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If violence is not natural, and not ingrained in our genetic makeup then the question is, what the root of violence is (violence, which is gender based). Gary Barker has done lot of research in this area and he has an answer.
01 August, 2009
We just want Mugabe to step down
Pambazuka, Mutsa Murenje
I have come across a number of people who believe that the situation in Zimbabwe can only improve when Mugabe is dead. In the vulgar, these people want him dead! But I constantly remind them that we don’t have to wait for him to die first for us to be free. We want to be free even in his presence. My question is: What will happen if he doesn’t die for the next 10 years? The point is: I don’t wish him dead but I want him to retire peacefully and leave us alone! It is an undeniable fact that Mugabe has dismally failed to perform to the best of his ability during the past 10 years and it is highly unlikely that Mugabe will restore Zimbabwe to where she was 10 or so years ago.
I have come across a number of people who believe that the situation in Zimbabwe can only improve when Mugabe is dead. In the vulgar, these people want him dead! But I constantly remind them that we don’t have to wait for him to die first for us to be free. We want to be free even in his presence. My question is: What will happen if he doesn’t die for the next 10 years? The point is: I don’t wish him dead but I want him to retire peacefully and leave us alone! It is an undeniable fact that Mugabe has dismally failed to perform to the best of his ability during the past 10 years and it is highly unlikely that Mugabe will restore Zimbabwe to where she was 10 or so years ago.
Legalising prostitution in South Africa
Pambazuka, Thelma Tafadzwa Madondo
The idea was first proposed in 2007 by the police commissioner, who argued that legalising prostitution before 2010 would free up the police to deal with more pressing issues.[2] His rationale was to legalise prostitution and public drinking before the 2010 Football World Cup for the enjoyment of foreign fans coming to South Africa, so that they are not arrested for these crimes. This legalising of the sex industry was clearly not for the sake of the sex workers but rather to cater solely to the convenience of sex-buying men.
The idea was first proposed in 2007 by the police commissioner, who argued that legalising prostitution before 2010 would free up the police to deal with more pressing issues.[2] His rationale was to legalise prostitution and public drinking before the 2010 Football World Cup for the enjoyment of foreign fans coming to South Africa, so that they are not arrested for these crimes. This legalising of the sex industry was clearly not for the sake of the sex workers but rather to cater solely to the convenience of sex-buying men.
Namibia’s forgotten political prisoners
Pambazuka, Henning Melber
Namibia ranks among the top performers on the African continent in surveys measuring good governance on the basis of democracy and human rights criteria. In marked contrast, the country also holds the negative record of the longest serving political prisoners in the SADC region. They are rotting behind bars without being sentenced for now almost a decade. The victims of this justice delayed are facing charges of high treason and find no mercy in their treatment.
Namibia ranks among the top performers on the African continent in surveys measuring good governance on the basis of democracy and human rights criteria. In marked contrast, the country also holds the negative record of the longest serving political prisoners in the SADC region. They are rotting behind bars without being sentenced for now almost a decade. The victims of this justice delayed are facing charges of high treason and find no mercy in their treatment.
MARP condena partidarização do Estado
Debates e devaneios
Um relatório publicado, quinta-feira, na Capital, pelo Mecanismo Africano de Revisão de Pares, MARP, indica que a crescente partidarização do Estado, pelo partido no poder, está a prejudicar o País, pois, o recrutamento, para a função pública, tem sido feito na base da filiação partidária e não de competências.
Um relatório publicado, quinta-feira, na Capital, pelo Mecanismo Africano de Revisão de Pares, MARP, indica que a crescente partidarização do Estado, pelo partido no poder, está a prejudicar o País, pois, o recrutamento, para a função pública, tem sido feito na base da filiação partidária e não de competências.
Moçambique: Mas querem dinheiro?
Debate e reflexâo
Tudo isto vem a proposito da barbaridade que noto em muitos bancos da nossa praça, relativamente a forma como fazem negocio.
Muitos dos nossos bancos, pelo menos em Maputo, se é que têm um Operations Manager, esse passa o tempo sonecando ou lá está por mera questão cosmética. É incomprensivel que um gestor bancario permita que no intervalo entre as 12 a 14 horas apenas 25% das suas caixas é que estejam a atender a clientela, sabendo que é nessa altura que muitos usuários da banca têm intervalo em seus serviços e aproveitam para fazer algumas transações bancarias. É inaceitavel que um gestor bancario no seculo XXI ainda admita que entre os dias 25 a 5 do mês seguinte tenha, apenas, menos da metade dos seus ATMs operacionais. É intoleravel que neste milenio ainda existam bancos que exigem atestado de residencia para que alguem abra uma conta. É imperdoavel que em 2009, seja necessário esperar cerca de 15 dias para se receber do banco um simples cartão de debito.
Tudo isto vem a proposito da barbaridade que noto em muitos bancos da nossa praça, relativamente a forma como fazem negocio.
Muitos dos nossos bancos, pelo menos em Maputo, se é que têm um Operations Manager, esse passa o tempo sonecando ou lá está por mera questão cosmética. É incomprensivel que um gestor bancario permita que no intervalo entre as 12 a 14 horas apenas 25% das suas caixas é que estejam a atender a clientela, sabendo que é nessa altura que muitos usuários da banca têm intervalo em seus serviços e aproveitam para fazer algumas transações bancarias. É inaceitavel que um gestor bancario no seculo XXI ainda admita que entre os dias 25 a 5 do mês seguinte tenha, apenas, menos da metade dos seus ATMs operacionais. É intoleravel que neste milenio ainda existam bancos que exigem atestado de residencia para que alguem abra uma conta. É imperdoavel que em 2009, seja necessário esperar cerca de 15 dias para se receber do banco um simples cartão de debito.
Pambazuka News 444: Kenya: Impunity and the politicisation of ethnicity
Highlights from this issue
FEATURES
- Maina Kiai on Kenya and the politicisation of ethnicity
- Lydiah Kumento Bosire on the politics of violence and accountability in Kenya
- Onyango Oloo on retrieving Kenya from the power vampires
- Henning Melber remembers Namibia’s forgotten political prisoners
- William Gumede says the ANC needs urgent reform to retain popular support
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
- Thelma Tafadzwa Madondo on the perils of legalising prostitution in SA
- Vincent Nuwagaba says Uganda's institutions are used, misused and abused
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD
- Khadija Sharife on why dams may cause Africa more problems than they are worth
ADVOCACY & CAMPAIGNS
- Angolan government forcibly evicts thousands
LETTERS & OPINIONS
- Bill Rutto is concerned about the scope of Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconcilation Commission
- Mutsa Murenje says Mugabe must step down
FEATURES
- Maina Kiai on Kenya and the politicisation of ethnicity
- Lydiah Kumento Bosire on the politics of violence and accountability in Kenya
- Onyango Oloo on retrieving Kenya from the power vampires
- Henning Melber remembers Namibia’s forgotten political prisoners
- William Gumede says the ANC needs urgent reform to retain popular support
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
- Thelma Tafadzwa Madondo on the perils of legalising prostitution in SA
- Vincent Nuwagaba says Uganda's institutions are used, misused and abused
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD
- Khadija Sharife on why dams may cause Africa more problems than they are worth
ADVOCACY & CAMPAIGNS
- Angolan government forcibly evicts thousands
LETTERS & OPINIONS
- Bill Rutto is concerned about the scope of Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconcilation Commission
- Mutsa Murenje says Mugabe must step down
Tracking Africa's people smugglers
BBC, Brian Hungwe
Human smugglers are running a complex multi-million dollar network, fleecing distressed Somalis seeking a way out of their war-torn country and desperate Ethiopians caught up in vicious cycles of hunger, floods and political repression.
Human smugglers are running a complex multi-million dollar network, fleecing distressed Somalis seeking a way out of their war-torn country and desperate Ethiopians caught up in vicious cycles of hunger, floods and political repression.
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