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Current Feed ContentAmathole now under task teamTHE African National Congress has formed a 26 member regional task team to prepare the Amathole region for its conference to be held by February. The most important term of reference is to deliver the region to a conference by February 2009, provincial secretary Siphatho Handi said yesterday. He said the task team was led by national executive committee member Fikile Xasa and provincial deputy secretary and Health MEC Pemmy Majodina, who were co-conveners. The task team was formed after the...Danish Millstones Co. Sets Base in EthiopiaThe national task force in charge of evicting tenants the government claims to be illegal, under the leadership of Eniwey Gebremedihen, director general of the Government Houses Agency (GHA), reviewed the first round of evictions on November 5, 2008, and has said the operation was 85pc successful.“Operation Move Out” to Strike AgainThe national task force in charge of evicting tenants the government claims to be illegal, under the leadership of Eniwey Gebremedihen, director general of the Government Houses Agency (GHA), reviewed the first round of evictions on November 5, 2008, and has said the operation was 85pc successful.A Vital But Dangerous Task Lies AheadWe wish the very best to Hon Fatoumatta, speaker of the National Assembly, who, accompanied by four parliamentarians, will leave Banjul today for Zimbabwe as an African Union Observer of the forthcoming run-off election between President Robert Mugabe and Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. There is no doubt that this is a dangerous task. Tensions are running very high in Zimbabwe at the moment and many fear there will be fresh violence in the run up to or in the immediate aftermath of the...KMC Taken to TaskFollowing Mass Redeployment ExerciseThe recentmass redeployment exercise at Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) has led to deepconcern among those affected as divergent opinions continue to emerge over whatmany described as a move without any justification. LandingJadama, one of the affected staff of the municipality, last Friday visited ThePoint to vent his dissatisfaction over the unexpected exercise which, accordingto him, was tantamount to demotion. Mr Jadama’sapparent backlash was spurred by...Attorney General Firdaus Addresses Intergenerational DialogueMarie Saine-Firdaus, Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice, has expressed the belief that the task of protecting children and ensuring respect for their rights requires participation of all and sundry. Mrs. Saine-Firdaus was speaking yesterday at a one-day Intergenerational Dialogue between adults and children forum held at the Paradise Suites Hotel organised by Child Protection Alliance and sponsored by Action Aid The Gambia. The dialogue, which brought together stakeholders from... |