How the West impoverishes Africa
Thursday, August 09, 2007
MBABANE: Everyday 840 million people go hungry and more than two billion suffer from dietary deficiencies, a Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) official has said.
Presenting a paper on "Trade, Development and Poverty: The Case of Africa," in Mbabane on Monday, Jack Zulu SARPN programme manager for economic dimensions, said that children and women are the most vulnerable groups.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....