuta: 'We have proof e-toll equipment is unreliable'
Cape Town – Anti e-toll group Outa said on Monday that it has “plenty of evidence” indicating the Gauteng tolling equipment is unreliable.This comes after roads agency Sanral warned high value...
View Article#LoveTwitter: How Twitter has shaped the conversation in and about Africa in...
Social networking website, Twitter, turned ten yesterday. Exciting isn’t it? It’s been only ten years since twitter changed the course of most lives in Africa, by becoming the platform where...
View ArticleMany African women spend up to 6 hours fetching water everyday—#WorldWaterDay
Hassana, a 36-year-old rural Nigerian woman lives in a remote part of Nasarawa state, northern Nigeria, where clean water is a rare but essential commodity, so, she has to travel for miles everyday to...
View ArticleOver 16 million Ecobank and Orange customers can now safely transfer money...
French multinational telecommunication company, Orange and pan-African banking group Ecobank recently launched a bank to wallet transfer service linked to Orange Money subscribers who also have bank...
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