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BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent), accused of violating COVID-9 regulations by hosting a Press conference at his Borrowdale, Harare home on Thursday, was yesterday released on $20 000 bail. Mliswa, who was represented by Musindo Hungwe, will be back in court on March 4. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro presided over the case. As part of his bail conditions, Mliswa was ordered not to interfere with State witnesses, to reside at his given address until the matter is finalised, to surrender his passport, not to address a Press conference until the matter is finalised and to report at Borrowdale Police Station every Friday. The State, represented by Charles Muchemwa and Constance Ngombengombe, did not oppose the bail. Hungwe, however, put the State on notice saying he would file for Mliswa's removal from remand on the next remand date. “We believe the charges are politically motivated and we will challenge his continued stay on remand since we believe he committed no offence by gathering essential service providers who are protected by COVID-19 regulations,” Hungwe said. Allegations are that Mliswa posted on his Twitter handle inviting people to attend a Press conference at his house on Thursday. Mliswa then allegedly gathered 22 journalists. Police, acting on a tip off from one Joshua Tigere, stormed Mliswa’s home and found him addressing the journalists, leading to his arrest. Follow Desmond on Twitter @ DChingarande1
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
U.S. special operations troops captured Ahmed Abu Khattala in a secret raid in Benghazi on June 15, 2014. He is believed to be the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. In July 2014, the U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia charged Abu Khattala and several others with the felony counts of killing a person in the course of an attack on a federal facility involving use of a firearm, providing material support to terrorists resulting in a death, and possessing a firearm during a crime. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in July.
As the 2013 presidential election approached, many feared a repeat of the deadly violence that plagued the disputed 2007 race and left about 1,300 dead. Those fears did not play out in the tight race between top contenders Prime Minister Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, the richest man in the country and the son of Kenyas first president. In the March election, Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote to Odingas 43.7%, narrowly enough to avoid a runoff. Kenyatta and his deputy president, William Ruto, were two of four men charged by the International Criminal Court in 2012 with crimes against humanity for their roles in the violence that erupted after the 2007 elections.
In Dec. 2013, the International Criminal Court case against President Uhuru Kenyatta experienced a severe blow when the prosecution revealed that they had lost two key witnesses. One witness had given false evidence and another was no longer willing to testify. Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor, said that she needed more time to prepare new evidence. After months of delays, Kenyatta appeared in court in early October 2014 when judges held hearings on how to proceed with the case. Kenyatta is accused of obstructing the ICCs investigation into the violence. He is the first sitting head of state to be brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The ICC dropped the charges against Kenyatta in December 2014, citing a lack of evidence. Bensouda accused the government of obstructing the investigation. The trial of Vice President William Ruto will continue.
BY MOSES MATENGA POLICE yesterday said only those classified as essential service providers would be allowed to travel into city centres for the next 30 days as government intensifies measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 which has already stretched the country’s health delivery system. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said those who defied the directive would be arrested while warning against failure to put on face masks. “In view of the revised COVID-19 regulations announced by the government, the police reiterates that only employees in the essential service sectors such as health, security, food distribution, banking institutions, mining services, communication and telecommunications, agricultural production will be allowed to pass through checkpoints and roadblocks,” Nyathi said. Zimbabwe goes into lockdown starting today as announced by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga at the weekend. The lockdown was necessitated by a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the last two months. On Sunday, Zimbabwe recorded 774 new cases and three deaths. The country has recorded over 380 deaths to date. “Police will effect arrests on anyone who will be found in public places such as supermarkets, banks, pick-up points and others without wearing or improperly putting on masks and not practising social distancing,” Nyathi said. Those in the essential service include health workers who police said should be in uniform and in possession of identity documents while those in civilian attire should produce a letter from their employers stating the place, dates and times of reporting for duty. “Members of the public, entities in the essential services sectors such as food distribution and retailers, mining, communication and telecommunications, agricultural production, security companies as pronounced by government and the media are advised that after consultation with the COVI-19 ministerial taskforce, movement and exemption letters will be issued by the Ministry of Industry,” the police said. Commercial A2 and A1 farmers should carry with them offer letters or lease agreements while communal farmers need letters from the headmen or village heads. On buying food, Nyathi said: “There is no need for movement exemption letters for those going to buy or restock foodstuffs or medication within a five-kilometre radius from place of residence, unless there is no such establishment within that radius or needed service is not available there, in which case, one may obtain it from the nearest location to his or her home.” l Follow Moses on Twitter @mmatenga
President Irfaan Ali yesterday expressed “full confidence” in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) after its recent arrests resulted in charges against three persons over the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry.
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(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall artiste Moses Davis, more popularly known as Beenie Man, has pleaded not guilty to charges for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management and Noise Abatement acts.
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Sergeant Harold Preston was two weeks away from retiring.
As the U.S. COVID-19 death toll hit a single-day, record-breaking high, Shelby County’s surge this week follows that alarming trend, according to the Shelby County COVID-19 Joint Task Force. Thursday, around the nation, 3,156 deaths from the virus were reported, the deadliest day this year. Shelby County’s new cases Thursday totaled 368, with 11 deaths. […]
As he lamented the diplomatic blunder in this country agreeing to have a Taiwan Investment Office set up here, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said that the decision taken by the Foreign Affairs Ministry was unknown to the PPP/C Cabinet.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individuals race, children, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a discriminatory practice.[3]
On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.[4] It established the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity of which then Vice President Lyndon Johnson was appointed to head. This was the forerunner of the EEOC.
The EEOC was established on July 2, 1965; its mandate is specified under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA),[5] the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The EEOCs first complainants were female flight attendants.[6] However, the EEOC at first ignored sex discrimination complaints, and the prohibition against sex discrimination in employment went unenforced for the next few years.[7] One EEOC director called the prohibition a fluke... conceived out of wedlock. [7]
All Commission seats and the post of general counsel to the commission are filled by the US President, subject to confirmation by the Senate.[8] Stuart J. Ishimaru, a Commissioner who was confirmed in 2003 and 2006,[9] served as Acting Chair of the Commission from January 20, 2009 until December 22, 2010, when the Senate confirmed Jacqueline Berrien to be the chairwoman. She had been nominated as chairwoman by President Barack Obama in July 2009.[10] In September 2009, Obama chose Chai Feldblum to fill
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Most times, the Venezuelan left-centre parties have been ambivalent about the Essequibo.
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Crusader Staff Report Rusten Sheskey, an officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin will not be charged for shooting Jacob Blake, District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday, January 5. Graveley said no Kenosha police officer will be charged with any criminal offense in the Blake shooting. Graveley however, noted a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the shooting is […]
Alphonso R. Jackson cultivated a three-decade career in public service that included an appointment as head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the administration of his long-time friend, President George W. Bush. Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1946, Jackson grew up in South Dallas, the youngest of twelve children in a working-class family. He earned a B.A. in political science (1968) and a M.Ed. (1969) from Northeast Missouri State University. He then studied at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received a J.D. in 1972.
Jackson’s professional career began in 1977 as director of public safety for the City of St. Louis. Four years later he became executive director of the city’s housing authority. He then worked as a consultant for an accounting firm in St. Louis between 1983 and 1987 until he was made the director of the U.S. Department of Public and Assisted Housing in Washington, D.C. In 1989 he moved back to Dallas as the first African American to become president and chief executive officer of the city’s housing authority. For his return to Dallas, Jackson moved into the same neighborhood as the future Texas governor and U.S. president, George W. Bush. As head of the housing authority, Jackson represented the city’s poor and made a number of improvements to the previously tarnished agency. In 1995, Jackson left the Dallas Housing Authority amid controversy that culminated in several city council members calling for his resignation. For the next five years, Jackson served as president of American Electric Power-TEXAS.
When George Bush took office as U.S. President in 2001, he appointed Jackson to the position of deputy secretary and chief operating officer of HUD. Three years later Jackson was given post of Secretary for the agency. His term was marked by numerous controversies, including charges (later dropped) that he made intimidating statements while visiting a Los Angeles HUD office that was the object of union organizing
Protesters were out in Kenosha, Wis., after the district attorney announced Tuesday that he will not file charges against the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in August.
In the U.S, only 43 percent ofAfrican Americansreport living in homes of their own compared to nearly 73 percent of Whites. Homeownership attainment in the U.S. remains deeply stratified by race and ethnicity which reflects the challenges that nonwhite households encounter in their pursuit of ownership. A study by theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)found that...
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Bakili Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF) won the countrys first free election in May 1994, ending Bandas 30-year rule. In 1999, Muluzi was reelected. While Malawi was no longer the repressive society it was under Banda, Muluzis government was tainted by corruption scandals. Senior officials are believed to have sold off 160,000 tons of reserve maize in 2000, despite the signs of a coming famine. In 2002 and 2003, the country faced severe food shortages, with more than 3 million people suffering.
In May 2004, Bingu wa Mutharika, an economist and a crony of Muluzi, was elected president in elections that were widely considered irregular.
Malawi faced its worst food shortage in over a decade in 2005, with more than 4 million people, 34% of the population, without adequate food supplies.
President Mutharika won reelection in a landslide in May 2009 elections, taking 66% of the vote. John Tembo came in a distant second with 30.7%. Mutharika died unexpectedly of a heart attack in April 2012. Vice president Joyce Banda assumed the role of president. Once an ally of Mutharika, the two parted ways in a row over succession—Mutharika had reportedly been grooming his brother Peter to become the next president. She was ousted from the governing Democratic Progressive Party and formed her own, the Peoples Party. The economy improved under Banda, with the GDP growing from 2% in 2012 to 5% in 2013 and the resumption of international aid.
In March 2013, Peter Mutharika and 11 other current and former ministers were charged with treason for attempting to prevent Banda from taking over as president in 2012.
Banda dissolved her cabinet in October 2013 after 10 government officials were arrested on charges of stealing as much as $32 million in state funds. Cash was found stashed in the cars and homes of the officials. Foreign aid dried up after the scandal. The allegations of corruption and the downward trend of the economy put Banda at a disadvantage in May 2014s presidential election. She faced off against Peter
According to the Associated Press, Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday in Virginia after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session…
Mass protests have shaken Guinea over the past year to oppose a third term of Conde. They were met with a ruthless crackdown, in which dozens of people were killed. Now many fear the elections could be rigged.
As Guinea braces itself for its presidential election , Guineas's blogger association will deploy around 150 observers to report any possible incidents or frauds in Sunday's election.
Concerns that come after months of political unrest in the West African state, where President Alpha Conde, 82, is bidding for a controversial third term.
\" On election day, we will have several e-observers, several people in the field who will send us data via digital channels, so the team will be in charge of managing all this data, classifying and analyzing it \", says Mamadou Alfa Diallo, the president of Ablogui.
Alfa Diallo, the president of Ablogui, Guineas's blogger association, has decided to monitor any possible shortcomings in the elections.
They also keep tabs on president Alpha Conde's promises made along the way.
\" According to our analysis, 13% of the promises have been kept, which accounts to 40 commitments out of 345. But the other thing to note is that we have documented 47% of the promises that have not been kept, and by 'not kept' we mean that there has been no concrete action towards the fulfilment of these promises \" explains Mamadou Alfa Diallo.
Threats of an Internet Shutdown
As the elections are just a few days away, Internet freedom monitors worry an internet shutdown could incapacitate reports of shortcomings on the day of the vote.
A shutdown that wouldnt be a first in Guinea: last march during the constitutional referundum, several websitesm including Ablogui, could not be accessed.
Defying critics, he pushed through a revamped constitution in a referendum on March 22, which he argued would modernise the country, but which also allowed him to sidestep a two-term limit for presidents.
At a press conference in Conakry this week, Ablogui's Alpha Diallo warned that internet restrictions would hinder the work of observers.
\"We are not going to allow what happened last time,\" he said, explaining that his group would document all blocks.
Internet freedom monitors have their eyes trained on Guinea ahead of its tension-filled election on Sunday, fearing that the government will restrict access to social media to weaken the opposition.
Worryingly for rights activists, internet disruptions accompanied the referendum -- a speech-crimping scenario they say will likely play out again.
\"It's very rapidly become an element in how elections are decided in Guinea,\" said Alp Toker, the founder of internet-monitoring group NetBlocks.
Before the March referendum, the country's telecoms infrastructure firm Guilab announced repairs to its submarine internet cable, but it postponed the work after an outcry.
But on March 21 -- without announcement -- access to apps such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was disrupted, according to a report by NetBlocks.
The report added that
John Conyers, Jr. was born on May 16, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended public schools and graduated in 1947 from Northwestern High School. After high school, he followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the United Automobile Workers Union (UAW). Conyers worked for the Lincoln Car Factory, where he became a director of education for UAW Local 900.
Conyers enlisted in the United States Army in August 1950 and became a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He was discharged from the army in 1954 after seeing combat in the Korean War.
Conyers returned to Wayne Sate University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957, and a Juris Doctor degree in 1958 from Wayne State University’s School of Law. After passing the bar in 1959 Conyers began practicing law in his hometown, Detroit, Michigan.
His brief stint in private practice was interrupted in 1958 when he became a legislative assistant to Fifteenth District Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Jr. Conyers worked for Dingell until 1961 and then became a referee for the Michigan Workmen’s Compensation Department. With the support of Congressman Dingell, 35-year-old John Conyers was elected to the United States Congress in 1964, representing Michigan’s Fourteenth Congressional District.
In 1971 Conyers was one of the thirteen founders of the Congressional Black Caucus. In 1974 he achieved notoriety as a member of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that brought charges against then President Richard Nixon. He also introduced the legislation in 1983 that created the Dr. Martin Luther King national holiday. John Conyers, Jr. continues to serve in Congress until this day and is the second most senior representative in that body. Currently he chairs the House Judiciary Committee. He is married to the former Monica Esters and they have two children, John III and Carl Edward.
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The recent statement released by SANZAAR regarding the future of the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship may have been premature.
Alonzo “Lonnie” Clayton, who reached stardom at the age of 15 when he became the youngest rider to win the Kentucky Derby, was born on March 27, 1876 in Kansas City, Missouri to Robert and Evaline Clayton.
Alonzo Clayton moved with his parents and eight siblings to North Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 10. His father, Robert Clayton was a carpenter while his mother, Evaline Clayton stayed at home with the children. In North Little Rock, Alonzo attended school and worked as a hotel boy and a shoeshine boy to help support his family.
At the age of 12, Clayton started his riding career when he ran away from home to follow his brothers’ footsteps as a jockey. He landed a job with Lucky Baldwin’s Stable in Chicago as an exercise boy. One year later, at 13, he was riding and competing in races on the East coast. At 14, he raced in New York City at Morris Park and in the Jerome Stakes where he recorded his first win as a rider in a major race.
On May 11, 1892, Clayton rode in and won the Kentucky Derby where he recorded a time of 2:41.50. Riding Azra, he also set a record as the youngest rider to win the prestigious race.
Throughout Clayton’s remarkable career, he won other major races including the Champagne Stakes (1891), Jerome Handicap (1891), Clark Handicap (1892, 1897), Travers Stakes (1892), Monmouth Handicap (1893), Kentucky Oaks (1894, 1895) and the Arkansas Derby (1895).
By 1900 Claytons career began to decline. He tried a comeback in 1904 but he was arrested for allegedly fixing a race in New York. Although all charges were dismissed, his career was over.
Clayton retired to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1904 where he bought a prominent home known now as the Engelberger House which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clayton lived his final years in California and died on March 17, 1917 from chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. He is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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The Malian Government has declared a state of health emergency against growing coronavirus infections.
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates who had been interviewed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over graft in the parastatal. BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA Ncube was released on $10 000 bail and ordered to report once every week at Highlands Police Station, as well as to desist from interfering with witnesses. Magistrate Wutawashe then rapped the anti-corruption guidance in the country saying it allowed accused persons to continue working at the organisations where they allegedly committed crimes. 'I am disappointed that the same people who are arrested for committing corrupt activities continue going to work, victimising state witnesses and no disciplinary action is taken against them,' Wutawashe said. 'This is a serious anomaly on how corruption cases are being dealt with. If people are serious about fighting corruption, why is it that someone who was investigated for an offence in October is still formally employed at that same organisation yet were are now in December? This rot must be dealt with, “he said. Ncube allegedly connived with two other Zinara senior officials, who are on bail for obstructing and defeating the course of justice by transferring employees who had co-operated with Zacc on investigating the organisation. Adam Zvandasara, the finance director and Gilfern Moyo, the human resources administration director, were last week freed on $10 000 bail each. Ncube, who is represented by Oscar Tafadzwa Gasva of Mbano, Gasva and Partners, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Wutawashe. The State, led by prosecutor Teddy Kamuriwo alleges that between October 7 and 26, 2020, Ncube transferred Jeremiah Singende, Munyaradzi Tongowona, Tonderai Marange and Nathaniel Straus Tembo to toll gates from head office while Zacc was still carrying out investigations on alleged corruption within Zinara. It is also alleged that Ncube, in connivance with Zvandasara and Moyo, interrogated the complainant Tembo on what he had told Zacc during the interviews. Ncube was remanded to December 17, 2020.
The Kenosha, Wisconsin, officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back last August will not face criminal charges, the Kenosha County District Attorney […]
In January 2012, four well-known Kenyans were ordered to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The four men were charged with crimes against humanity for their roles in the violence that erupted after the disputed 2007 elections. More than 300,000 people were forced to leave their homes and at least 1,100 people were killed in the violence.
One of the men brought up on charges was Uhuru Kenyatta, the richest man in the country and the son of Kenyas first president. Former education minister and Kenyattas political rival, William Ruto, was also charged. Both Ruto and Kenyatta said they would run in the next election, regardless of the courts ruling. Radio executive Joshua arap Sang and cabinet secretary Francis Muthaura were the other two men charged. No trial date has been set, but the presidential election is expected in late 2012 or early 2013.
