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7/15/10,
Communication Ministry denies latest Nyanda tender claims
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The Communication Ministry on Wednesday denied claims that its head Siphiwe Nyanda wants to suspend his director general because she would not sign off on tenders linked to him or people close to him.
Business Day is reporting that Nyanda’s relationship with his DG Mamodupi Mohlala is strained claiming he stripped her of the power to administer tenders.
It is also alleged that Nyanda wants all tenders for the department to be cancelled until they have been discussed and approved by him.
Nyanda’s spokesperson Tiyani Rikhotso has denied all the claims.
“The minister of Communications understands the roles that are assigned to the executive authority, meaning the minister and the director general. He will in no way ever seek to undermine the boundaries that exit on the roles of the two individuals. The minister is not involved in tender processes,” said Rikhotso.
This is not the first time Nyanda has been at the centre of a tender controversy.
Earlier this year, Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi got into trouble when he questioned why President Jacob Zuma was not investigating allegations of corruption against Nyanda.
7/15/10,
EU says Iran talks must focus on nuclear programme
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The European Union has told Iran in a letter that it welcomes a proposal to resume dialogue as early as September but says talks must focus on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The letter, seen by Reuters, was sent by EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton in response to a letter on July 6 from Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, calling for a resumption of talks.
His proposal was the first clear indication that Tehran is willing to engage with world powers on its atomic programme since the United Nations imposed more sanctions on Iran last month, a move designed to stall Iranian uranium enrichment.
"I am glad to hear that you would be prepared to restart dialogue," Ashton wrote to Jalili. "It follows that issues relating to the Iranian nuclear programme must be the focus of our talks, though other subjects ... could also be raised."
She proposed EU and Iranian officials should discuss a time and venue for a meeting.
A spokesperson for Ashton confirmed the EU had replied to Jalili in a letter that was delivered on Tuesday.
The West believes Iran wants to produce nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes, including domestic energy production.
Tehran has held no substantive talks with the West since October, when it backed away from a deal to send some of its low-enriched uranium abroad in exchange for the higher-enriched material it needs to fuel a medical research reactor.
7/15/10,
German minister calls for Internet ’honour code’
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Germany’s consumer minister, who vowed to delete her Facebook account in protest at the networking site’s privacy policies, called on Monday for an Internet "honour code" to protect personal data.
"We need an honour code... 10 golden rules -- short, sharp and clear," Ilse Aigner told Die Welt daily in an interview.
"Such rules can only come from the Internet community. It would be good if users themselves made suggestions. We could base them on social networks that already have a ’netiquette’.
"The Internet could become the pillory of the 21st century. The trend is worrying," added the minister.
Last month, Aigner, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, said she would remove her page from Facebook after failing to receive assurances from the US firm that her private data were secure.
"Anyone who visits a social networking site should know that it’s a business model. The service is not free. We users pay for it with our private data," Aigner said.
She launched another broadside at Facebook saying she had become a member of other social sites with better privacy controls.
With these sites, "I can decide to open doors and windows and I can better control what personal information I share with others," she said.
"On Facebook, the reverse is true: I have to go through the cumbersome process of changing my security setting to close these doors and windows and protect my privacy.
"Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has indicated that in principle, he does not want to change anything. In contrast, his firm wants to use members’ private profiles for commercial purposes," the minister added.
Partly for historical reasons, Germany is particularly sensitive about privacy issues, with campaigners bristling at plans by US Internet giant Google to launch its "Street View" service in Germany later this year.
"Street View" allows Internet users to view panoramic still photographs at street level from spots around the world, with images taken from specially equipped vehicles.
Officials and campaigners in Germany called the service an invasion of privacy and a potential security risk.
7/15/10,
Ugandan president on a revenge mission
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to crush the Somali terrorists who killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on Sunday.
He has told journalists al Shabaab made a bad mistake bringing its war to Kampala.
Opposition parties are calling for the withdrawal of Ugandan peacekeepers from Somalia but the president is having none of it.
He wants the African Union to beef up its military presence in Mogadishu so that it can go on the offensive against al Shabaab. The militants say they are at war with Uganda and Burundi for supplying peacekeepers.
The AU is currently guarding the presidential palace and the port in Mogadishu.
