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Social Media Saved Africa’s Oldest Community Station
By Davison Mudzingwa*
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. In the end, it was this outspoken support that showed financial backers that the station was worth saving.
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Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market.
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ZAMBIA
Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate
By Lewis Mwanangombe
LUSAKA - Zhang Daliu, 46, a carpenter from China never imagined himself in the dreadful confines of a stinking and overcrowded Zambian jail where conditions are so terrible that they lead to gastronomic disorders and skin diseases within days of confinement.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA
HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN - If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn.
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ZIMBABWE
To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That is the Question
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO - From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds - the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie.
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MALAWI
Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
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AFRICA
Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN - When a food crisis hits the continent, African countries tend to look to the international donor community to mobilise aid. But a fast-growing, drought- resistant tree with extremely nutritious leaves could help poor, arid nations to fight food insecurity and malnutrition on their own.
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MAURITIUS
The Decline of Consumer Cooperatives
By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT-LOUIS - Amateurism, high prices, mismanagement, and a limited product range have discouraged Inderjeet Rajcoomarsingh, the former chairman of the Mauritius Agricultural Cooperative Federation, from shopping at cooperative stores.
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ZIMBABWE
Street Vendors’ Protest Sparking a Revolution
By Stanley Kwenda
HARARE - There are some unlikely comparisons between the work lives of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who sparked the Arab revolution, and Francis Tachirev, a fruit seller in Zimbabwe.
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Woe Betide the Return of the Zimbabwean Dollar
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO - Tinashe Zuze’s story is a typical one of Zimbabwe’s professionals who have shunned formal employment. Instead of working for someone else, Zuze left his job as a bank teller and entered into the world of "wheeling and dealing" in illegal foreign currency.
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SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA
New Railway Line to Boost Economies
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will help reduce the cost of doing business between the two countries.
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