_: (WINDHOEK- King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland will pay a five-day visit to Namibia this week, starting tomorrow.
The Swazi King will be accompanied by one of his 12 spouses, Queen LaMatsebula, as well as Prince Phocumtsetfo Dlamini and Princess Lomhlangano Dlamini, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mtiti Fakudze, and several other senior kingdom officials.
He will hold official talks with President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House tomorrow, and on Wednesday, Mswati III will visit the Ohorongo Cement factory south of Otavi and go on a hunting trip with former Namibian President Sam Nujoma.
On Friday, he will visit Seawork Fish Processors, a fish factory in the harbour town of Walvis Bay; the Namibian Port Authority (Namport) and a salt refinery.
The Swazi King will also go on a site-seeing tour of one of the country’s top tourist attractions, Dune Seven. On Saturday, the visiting King will lay a wreath at Heroes’ Acre before he departs for Swaziland at around 12h00.
2 (WINDHOEK) – A Windhoek man was arrested by members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Katutura today, after he was found in possession of what is suspected to be two carcasses of stolen game meat.
The carcasses were hidden in a corrugated iron dwelling at the back of a house on the corner of Sukkot and Troas Streets in Katutura’s Dolam residential area. Police were alerted of the stashed meat through a tip-off by members of the public.
The suspect was arrested after he failed to provide proper documentation for selling meat or meat products in Windhoek. Police confiscated the two carcasses and arrested the man on the spot this morning.
3 (SOUTH AFRICA) – Fighting fraud and tax evasion will be discussed at a meeting of African tax administrators in Pretoria this week, the African Tax Administration Forum (Ataf) said today.
Law advisers and officials from 26 of Ataf’s 34 member states, including Sars, were expected to finalise a draft treaty on mutual assistance in tax matters at the meeting taking place from Wednesday to Friday.
Ataf executive secretary and SA Revenue Service (Sars) group executive Logan Wort said the meeting was in line with international moves to curb tax fraud and evasion through the exchange of information among revenue authorities.
Wort said the treaty ‘will be the biggest tax treaty ratification of its kind undertaken anywhere in the world and will for the first time allow for co-operation and assistance between African revenue authorities.’
It would provide for the exchange of information in tax matters, including the carrying out of tax examinations abroad and helping in the collection of taxes, said Wort.
4 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) – South Sudan is offering Sudan a $3.2 billion compensation package to help plug its rival’s gaping budget deficit and higher oil export fees in an attempt to revive stalled talks, a senior southern official said today.
But Sudan insisted it wanted to agree on border security first before discussing any oil or financial deal, in the latest setback for African Union efforts to end hostilities.
Both countries came close to all-out war when border fighting escalated in April, the worst violence since South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan a year ago.
The duo’s messy divorce was part of a peace deal that ended decades of civil war, but the split left a long list of unresolved disputes over the position of their shared border, how much South Sudan should pay to transport its oil through Sudan, and other issues.
Pagan Amum, South Sudan’s chief negotiator, said Juba tabled its ‘last offer’ yesterday ahead of an Aug. 2 U.N. Security Council deadline that threatens sanctions against the two countries unless they resolve all issues.
The proposal includes compensation of $3.2 billion, up from a previously offered $2.6 billion, to help Sudan make up for the loss of three-quarters of its oil production when South Sudan split away.
5 (BEIJING) – A Chinese dairy has been ordered to suspend production after a cancer-causing toxin was found in its infant formula, China’s quality watchdog said today, in the country’s latest milk scare.
Ava Dairy Co. Ltd has started a recall after high levels of aflatoxin, which is caused by mould, was found in products made between July and December, the watchdog said, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
The affected formula was mainly sold to supermarkets in Hunan and Guangdong, said Li Yuanping, spokesman for China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
China is trying to crack down on product safety violations to reassure citizens and restore faith in the government after a series of high-profile scandals. Aflatoxins can be found in milk after cows consume feed contaminated by mould and can increase the risk of cancer, including liver cancer, according to the World Health Organisation.
(edited)HERE IS TODAY’S BULLETIN FOR 19H00
MONDAY, 23 JULY 2012
NAMIBIA PRESS AGENCY
1 (WINDHOEK) – King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland will pay a five-day visit to Namibia this week, starting tomorrow.
The Swazi King will be accompanied by one of his 12 spouses, Queen LaMatsebula, as well as Prince Phocumtsetfo Dlamini and Princess Lomhlangano Dlamini, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mtiti Fakudze, and several other senior kingdom officials.
He will hold official talks with President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House tomorrow, and on Wednesday, Mswati III will visit the Ohorongo Cement factory south of Otavi and go on a hunting trip with former Namibian President Sam Nujoma.
On Friday, he will visit Seawork Fish Processors, a fish factory in the harbour town of Walvis Bay; the Namibian Port Authority (Namport) and a salt refinery.
The Swazi King will also go on a site-seeing tour of one of the country’s top tourist attractions, Dune Seven. On Saturday, the visiting King will lay a wreath at Heroes’ Acre before he departs for Swaziland at around 12h00.
2 (WINDHOEK) – A Windhoek man was arrested by members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Katutura today, after he was found in possession of what is suspected to be two carcasses of stolen game meat.
The carcasses were hidden in a corrugated iron dwelling at the back of a house on the corner of Sukkot and Troas Streets in Katutura’s Dolam residential area. Police were alerted of the stashed meat through a tip-off by members of the public. The suspect was arrested after he failed to provide proper documentation for selling meat or meat products in Windhoek.
Police confiscated the two carcasses and arrested the man on the spot this morning.
3 (SOUTH AFRICA) – Fighting fraud and tax evasion will be discussed at a meeting of African tax administrators in Pretoria this week, the African Tax Administration Forum (Ataf) said today.
Law advisers and officials from 26 of Ataf’s 34 member states, including Sars, were expected to finalise a draft treaty on mutual assistance in tax matters at the meeting taking place from Wednesday to Friday.
Ataf executive secretary and SA Revenue Service (Sars) group executive Logan Wort said the meeting was in line with international moves to curb tax fraud and evasion through the exchange of information among revenue authorities.
Wort said the treaty ‘will be the biggest tax treaty ratification of its kind undertaken anywhere in the world and will for the first time allow for co-operation and assistance between African revenue authorities.’
It would provide for the exchange of information in tax matters, including the carrying out of tax examinations abroad and helping in the collection of taxes, said Wort.
4 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) – South Sudan is offering Sudan a $3.2 billion compensation package to help plug its rival’s gaping budget deficit and higher oil export fees in an attempt to revive stalled talks, a senior southern official said today.
But Sudan insisted it wanted to agree on border security first before discussing any oil or financial deal, in the latest setback for African Union efforts to end hostilities. Both countries came close to all-out war when border fighting escalated in April, the worst violence since South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan a year ago.
The duo’s messy divorce was part of a peace deal that ended decades of civil war, but the split left a long list of unresolved disputes over the position of their shared border, how much South Sudan should pay to transport its oil through Sudan, and other issues.
Pagan Amum, South Sudan’s chief negotiator, said Juba tabled its ‘last offer’ yesterday ahead of an Aug. 2 U.N. Security Council deadline that threatens sanctions against the two countries unless they resolve all issues.
The proposal includes compensation of $3.2 billion, up from a previously offered $2.6 billion, to help Sudan make up for the loss of three-quarters of its oil production when South Sudan split away.
5 (BEIJING) – A Chinese dairy has been ordered to suspend production after a cancer-causing toxin was found in its infant formula, China’s quality watchdog said today, in the country’s latest milk scare.
Ava Dairy Co. Ltd has started a recall after high levels of aflatoxin, which is caused by mould, was found in products made between July and December, the watchdog said, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
The affected formula was mainly sold to supermarkets in Hunan and Guangdong, said Li Yuanping, spokesman for China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
China is trying to crack down on product safety violations to reassure citizens and restore faith in the government after a series of high-profile scandals. Aflatoxins can be found in milk after cows consume feed contaminated by mould and can increase the risk of cancer, including liver cancer, according to the World Health Organisation.