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The assembly has issued a 14-day ultimatum for the executive to submit essential information regarding all pending bills.
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk
Bob van Dijk, CEO of Naspers and its European-listed spin-off Prosus, received remuneration of US$15.98-million, or R276-million, in the past year, according to the Naspers annual report published on Tuesday.
Naspers (and Prosus) chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos, meanwhile, took home total remuneration of $9.16-million (R158.3-million), the annual report shows.
Naspers, which has been criticised in the past by investors over its remuneration practices, said in the report that it believes in “pay for performance” and that it is “comfortable with bigger rewards for those that make the highest contribution”.
Our reward systems must help us attract and retain the best talent around the world in a fair and responsible way
Remuneration, it said, must be aligned with shareholder outcomes and must incentivise the achievement of strategic, operational and financial objectives in both the short and longer term.
Naspers and Prosus chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos
“Given the longer-term focus of the company, and the prudent approach on pay and bonuses, it will still be appropriate to issue long-term incentive awards in the coming year, though the grant date will be postponed until August or early September, in line with the LTI awards to the broader employee population this year.”
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Africa’s first COVID-designed dining experience has arrived and can be found in the heart of Cape Town.
President Ramaphosa on Wednesday 11 November confirmed that international travel restrictions will be lifted. Here's what we know.
Daylin Mitchell has been appointed Transport and Public Works MEC.
L. Turkana wind project penalty cash cut in Covid-19 fight
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By EDWIN MUTAI
Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Marsabit County.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
The Treasury has redirected Sh1 billion meant for Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) line project and street lighting to financing post-Covid-19 economic recovery plans.
Kenya incurred a 127 million euros (Sh14.5 billion under then prevailing exchange rates) penalty for breaching the timelines set for completion of the 428-kilometre high-voltage power line from Marsabit to Suswa sub-station in Narok, the main interchange for power from different sources.
The 310-megawatt Lake Turkana wind farm was initially set for launch in 2017 but remained idle due to delays in installing transmission lines needed to get the clean power to the national grid and customers.
Kenya then hired a Chinese company to complete the line to evacuate power from the wind farm which is expected to contribute 15 percent of Kenya’s total electricity needs.
George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the World.
These crippling systemic, institutional and endemic racist systems have plagued and knee capped Black Folk in every existence in our lives in this Country”.
Police brutality, institutional and systemic racism is a national epidemic in Jacksonville and America.
Jacksonville as a Consolidated City is a “Dream Deferred” for Black Citizens.
Prior to Consolidation the Black Community had political and economic strength to determine its existence.
Kamala Harris Breaks the Glass Ceiling Again; Will Serve as First Female and First African…
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P. W. Botha , in full Pieter Willem Botha (born Jan. 12, 1916, Paul Roux, S.Af.—died Oct. 31, 2006, Wilderness, near George), prime minister (1978–84) and first state president (1984–89) of South Africa.
A native of the Orange Free State, he studied law at the University of Orange Free State at Bloemfontein from 1932 to 1935 but left without graduating. Already active in politics in his teens, he moved to Cape Province at age 20 to become a full-time organizer for the National Party. He was elected to Parliament in the National landslide of 1948. By 1958 he was deputy minister of the interior, and thereafter (1961–80) he was successively minister of commercial development, Coloured affairs, public works, and defense. He succeeded to the prime ministry upon the resignation of B.J. Vorster in 1978.
Botha’s government faced serious foreign and domestic difficulties. The coming to power of black governments in Mozambique, Angola, and Zimbabwe gave new energy to black South African nationalists and the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO). Other developments led to frequent black student and labour unrest in South Africa itself, especially in 1980. Botha responded with a military policy that included frequent South African raids combined with support for antigovernment groups in the border states, seeking to weaken the Angolan, Mozambican, and Zimbabwean governments. Botha also refused to withdraw from Namibia, though he continued negotiations on the question.
He combined this foreign policy with a program of reforms at home—such as the policy of granting “independence” to various black homelands—that were meant at once to mollify international public opinion while dividing his nonwhite domestic opposition. A key point in this program was the promulgation of a new constitution, which granted very limited powers to Asians and Coloureds but which made no concessions to the black majority. Though the proposed reforms maintained white supremacy, to which Botha was fully committed, the right wing of the
NMS has overseen expenditure worth Sh3.8 billion in less than three months even as it struggles to find a footing in Nairobi affairs.
Finance minister Matia Kasaija has been summoned to appear before Parliament for presenting wrong figures in the Budget speech.
While presenting the new Budget to the public on June 11, Mr Kasaija read figures contrary to what was passed by Parliament.
Mr Lugoloobi told Parliament that in Kasaija's speech, the Budget is Shs673b as opposed to the Parliamentary approval of Shs400b.
Other figures relate to Shs66b approved for Social Assistance Grant for the Elderly but the minister read out Shs107b and Credit to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises for which Parliament approved Shs40b but his speech contained Shs94b.
Mr Lugoloobi also pointed out Shs225b contained in the minister's speech yet Parliament approved Shs100b.
It’s that time of year again -- the impending start of hurricane season, when everyone becomes a meteorologist, and the bane of Ernesto Morales’ existence.
by Glenn Ellis I am glad Covid has “laid bare” structural racism and inequalities in healthcare and health for some folks. Welcome. We are happy to have you join us in the fight of our lives. -Dr. Robin Stevens- (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Throughout modern U.S. medical history, official reports and statistics have documented, and confirmed, the disproportionate burden … Continued
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The teenaged male who was last month captured in a chilling video viciously assaulting a distressed girl has been slapped with two charges and is to face the courts this month end.The video, which surfaced on social media on October 25, showed the two minors arguing, egged on by several other youngsters, in what appeared to be an abandoned building.
Raila Odinga , in full Raila Amolo Odinga (born January 7, 1945, Maseno, Kenya), Kenyan businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Kenya (2008–13) following the contentious presidential election of December 2007.
Of Luo descent, Odinga was the son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the first vice president of independent Kenya. After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in East Germany in 1970, Odinga returned to Kenya to become a lecturer at the University of Nairobi. During his time at the university, Odinga also engaged in engineering-related business ventures, including one that would later become East African Spectre, Ltd. He left the university in 1974 and was soon employed by the Kenya Bureau of Standards, where he attained the position of deputy director in 1978.
In the 1970s and ’80s Odinga was politically active and supported government reforms in Kenya. In 1982 he was accused of plotting against Pres. Daniel arap Moi and was imprisoned without trial for six years. After Odinga’s release, he was twice arrested for campaigning against one-party rule, and in 1991 he sought refuge in Norway. He returned to Kenya in 1992, however, and was elected a member of the National Assembly that year under the banner of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD–K), the party led by his father. After his father’s death in 1994, Odinga became embroiled in a leadership struggle within the party and in 1996 left FORD–K and joined the National Development Party (NDP).
In 1997 Odinga stood unsuccessfully as the NDP’s candidate for election as president of Kenya but was able to retain his seat in the National Assembly. He and the NDP thereafter gave their support to Moi and the ruling Kikuyu-dominated Kenya African National Union (KANU). Odinga joined Moi’s cabinet as energy minister in 2001, and the NDP was absorbed into the ruling party the following year, with Odinga becoming secretary-general of KANU.
Odinga’s hope of succeeding Moi as KANU’s candidate for the presidency in the
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In summary New index ranks women’s well-being in all California counties shows Santa Clara women are the most likely to work low wage jobs in the state. Women in Santa Clara County are the most likely in California to work a low-wage job. They also face California’s third highest gender income gap, according to a […]
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Advocates for the historic Black and Native American cemeteries in the Thoroughfare area of Prince William County are calling out another clearing of land in the area, but county officials say they had no authority to stop the digging.
Mr Yattani in a May 14, letter to National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai, proposed that the Sh1.77 trillion budget allocated to the national government in the next financial year be amended so that NMS draws its financing from the Presidency vote-head.
However, on Monday, Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah, who chairs the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) of the National Assembly, said that his committee was confused over how the Treasury wants \"this to happen\" without amending the Division of Revenue Act, 2020.
According to Mr Ichung'wah, any allocation to the NMS should come from the Sh316.5 billion allocated to the 47 county governments as per the Division of Revenue Act, 2020, which he says has not been proposed for amendment.
\"We need him to clarify to us whether the national government wants to give NMS a conditional grant or if it's part of the equitable share to the counties in which case it will involve amending the Division of Revenue Act,\" he added.
\"If it's not a contingency fund, because that is the only way counties get allocations from the national government other than equitable share of revenue, then it is a double allocation,\" Mr Mulu said.
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EFF vows to continue shutting down Clicks stores, despite a court interdict prohibiting violence and intimidation.
The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency powers.
“We have noticed increasing alliances between gangs across community, geographic borders, and even political boundaries, which signals a level of cooperation between the gangs as they struggle over spoils whether extortion, imported weapons, or other criminal activities,” Chang said yesterday during a Jamaica House briefing.
“We are seeing a much more coordinated attempt by criminal enterprises across Kingston and St Andrew to coordinate their activities and create a much more unified response to how they make their illegal gains from these commercial areas,” Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said as he presented data for St James and East Kingston as evidence that the SOEs were working.
To the west, the boundary extends from the coastline by the Petrojam oil refinery in the northeastern direction on to East Avenue, then on to Maxfield Avenue to the intersection of Russell Road.
The northern boundary extends along Russell Road in an easterly direction from the intersection of Maxfield Avenue and Russell Road to its intersection with Lyndhurst Road and Retirement Road.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket will cut up to 15% of staff and look to shave NZ$6 million ($3.72 million) in operating costs as part of proposals to cope with “challenging” conditions brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, Chief Executive David White has said.
White told New Zealand media he had informed NZC’s 80 staff yesterday about the planned cuts, which would allow the board to maintain funding levels at provincial and district levels, and avoid shrinking the domestic schedule.
“The cuts are coming from NZC, NZ$6 million, of which NZ$1.5 million is staff.”
New Zealand authorities have begun easing social restrictions in recent weeks with COVID-19 cases slowing to a trickle, and sports have been given the green light to restart domestic competitions.
“What we are experiencing is what I imagine most businesses in New Zealand are experiencing at the moment,” White said.
Luanda — After 60 days of social confinement under the Presidential Decree on the State of Emergency, Angola is observing, as of Tuesday, a Public Calamity Situation, with new rules to overcome the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
For this reason, with the new measure, it seeks \"a proportional balance between the defence of public health and the normal exercise of economic and social activities\".
According to the new Presidential Decree, public and private institutions will continue to operate, in a first phase, with 50 percent of the workforce, until 29 June.
Another new element in the Public Calamity Situation is the full reopening of all public and private health units that have been operating only with essential services since the entry into force of the State of Emergency in March.
Among the new measures of the Government also includes the reopening of churches from 24 June, with a maximum capacity of 50 percent of the place of worship , when in a closed place, with a maximum limit of 150 people.
