[News24Wire] The panic that emerged after Day Zero was announced was instrumental in getting Capetonians to cut water consumption substantially – but a water-saving programme driven by fear is not sustainable.
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Nigeria:Buhari Appoints New Central Bank Deputy Governor
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria subject to Senate confirmation.
Uganda:Wealth Creation Unit Fires 54 Soldiers for Incompetence
[Monitor] Kampala -The Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme has fired 54 army officers for incompetence and sent them back to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for redeployment.
Nigeria:Over 80,000 ‘Ghost Officers’ Uncovered in Police Force
[Premium Times] The 371,800 figure often quoted as the number of members of the Nigeria Police Force in the country included no fewer than 80,115 ‘ghost officers’, data obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation by PREMIUM TIMES have uncovered.
Africa:The Secret Sex Lives of Fungi
[The Conversation Africa] Sex is an essential part of life.
Uganda:More Than 1 Million Left Behind in 2017 Primary School Exams
[Monitor] Kampala -Less than half of the close to two million children who enrolled in Primary One in 2010 completed their primary education in the Primary Leaving Education (PLE) exams released yesterday.
Nigeria:Nationwide Blackout Persists As System Collapses Twice in 24 Hours
[This Day] The nationwide blackout continued Wednesday after efforts by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to restore electricity failed, following a second system collapse of transmission network at exactly 14.19 hours.
Nigeria:Cabling System Underutilised After U.S.$1 Billion Investment
[Guardian] After several investments worth over $1 billion (N306 billion), the nation’s submarine cable system is still hampered by gross underutilisation.
Africa: Africa Leads the Way in Election Technology, but There’s a Long Way to Go
[Democracy Works] Kenya’s recently annulled elections will soon be re-run, but the long-term questions they raised about election management are still unanswered. The spotlight is on the work of international observer teams, but there are also much wider questions of electoral capacity – problems that extend to the top of the African Union, and thence across the whole continent.
Zimbabwe: Central Bank to Inject More Bond Coins
[The Source] Zimbabwe is moving to inject additional bond coins valued at $3 million into the local market, it has emerged.