South Africa's BEE project intersects with xenophobia
As of Monday this week, the official death toll from South African xenophobic attacks totals 62 with 670 injured and 1,300 people arrested and an economic cost still to be determined.

AFRICA

South African hospitality - too little, too late
The government's long awaited response to the xenophobic violence that has flared across South Africa has been to relocate thousands of people displaced by the attacks to camp sites, which critics have slammed as grossly inappropriate.

AFRICA

Xenophobia - SA's branding crisis
[Vimtha Rajbansi] South Africa's image has suffered greatly from the wave of xenophobic attacks that took place recently. Here is a summary of the damage and some courses of action that need to be taken in order to restore the country's good name.

Malawi bank introduces cash passport
[Gregory Gondwe] As battle for clientele ensues in the Malawi banking sector, the Malawi Savings Bank (MBS) has become the latest to introduce an innovation called Cash Passport, a facility that enables customers to take money abroad.

Conexus paves the road for automotive sales and service standards in Africa - Conexus
Outsourced call centre company Conexus has successfully extended its capabilities across Africa, having completed a challenging multi-country project. The venture into the continent continued when Conexus was tasked with implementing a large-scale customer satisfaction study for a leading, international automotive client in African countries.

Malawi introduces e-ticketing
[Gregory Gondwe] Travel Agents Association of Malawi (TAAM) has announced that passengers travelling in Malawi must now book their flights and buy tickets electronically.

USB-ED presents Management Development Programme in Gaborone, Botswana - USB-ED
USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) is offering the ideal opportunity for aspiring future business leaders to position themselves favourably in today's demanding business environment with its Management Development Programme (MDP) to be presented in Gaborone, Botswana. It consists of two study schools of which the first one will be taking place from 14 to 18 July 2008.

AFRICA

18th World Economic Forum on Africa kicks offs
[Shaun Benton] Over hundreds of eminent individuals who play key roles in leading companies, associations, unions, governments and media organisations are converging in Cape Town for the 18th World Economic Forum on Africa.

'SABC board born in sin' - FXI
The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) has welcomed a recent statement from members of the SABC group executive committee calling for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the conduct of the SABC board. "The current SABC board was born in sin," said Jane Duncan, executive director of the FXI.

Criticism for UN Human Rights Council from world's press
GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN: The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) has condemned what is terms the United Nations Human Rights Council's repeated efforts to undermine freedom of expression in the name of protecting religious sensibilities. “WAN reminds the UN that the council's proper role is to defend freedom of expression and not to support the censorship of opinion at the request of autocracies,” the WAN board said in a resolution issued during the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, which end today, Wednesday, 4 June 2008, in Göteborg, Sweden.

AFRICA

Media body sounds warning on threats to Zim media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says it fears more media repression ahead of presidential run-off in Zimbabwe.

Tune in for tutorial on telecoms 'Caring for the Environment'
Marc Benowitz, Director Eco-Environmental Engineering with Alcatel-Lucent's Chief Technology Office, will deliver a media and analyst tutorial on 'Caring for the Environment' on 5 June 2008 at 2pm GMT. Benowitz will discuss the challenges and opportunities the telecommunications industry faces as eco-sustainability is gaining an increasing amount of attention.

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe's winter wheat season set for failure
Zimbabwe's attempts to feed itself suffered another blow after the state media disclosed that only 13 percent of the planned winter wheat crop had been planted.