Daniel Mpala

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thenewexaminer.com — As part of a viral global scam, an infamous convicted Russian fraudster, Sergei Mavrodi, is targeting Zimbabweans through his MMM Global pyramid scheme.

thenewexaminer.com — Another climate change smoking gun? Or is it just poor farming and planning? Food security was on the agenda at the SADC annual summit held in Botswana. 24 -27 million people in the region are facing food shortages after what is thought to be the worst drought to hit the region in years.

thisisafrica.me — The 30 contestants of this year's Miss Botswana pageant will on Saturday showcase the talent and creativity of Botswana's growing fashion community. The fashion show will feature the designs of established as well as up-and-coming local designers who include; Black Trash, Thato Mminatau, Thabiso Dibeela, The Limkokwing Fashion Club, Kaone Moremong, Aobakwe Molosiwa, Motlagomang Tsheko, Lame Chilume, Oganne Baitsile and Lerato Barwabatsile.

thenewexaminer.com — Southern Africa is grappling with an energy deficit that has seen debilitating rolling blackouts occurring across the region. Zimbabwe seems to be amongst those worse affected, with "load shedding" resulting in power cuts for up to 12 hours on end in some areas.

thenewexaminer.com — As the economic situation gets dire, so too are the economic options facing Zimbabweans. Faced with dwindling employment figures and for those lucky enough to be employed a 13th check that seems more fiction than fact. Most males are turning to sports betting to eke out that extra dollar to cover their expenses for the festive season.

thenewexaminer.com — A reflection on democracy on the continent and why we need to re-imagine how we practice it 15 September was The International Day of Democracy, only 2 days later as if in scornful derision there was yet another coup in Africa.

thenewexaminer.com — With more information unravelling concerning the fiasco that saw Sudan President Omar al-Bashir depart from South Africa in contemptuous disregard of a South African High Court and arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2009 and 2010, Al- Bashir was indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Darfur.

thisisafrica.me — The 32 year-old is one of the nominees in the 2015 Afrima Awards for Best Artist in African Electronic Music for the popular Mama Kosa track he did with Kaysha. In 2014 he was also nominated by Radio Afro Australia for Song of the Year for 'Naughty' a production of his featuring Benefit, Omar, Davido and Dj Arafat.

thisisafrica.me — The nostalgia-inducing CD is exactly what Moyo was aiming for. "In the 1970's when I was a youngster in Bulawayo, music groups playing marabi music were a dozen for a penny. Every township had at least one such band," Moyo said. The musician says missing this " soul searching" marabi music drove him to composing his own music.

thisisafrica.me — Ever wondered what would come out if you fused traditional African sounds with popular classical music? The Soweto Afro Pop Opera is the ensuing lovechild. If you are in Edinburgh, Scotland head on out to the Fringe Festival to watch them perform.

thenewexaminer.com — The wakeup call Zimbabwe needs on why its Look East Policy could be the worst 29 Aug. 15 by Daniel K Mpala August 24th - Black Monday saw Chinese equities nose-dive 8,5% and declining 38% from their June peak. This came on the back of the Shanghai index losing 11% the week before.

thenewexaminer.com — With the list of nominees out and voting having already commenced, music lovers across the continent and the diaspora are in for a treat this November with the upcoming AFRIMA All Africa Music Awards and the Africa Music Village.

thenewexaminer.com — Still traumatised by the chaos that gripped the financial sector during the country's last economic meltdown in 2008 -2009, there are now more Zimbabweans using a mobile money account than an account at a traditional financial institution. The mobile money service industry in Zimbabwe consists of 4 big players; Ecocash, Telecash; OneWallet and Nettcash.

thenewexaminer.com — The world's fate will be decided in Paris in the 2 weeks from November 30 to December 11. This is when the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the 11th session of signatories of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) convene and figure out how to tackle climate change and global warming.

thenewexaminer.com — The world's fate will be decided in Paris in the 2 weeks from November 30 to December 11. This is when the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the 11th session of signatories of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) convene and figure out how to tackle climate change and global warming.

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thenewexaminer.com — Addressing a KwaZulu-Natal crowd in a rabble –rousing speech made on 20 March, 2015 in the presence of government officials, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini is said to have stated that foreign nationals should leave South Africa as he could no longer stand the entry of foreign nationals into the country. Citing concerns that foreign nationals are establishing businesses at the expense of local citizens he decreed that foreign nationals pack their bags and go. Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward Zuma, shortly afterwards buoyed the King’s speech by demanding that foreign nationals leave the country and that the government had to “clean out” illegal immigrants. In the wake of these remarks, with about 2 000 displaced and 5 deaths later and with increasing indications of the violence spreading to Pietermaritzburg, Germiston and Johannesburg, it is no coincidence that the epicentre of these xenophobic attacks were in KwaZulu-Natal.

thenewexaminer.com — On the 9 th of July, Zimbabwe's Information and Communication Technology minister Super Mandiwanzira gave mobile network operators and other telecoms companies 90 days to come up with and initiate an infrastructure sharing framework agreement.

thenewexaminer.com — In May, leading Zimbabwean mobile telecommunication's provider, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, in a chafing move to most of its subscribers, changed its Whatsapp bundle package costs and pricing scheme by introducing Whatsapp Lite and Whatsapp Extra bundles. Its customers were not slow to share their frustration on Twitter.

thenewexaminer.com — Revelation part of Transparency International's report, People and Corruption Africa Survey 2015, which estimates that 75 million Sub- Saharan Africans paid a bribe in the last year. A Transparency International survey of 2400 Zimbabweans conducted by Afro Barometer found that 22 % paid a bribe for public services in their dealings with public schools; public healthcare; the police; courts; for official documents and utilities in the past year.