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BMW boss goes to the rescue of VW dealership

EAST London businessman Clarence Mngadi the first black person to fully own a BMW dealership plans to throw a lifeline to some of the nearly 100 Volkswagen and Audi dealership staff who will be retrenched when their struggling company closes its doors today. That s the promise of Remy Moens, the motor industry consultant commissioned by Volkswagen SA as a troubleshooter to rescue the ailing business. Mngadi was overseas and was not available for comment. Earlier this month, the Daily...

Southern Spears say: Pay us R4m

FORMER Southern Spears chief executive Tony McKeever, his staff and players have filed a R4million claim for unpaid salaries from SA Rugby. McKeever, who ran the Eastern Cape and South Western Districts rugby franchise, has instructed Klerksdorp attorney Jacques Jansen, whose firm specialises in labour disputes, to issue the letter of demand. Jansen yesterday confirmed the letter claiming unpaid salaries, leave pay and notice pay had been sent to SA Rugby president Oregan Hoskins. From...

OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Secretary of State for Health & Social Welfare, Permanent Secretary for Health & Social Welfare, Director and staff of Department of Social Welfare, Regret to announce the death of Mr dodou soli Staff of the Department of Social WelfareDied:         19th November 2008 Dakar, SenegalBuried:  20th November 2008 at SukutaThis sad news is extended to the entire Civil Service May his soul rest in perfect peace

UGANDA: Fuel shortage hits aid work in north

GULU Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers in northern Uganda could scale down operations if a fuel shortage persists, officials told IRIN. "Our operations for the past two weeks have been severely affected, we can't get all our staff to work locations because of the fuel shortage," Alex Otim, Gulu district local government secretary for works and rehabilitation, said. He said the shortage had affected the delivery of aid to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons...

Police Nab Three NAWEC Staff

Three revenue collectors of the National Water andElectricity Company NAWEC are currently helping the police in theirinvestigations this paper has been reliably informed.According to information reaching this paper, the threeNAWEC employees were arrested amid allegations of involvement in a financialscam at their various places of posting. Yaya Gibba, who was stationed in the Upper River Region, wasreported of involvement in financial scam worth D190, 320. Ansu Jarju, who wasstationed in the...

Right Choice Supermarket Staff Convicted

Following aplea bargain made by defence counsel Tambedou with the prosecution, SulaymanNdure, Ousman Dibba, Babucarr Ceesay, Ousman Ndure and Muhamed Ceesay pleadedguilty to the offence of stealing items of goods at the Right ChoiceSupermarket. Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh, of the Kanifing Magistrates’Court, convicted the accused persons and sentenced them to a fine of D5, 000each in default to serve four months imprisonment. In theirplea of mitigation, the accused persons craved the...

Is Obama Screwing His Base with Rahm Emanuel Selection?

I really wanted to celebrate Barack Obama's victory for a day or so before becoming cynical again. But, he has chosen as his chief of staff, one of the most conservative Democratic members of Congress.

Right Choice Supermarket Staff Arraigned

Sulayman Ndure, Baboucarr Ceesay, Ousman-Dibba, Ousman Ndureand Muhammed Ceesay, both employees of Right Choice Supermarket, were on the 6thNovember 2008arraigned for stealing before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of theKanifing Magistrates’ Court.According to the charge sheet, Sulayman Ndure, BaboucarrCeesay and Ousman Dibba on the 18thOctober 2008,on Count 1 jointly stole items of goods at the Right Choice Supermarket, valuedat D315, 226, property of the said supermarket. Count 2, states...

Two Uncle Sam Security Staff, One Accomplice Arraigned

Tijan Jawoand Sarjo Bah, both employees of Uncle Sam Security, and one Kalipha Jallow, anemployee of Comfort Natural Mineral Water, were on Friday 31stOctober 2008 arraigned before Magistrate SainabouWadda- Ceesay of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for stealing.Accordingto the charge sheet, the accused persons on October 2008 jointly stole eightbundles of aluminium profile valued at D332, 000, being the property of ComfortNatural Mineral Water Company. KaliphaJallow and Sarjo Bah pleaded...

UNICEF staff member killed in Southern Somalia

UNICEF today strongly condemned the killing of a Somali staff member who was shot on Sunday, 19 October, in Huddur, southern Somalia. Water engineer, Mukhtar Mohammed Hassan, was shot at close range as he walked in town with friends after attending the mosque. According to reports, three gunmen shot into the air to disperse the crowd and then directly targeted Mukhtar. Mukhtar worked with UNICEF providing technical supervision for UNICEF-supported water, sanitation and hygiene activities in...