Zagwazatha Kapito's Diary.

Venus Hottentot, Josephine Baker, now Beyonce

2011-04-20T03:47:00.000+01:00

Venus Hottentot, Josephine Baker, now Beyonce Posted April 19th, 2011 by Wandia Njoya in Global Affairs It is only in France that people will come up with a ludicrous idea of co-opting a clueless black American diva in their reduction of Africa to blackness. It is in France in the 19th century that Venus Hottentot was

The Uprisings: Islam and the Arab revolutions

2011-04-03T08:42:00.002+01:00

Source: The Economist.THE sight of corrupt old Arab tyrants being toppled at the behest of a new generation of young idealists, inspired by democracy, united by Facebook and excited by the notion of opening up to a wider world, has thrilled observers everywhere. Those revolutions are still in full swing, albeit at different points in the cycle. In Tunisia and Egypt they are going the right way,

2010-07-08T06:53:00.001+01:00

Insurers profits sink as catastrophes riseBy Suzanne Kapner in New York Published: July 8 2010 05:38 | Last updated: July 8 2010 05:38 function floatContent(){var paraNum = "3" paraNum = paraNum - 1;var tb = document.getElementById('floating-con');var nl = document.getElementById('floating-target');if(tb.getElementsByTagName("div").length> 0){if (nl.getElementsByTagName("p").length>= paraNum){

McKinsey & Company Quarterly on Africa.

2010-06-16T23:00:00.002+01:00

McKinsey Quarterly has a new package on Africa.After decades of stagnation, Africa's economies experienced a marked acceleration in growth during the past ten years. The magnitude of the continent's development story is startling in its specifics and the potential opportunity it presents. This new package explores what factors underpinned Africa's growth and the continent's

Happy New Year and all that!

2010-01-26T14:15:00.003Z

Its been ages, for a whole host of reasons including firming other areas but mostly because of a lost password; now it all went like this, the blog was hacked with a floating banner that carried an Anti- Israeli message, it was a simple hack that I corrected by removing the naughty script from my template, I figured to be safe I ought to change the passwords every week... until I couldn't

OF FOREX ISSUES, CAPITAL FLIGHT CONTROL and THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

2009-09-20T07:38:00.001+01:00

Illicit financial flows, also known as Illegal capital flight from an economy are manifested in different forms and are most likely to be conducted in currencies that are easily exchangeable internationally (US Dollar, UK pound, ROC currency), trying to exchange or sale a couple million Malawi currency notes in for arguments sake London would be a near impossible sale. The Argentine economic

UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS- 17 July, 2009.

2009-07-17T00:11:00.003+01:00

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill could become Law next weekBy Charles Kelly17 July 2009The UK Government's plan lengthen the period immigrants must live in the U.K. before applying for citizenship may become law next week after backing down on stricter passport checks between Britain and Ireland yesterday.The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill cleared its final stage in the House

President Obama needs a refresher course on Africa

2009-07-16T23:11:00.003+01:00

By Gerald Caplan2009-07-16, Issue 442http://pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/57760* Gerald Caplan is the author of The Betrayal of Africa.* Please send comments to editor@pambazuka.org or comment online at http://www.pambazuka.org/.The American president made his first official trip to Africa last week when he visited Ghana for two days. In an interview Obama, with no false humility, stated that

UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS- 10 July 2009

2009-07-11T01:09:00.003+01:00

IMMIGRATION MATTERSBankrupt NVQ College leaves thousands of Filipino students strandedBy Charles Kelly10 July 2009NVQ college, Precision Training UK Ltd, has gone bust leaving Filipino students "high and dry" after paying hundreds of pounds in upfront fees weeks before the owners pulled the plus on its Wembley office.Since Precision Training collapsed students have been sent letters by a company

Malawi Budget Statement 2009/2010 link.

2009-07-06T17:54:00.001+01:00

http://www.finance.gov.mw/downloads/Bud2009.pdf

U.S. Congress Apologises for Slavery

2009-06-21T13:19:00.003+01:00

This Day (Lagos)Africa: U..S. Congress Apologises for SlaveryConstance Ikokwu20 June 2009http://allafrica.com/stories/200906200007.htmlWashington, D.c. — The United States Congress has for the first time in its 230-year history issued a formal apology for slavery and segregation, describing the dark period of that country as inhuman.The apology issued by Senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday,

Uganda 4th most Corrupt Country? or is it just 'chai'?

2009-06-14T07:04:00.004+01:00

Uganda 4th most corrupt country on earth? Hell no! Take It or Leave It | Austin Ejiet. June, 14, 2009.http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/Ejiet/Uganda_4th_most_corrupt_country_on_earth_Hell_no_86396.shtmlUganda cannot be the fourth most corrupt country on earth. And if Transparency International continues making those bogus and damaging statements about my beloved country, I’ll consider it my

HAS COCA-COLA FINALLY MET ITS MATCH?

2009-06-12T00:07:00.007+01:00

Self respecting marketers, marketing novices and the public at large know Coca-cola and its secret recipe as a massive marketing success for 'eons', I even dare think- what would we do without good old coke? Remote villages in nameless countries have the familiar shape Coca-cola bottles pregnant with the dark money making liquid perched invitingly on shelves in local village shops and

Racial Discrimination at World Bank?

2009-06-11T14:39:00.002+01:00

Report Details Racial Discrimination at World BankPublished on Jun 9, 2009 - 9:35:50 AMBy: Government Accountability Projecthttp://yubanet.com/usa/Report-Details-Racial-Discrimination-at-World-Bank.phpWASHINGTON, D.C. June 9, 2009 - Today, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) released a report that investigates and finds evidence of racial discrimination against black professional grade

The Economic debate of our time? FT.com

2009-06-11T04:41:00.002+01:00

Rising government bond rates prove policy works, The Financial Times OnlineJune 3, 2009 12:33amby Martin WolfIs the US (and a number of other high-income countries) on the road to fiscal Armageddon? Are recent jumps in government bond rates proof that investors are worried about fiscal prospects? My answers to these questions are: No and No. This does not mean there is no reason for worry. It is

Avoid e-mail mistakes with a single setting

2009-06-10T10:27:00.003+01:00

Avoid e-mail mistakes with a single setting * Date: June 9th, 2009 * Author: Susan Harkins * Category: Outlook We’ve all done it, and regretted it — sent an e-mail to the wrong person, sent an angry e-mail in haste, or sent an e-mail with mistakes. I don’t mind confessing my most humiliating e-mail mistakes because they’re so old: I sent an article to the wrong publisher. Now, that’s

OF EU ELECTIONS AND BRITISH LIFE.

2009-06-08T08:49:00.013+01:00

I followed the arrows. I walked through the open south transept door, glancing around like a stranger usually does into the St Peters church hall crossing converted into a polling station; I felt some huge dissapointment at the scene unfolding before me, I had expected the sophistication of 'Europe', technical gadgets etceteras but there before my eyes was a basic electoral scene not dissimilar

OBAMA CAIRO, EGYPT SPEECH IN FULL.

2009-06-06T05:34:00.001+01:00

Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda biography.

2009-06-06T04:55:00.001+01:00

Hastings Kamuzu Banda Biography - Detoured on Road to Become a Doctor, Pursued Degrees with Diligence, Spoke Out Against Racism

Dambisa Moyo vs. Jeffrey Sachs in The Huffington Post. Does Africa really need aid?

2009-06-05T06:34:00.010+01:00

Dambisa Moyo's thesis is an interesting and fresh approach to the perennial issue of donor aid. Originally from Zambia, Dambisa argues against the ills of aid in its current disbursement form, she outlines convincingly why donor aid is being abused and how the donors have used aid to dictate their policies on how recipients should run their countries, and how ultimately this African community

New Insurance Law introduced in Tanzania

2009-06-01T06:39:00.004+01:00

FARAJA MGWABATI, Dodoma, 25th April 2009 @ 11:30.THE DAILY NEWS (TANZANIA)New insurance law to benefit publicTanzanians stand to benefit from the new Insurance law that has been passed by the National Assembly this week whereby Insurance Companies (Insurers) will be forced to pay their customers’ claims within 45 days of occurrence of an accident.The new law, Insurance Act 2009, has come at the

AFGHANISTAN WAR OVERFLOWS DURATIONS OF WW1 & WW2

2009-05-25T10:36:00.008+01:00

First world war: 1914-1918Second world war: 1939- 1945Afghanistan: 2001-2009 2 US presidents, 2 British prime ministers and still going.....Just stats, thats all, who's winning? Would be great to see the back of this though, let me spin a conspiracy theory- the indian bombings were a tactic to draw further confusion in the region, thank God the Indian government did not take the bait otherwise

THE MISSING HUMAN LINK

2009-05-23T04:24:00.005+01:00

10:16pm UK, Wednesday May 20, 2009Alex Watts, Sky News OnlineScientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution.FossilThis 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' is described as the "eighth wonder of the world"The search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom has taken 200 years - but it was

Treasury Agrees To Aid US Insurers

2009-05-15T10:18:00.002+01:00

Treasury Agrees To Aid Insurers, Six Firms Gain Access to Funds- Washington Post.By David S. Hilzenrath and David Cho, Washington Post Staff WritersFriday, May 15, 2009The Treasury yesterday granted preliminary approval for some of the nation's largest insurance companies to receive capital infusions under the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program, Treasury spokesman Andrew Williams

UK POLITICIANS LOSE MORAL HIGHGROUND PERHAPS IRREPARABLY

2009-05-14T15:08:00.006+01:00

They are quick to label as negative other parts of the world especially developing nations, they blast corrupt regimes out of the water, they talk of regime change with clout of all manner etceteras, The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/ has however revealed that UK parliamenterians are not quite squeaky clean. The British public are hopping mad.Faith is

Did Martin Luther King know about Gandhi’s racism?

2009-05-14T09:18:00.005+01:00

Did ML King know about Gandhi’s racism? Excerpt from: http://www.zimbio.com/Ghandi%2Bquotes/articles/23/ML%2BKing%2Bknow%2BGandhi%2BracismWritten by moinansariFrom: rupeenews.comWe think that Martin Luther King was one of the greatest heros of our time. He accomplished more than any of his contemporaries. Martin Luther King lived during troubled times. He was in search of turth and find a mentor

INDIAN RACISM.

2009-05-14T08:32:00.005+01:00

I watched a documentary on Indian Daliks in SKY news yesterday, extremely disturbing is the level of poverty in India but most disturbing is the type of apartheid they still practice.....explains a lot really.Indian Racism: Are we racists? Excerpts from the blog: http://sujaiblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/indian-racism.htmlSaturday, June 14, 2008"I have always maintained that Indians are one of the

Quotations from the inimitable Oscar Wilde.

2009-05-13T09:57:00.002+01:00

I have nothing to declare except my genuis. The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.Those whom the gods love grow young. Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what

Elections- The price for peace.

2009-05-13T09:18:00.010+01:00

Elections must never be taken for granted, elections are an ingenious invention, they are the price for peace, they enable a population to buy into a feeling of being important from time to time by virtue of their vote, they allow for a renewal of direction, a check on overruns and excess, a measure of suitability of elected office bearers and much more. Malawi runs its elections in a week, which

Benjamin Disraeli- We are creators of circumstance

2009-04-26T10:14:00.001+01:00

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance. Benjamin Disraeli.

KERS TECHNOLOGY 2009; FORMULA 1 EXPLAINED

2009-04-26T09:20:00.001+01:00

Williams KERS Formula One System Explained - Watch more Funny Videos

Africa's next Big Man- Jacob Zuma

2009-04-18T11:25:00.002+01:00

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13494552 http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13491950 Africa's next Big Man Apr 16th 2009 From The Economist print editionIf Jacob Zuma avoids becoming a caricature of African leadership, he could change the whole continent for the better National News and Pictures WITHIN weeks, Jacob Zuma is set to become the

A Sobering and controversial take on Somalia's piracy.

2009-04-13T14:21:00.002+01:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/you-are-being-lied-to-abo_b_155147.html Johann HariColumnist, London IndependentPosted February 4, 2009 | 05:12 AM (EST)You Are Being Lied to About PiratesWho imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy - backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to

ORIGINS of THE TERM EASTER

2009-04-11T07:46:00.005+01:00

According to the English monastic historian BEDE, Easter comes from the word "EOSTRE" after the Anglo-Saxon Godess Esostre whose godly focus was on new beginnings, symbolized by the Easter Egg, and fertility, which is symbolized by the hare or Easter Bunny.The Anglo-Saxon word for the month April was "Eostre-monath" (The month of openings).Christians celebrated the resurrection long before the

UK New Tax Year 2009/2010 highlights.

2009-04-08T14:29:00.002+01:00

My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and co-operation he has

The Demand for Private Health Insurance in Malawi

2009-01-19T20:46:00.005Z

The Demand for Private Health Insurance in MalawiSource: http://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/4974.html Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | StatisticsAuthor InfoMakoka, DonaldKaluwa, BenKambewa, PatrickAdditional information is available for the following registered author(s): * Donald MakokaAbstractThis study investigates the determinants of demand for

British Bank Braced for £28 billion loss

2009-01-19T19:17:00.004Z

Royal Bank of Scotland which was part of October 2008's banking bailout in the UK is in line for the biggest loss in UK corporate history.The bank is currently mainly owned by the government; Stephen Hester, the chief executive said it could make a full-year loss of up to £28 bn for 2008, the UK government is expected to pump an extra £5 bn into the bank. The lenders share price fell 40% to 21p

Funny Definitions

2009-01-19T16:28:00.002Z

Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/funnydefinitions.phpOur premier glossaries, InvestorWords.com and BusinessDictionary.com, have received high acclaim for providing the most clear, concise, and comprehensive financial and business terms and definitions online. We realize, however, that many of these definitions still have room for "interpretation".Take a look below at the amusing takes we

Consequential Damage- Term of the day.

2009-01-19T16:19:00.002Z

Term of the Day For Monday, January 19, 2009 consequential damage Definition Damage or injury that does not directly and immediately result from a wrongful act, but instead indirectly and/or after elapse of some time. Consequential damage usually cannot be foreseen and is often unrecoverable through litigation, unless the offending party was notified in advance that the aggrieved party

North Lake News-Register

2009-01-13T20:54:00.003Z

North Lake News-RegisterLooking to the future with much optimismMalawi student thankful for the opportunity to study in the United StatesFrancis KapitoIssue date: 1/12/09 Section: OpinionPrintEmail document.write('Article Tools') Article ToolsPage 1 of 1 function goPage(newindex) { currentLocation = getThisPage(); cleanedLocation = ''; // If this is an SHTML request. if (

WHY TRASHING OTHER RELIGIONS IS THE HEIGHT OF IGNORANCE AND NAIVETE'

2009-01-13T03:29:00.010Z

Initially but most importantly all of us were simply born into the religions we would now want to defend with our lives.Then again to expound on that, perhaps if we were to be born in different circumstances or in a different family on a different planet we would have defended a different religion than the one we currently hold. What does this say? That God is in all of us and we all worship a

BRITISH INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO SKY-ROCKET IN 2009

2009-01-12T22:50:00.009Z

Leading Lloyd's of London Insurer Amlin in tonight's (12.01.2009) Evening Standard's Business section, page 28, as authored by Simon English have claimed the UK insurance market will see a 'cut-throat' approach to writing premiums with insurers no longer chasing market share at the expense of profits. Insurers are said to be taking a cautious approach to managing risk in the wake of the Global

2008: Insurance year in review - Daily Times

2009-01-10T00:00:00.020Z

A report released last week shows trends that reflect today's values. The report was based on a study conducted across twelve Indian cities

FORMALISING SOCIAL SECURITY IN MALAWI

2008-12-05T09:22:00.009Z

FORMALISING SOCIAL SECURITY. - I referred to this article in my blog posting of 01/09/07 titledLobby for Formalising Social Security in Malawi (click for access)By Pasipau Wadonda-Chirwa, a law lecturer at Chancellor CollegeThe below article appeared in the Law Society of Malawi Newsletter 'The Malawian Lawyer' The Official Newsletter of the Legal Profession in Malawi,May/June 2006 IssueSocial

A Lesson in Customer Service- all in in a days work

2008-12-05T08:07:00.009Z

Bank sees share price drop below $4 in New York for first time in 15 years / Pandit insists Smith Barney is not for sale By Stephen Foley in New York Saturday, 22 November 2008 Why are we asking this now? For decades, undiluted Keynesian economic policies have been dismissed as irrelevant: right for their time, perhaps, but outdated by subsequent changes in the economy. But it looks as if things are changing. In the face of the current financial crisis, government after government has moved towards more

Obama's 30 minute ad 29.10.2008

2008-10-30T06:36:00.004Z

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/obamas-prime-time-tv-comm_n_138767.html

Freak shot lands golfer in court and caddy in hospital

2008-10-27T13:42:00.002Z

Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081027/tod-uk-golf-korea-cb1d00a.html3 hours 42 mins agoA South Korean golfer has paid a heavy price for an embarrassing shot that landed his caddy in hospital. Skip related contentRelated photos / videosGolfer casts shadow as he practises on Old Course in St Andrews Enlarge photo The golfer, identified by the country's Supreme Court only as "Jung," was fined

ARTICLES ABOUT RECESSION AND DEPRESSION

2008-10-24T18:12:00.005+01:00

Coming to Europe for me is starting to be nightmarish, last time in 2001, 9/11 happened whilst in Southern Europe now this serious economic depression!http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/r/recession_and_depression/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=recession&st=nyt

Of Plaigarism and office reports

2008-10-24T17:50:00.004+01:00

We are getting to the age in africa where we too will have our office reports gleaned for plaigarism as done out here, where the penalty if caught is instant dismissal.http://www.scidev.net/en/south-asia/news/indian-academic-resigns-over-plagiarism-charge.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/tv-doctor-raj-persaud-admits-plagiarism-848184.htmlhttp://

Malawi’s insurance penetration lowest in the region says RBM

2008-09-29T19:00:00.001+01:00

BY HENRY MCHAZIME 17:24:21 - 29 September 2008Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Deputy Governor Mary Nkosi says the country’s insurance penetration is very low despite the fact that Malawi’s economy has been on the rise.Nkosi who is also Deputy Registrar of Insurance said this on Friday during the official opening of Insurance Institute of Malawi (IIM) annual conference held under the theme ‘Thriving