By Bathandwa Mbola

Abuja - Delegates at a housing conference in the Nigerian capital of Abuja are deliberating on how best to eradicate the continent's growing slums.

Housing ministers from across the continent and representatives of international aid organisations have converged as part of the second African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development.

Nigeria's Minister of State for Environment, Housing and Urban Development,...

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New York – South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been appointed as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he was “gratified” that his nomination of Ms Pillay had been endorsed by the UN General Assembly.

Mr Ban reiterated his commitment to ensuring that human rights remain high on the agenda of the organisation and therefore he expected that the new High Commissioner would preserve...

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By Shaun Benton

Cape Town – South Africa is making moves to become a low-carbon economy, says Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

The minister announced on Monday that a progressive policy on climate change had been agreed upon by Cabinet that would help ensure that the country was helping prevent global temperatures from rising a further two percent.

The world is currently experiencing a mean global...

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By Bathandwa Mbola

Johannesburg - Road shows are to be held to educate taxi associations and commuters on how the transformation of the public transport system will affect them.

The announcement of the road shows will be held in response to the concerns raised by the taxi association on how their businesses would be affected by Rea Vaya (We are moving) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.

The City of Johannesburg the launched the BRT system to form the...

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By Gabi Khumalo

Johannesburg - Government departments and provinces have been urged to accelerate the employment of people with disabilities so that the 2 percent target set by government can be achieved sooner.

Speaking at a two-day National Disability Summit held on Monday at the Sandton Convention Centre, Minister in the Presidency, Dr Essop Pahad has urged government to take a decision to ensure that by the end of 2009; 2 percent of people employed within the public...

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