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AFRICA: Money, Media and Tradition Complicate Women's Political Aspirations
Topix - Sunday, December 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In politics women are a minority, but if one or two are quiet the media says all women are silent. When the same men are quiet nobody raises a voice against them. We shouldn't be judged differently" The challenges confronting women politicians in Africa were given... more
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Sunday, December 9
Topix - Sunday, December 02, 2007
p> Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2007. There are 22 days left in the year. via PR-inside.com ... more
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- We're talking about young people dying, the people who are supposed to be building the country'
Topix - Saturday, December 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's a massive problem affecting almost one quarter of the adult population." An economic development officer working in Mid Wales has just returned from an emotional journey to find out more about the HIV and Aids crisis in her homeland. via IcWales ... more
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Alleged drug dealers nabbed
Topix - Saturday, December 01, 2007
p> Drug stash found at Joburg airport Two men have been arrested for possession of dagga valued at over R900 000, police said on Saturday. via The Star ... more
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A mother's legacy
Topix - Thursday, November 29, 2007
p> The tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho has the third-highest HIV rate in the world. via Guardian Unlimited ... more
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Bafana 5, Lesotho 0
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
hese are the sort of results which can easily get people carried ... more
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says He Will Attend EU-Africa Summit
Topix - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
p> Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, left, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, right, and Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili at SADC meeting, 16 Aug 2007 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he plans to ... via Voice of America ... more
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Chiefs Pull Players Out of Lesotho Friendly
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
ACED with increasing pressure from Fifa to start winning games, Carlos Alberto Parreira's preparations for the 2008 African Nations Cup were dealt a huge blow yesterday when Kaizer Chiefs withdrew their players from the Bafana Bafana squad to face Lesotho in a practic e match ... more
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Freetown teacher takes her talents to Third World
Topix - Sunday, November 25, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In our steadfast American capitalistic society, getting involved in humanity and giving back to society can benefit your own soul ten-fold" Tarsha Veiga has an ambitious goal: she wants to help save the world. Ms. Veiga, a 25-year-old from Freetown, received her bachelor's and master's degrees... more
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UK hopes for world trade deal within weeks
Topix - Sunday, November 25, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"One of the ways of doing so is to have strong international institutions. Another way is to have a trade deal" KAMPALA: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday he hoped for agreement on a new world trade deal within weeks. via Daily Times... more
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Lesotho - Traditional & Socio-Political Disability paradigms
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Segregation Model". This involved: - legally sanctioned segregation and exclusion based on widespread fears, myths and stereotypes - segregated schools - Institutions without options for integration often referred to a "special" There is an interplay between progress on social inclusion for citizens and Inclusive Destination development.... more
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A Desire to Learn Stifled By Hunger
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
he hunger of the seemingly healthy and well-groomed school students at Moruthane Secondary School, about 80km south of Lesotho's capital, Maseru, is at first not apparent, but as the morning progresses they become listless and their concentration ... more
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LESOTHO: A desire to learn stifled by hunger
Topix - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We build right on the road to make it easier for the pupils to catch buses. One thing we have not built is a kitchen, because we have no feeding scheme for the children. We have only 41 students, and this school is too small" The... more
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I belong to Africa: Masuku
Topix - Monday, November 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I am where I am today because of discipline. Music is a decent profession that calls for respects and with that only upcoming musicians can make it to the top." By Trust Khosa and Sydney Kawadza The afro-jazz queen was born in Zimbabwe to a Zambian... more
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Letseng Legacy sells to Safdico for $10.4M
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are very pleased to have once again made the winning bid for such a historic diamond" The 493-carat "Letseng Legacy," the world's 18th-largest diamond, has sold at auction for $10.4 million. via National Jeweler ... more
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LESOTHO: Saving the land
Topix - Thursday, November 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"These are plants originating from outside Lesotho and Africa. Now, with the drought and Lesotho's usual fierce windstorms, the topsoil is blown away. When we do get rain it comes in torrents, and it makes gullies and dongas." MASERU, 15 November 2007 - The irony of... more
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Women's Lib Not Quite There Yet
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 14, 2007
year after Lesotho's parliament granted women equal status, few are aware of the legal changes this could bring about in their ... more
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Lesotho: Women's Lib Not Quite There Yet
Topix - Wednesday, November 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Men have always been in power; they may feel that that power has been taken away. Women, on the other hand, will be excited - they will [now] have a part in the decisions of their family." A year after Lesotho's parliament granted women equal status,... more
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Hopes Pinned On Rain
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 12, 2007
ain in the past two weeks has brought some respite to Lesotho's farmers, who are struggling with one of the country's worst droughts in three decades. They are hoping for a more bountiful harvest this time, but with more than 400,000 people food insecure, some aid workers say it will... more
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LESOTHO: Hopes pinned on rain
Topix - Monday, November 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I think we will be here next year, distributing food aid; the drought will affect people until next year - too many people ate their planting seeds, and they are too poor to buy more." Rain in the past two weeks has brought some respite to... more
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