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South African strike suspended for 3 weeks
September 7, 2010 | Source: L.A. Times - AfricaPublic-sector union leaders want to enable further negotiations and give their 1.3 million members more time to consider the government’s offer of a 7.5% wage hike.South African public-sector unions announced a return to work Monday after an acrimoniou…
News in General News |Bahrain arrests dozens of Shiite Muslims accused of plotting coup
September 7, 2010 | Source: L.A. Times - AfricaState-run media report on an alleged foreign-backed plan to overthrow the country’s Sunni Muslim monarchy. The accusations come as the Persian Gulf Arab kingdom gears up for parliamentary elections.When Nabeel Rajab saw his picture splashed on the fron…
News in General News |Iran has enough fuel for 2 nuclear warheads, report says
September 7, 2010 | Source: L.A. Times - AfricaThe International Atomic Energy Agency also reports that Tehran’s efforts to master uranium enrichment at one facility could be slowing. Iran says it has 6,180 pounds of low-enriched uranium.Iran has produced more than enough nuclear fuel to power two …
News in General News |‘What a refreshing new film festival this was’
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureSimon Pierre Bell is a happy man who needs to catch up on a lot of lost sleep. He has initiated the very first all-documentary film festival in the Cameroon capital Yaoundé, Images En Live. A dream, five years in the making.
Images En Live showed some 50 films between December 9 and 12. The fact that Bell and his group of co-organisers paid for most…
SA: Jacob Zuma ties knot
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureA day long Zulu traditional wedding ceremony is currently underway in South Africa where President Jacob Zuma is to marry Thobeka Madiba. She will be his third wife. Zuma is a Zulu traditionalist who practices polygamy and has married five times. The 68-year-old has 19 children.
The Zulu traditional ceremony will run the whole day in Zuma’s home…
PEOPLE: The fortunate and unfortunate African
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureIf you have ever been to any international airport in Africa, you might have observed two kinds of African travellers: one holding his country's passport, and the other a foreign passport – an American, British or European Union.Both are Africans by origin, but do not possess the same power and status.
The first is African because he was born…
PEOPLE: Do you have faith in condoms?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureWhen we were gullible teenagers our elders counselled us against sex and promiscuity. When we became young adults, the society showed us how sweet sex was and its bitter side, but that we could guard ourselves from trouble by slipping on a certain armour each time we were tempted by the irresistible.
That armour was simply condom! Use it and stay alive;…
PEOPLE: Is one wife enough for a man?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureWhat's really wrong with having more than one wife, more than one mistress or more than one girlfriend? What's really wrong with alternating between different tastes and keeping the body and soul in absolute ecstasy? What's really unpalatable when a man does this, without detriment to a neighbour or the society?
Yet, the civilized world…
Zambian scoops Face of Africa
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureA 22-year-old Zambian has been adjudged winner of the prestigious 2010 Face of Africa modeling competition held in Nigeria. Lukando Nalungwe, a student at the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants beat nine others in the final round of the 30-member competition.
Lukando has since been awarded a modeling contract with O Model Africa and US$50,000.…
PEOPLE: What is it money can’t buy?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS Culture"It is good, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy" – LORIMER. Have you ever asked yourself to know really the things money can't buy? I have, but couldn't readily find any – maybe I didn't ponder deeply enough or I was being overwhelmed by the power of money – I'm…
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