Friday, June 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Lack of transformation in agribusiness has led to the industry’s black economic empowerment programmes scoring low for management control and employment equity, an independent study shows. The study, presented to the Agricultural Business Chamber’s congress in Somerset West in the Western Cape yesterday, was compiled by the University of Pretoria’s Prof Johann
Friday, June 4th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – Last summer, Viitanen proposed the name change to the Finnish Rail Administration. At present, new blue signs are being installed at the station, with the new name in an abbreviated form: Helsinki C (like centrum or central). Furthermore, the new name will be printed in the timetables, and announcements on trains will
Friday, June 4th, 2010
EGYPT DAILY NEWS – Ethiopian Minister of Mines and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu told Al-Masry Al-Youm there should be no problems in funding a tripartite electricity project with the countries of the eastern Nile basin (Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt), after studies proved the economic and technical benefits of the project. Read More
Friday, June 4th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – Passengers using buses, trams and the metro in Amsterdam will have to travel using a public transport smart card, or ov-chipkaart, from Thursday. The greater Amsterdam region is now the second area of the country to have stopped the use of paper tickets. Rotterdam made the change last year. Read More
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics risk missing a golden opportunity to inspire a step change towards a low-carbon economy, the green watchdog for the games has warned. The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 released its annual review on how the games’ sustainable vision is taking shape. The UK’s green promises
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
DERBYSHIRE UK – Councils in Derby, South Derbyshire, Erewash and Amber Valley had been told by the previous Labour Government that they must build 36,600 new homes in the county by 2026. But the new Con-Lib coalition Government has confirmed it plans to scrap regional spatial strategies across the UK and return decision-making powers on
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
SPACE FELLOWSHIP – The SERVIS-2 mission is the successor to SERVIS-1 also successfully launched on a Rockot in October 2003 by Eurockot for its Japanese customer, the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) of Tokyo, Japan. SERVIS-2, the acronym for the second ‘Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System’ mission, will be employed to
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
MAIL & GUARDIAN SA – South Africa is ready for nuclear power, the world’s largest nuclear operator, Electricite de France (EDF), said at an energy workshop in Johannesburg on Monday. It was ready because of its political willingness, Eskom’s good track record, the public’s awareness of climate change challenges and industries’ eagerness to enter the
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
DUTCH NEWS NL – The national grid operator Tennet has asked the treasury for a capital injection of €500m to invest in its high tension networks in the Netherlands and Germany, the Financieele Dagblad reports. Read More
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
UGANDA DAILY MONITOR – Several questions came to mind. Had the land experts done research on the impacts of taxation on idle land? How long should an undeveloped piece of land be considered idle? What type of development should be on land to be designated developed; a forest, a building or agriculture? What about leaving
