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In the spring of 2008, on Charles Ndabeni’s first day as chief executive officer of the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, he was well aware that he had inherited a pair of unprecedented and game-changing problems. The bigger one, by his reckoning, was that the province’s world-renowned biodiversity, which had been protected by a succession of South African governments since 1898, was in steep and alarming decline. The second was that tourists were no longer arriving in droves at the gates of either the Kruger National Park or the Blyde River Canyon, the major destinations in what had recently become a UNESCO International Man and Biosphere Reserve, and that there had been a marked drop in visitors to the province since 2003. ....
Corruption cost taxpayers around R1.5-trillion during Jacob Zuma’s spell as president of South Africa. Despite attempts by the police, the courts and the Public Protector to stem the rising tide of graft in South Africa, several politicians were rewarded with high office after stealing the aspirations of millions of people. Fred Daniel, one citizen among many targeted by predator politicians, stood up against the scourge. The retaliation he faced after attempts by corrupt politicians to grab his nature reserve in Mpumalanga included vandalism, arson, smears and death threats. His nemesis is Deputy President D.D. Mabuza, who presided over several departments in the province that were wrecked by graft before he ascended to the position of the second most powerful politician in the country. ....
[email protected] Lycoming County Commissioner Scott Metzger speaks at the 135th annual meeting of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce at Bald Birds Brewing Company Tuesday morning in Jersey Shore. KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette Karl Fisher was heading into a 10th year last March and gearing up for another spring at Alabaster Coffee in downtown Williamsport when a global virus struck that ground his coffee business to a halt. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses and how they are emerging from the slowdowns and shut downs was the focus of the 135th annual meeting of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. ....
WNY restaurants counting on 2nd stimulus package for help The NYS Restaurant Association estimates that two-thirds of restaurants across the state will close without additional federal assistance in January. Author: Liz Lewin (WGRZ) Updated: 11:21 PM EST December 23, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. Like many industries, the restaurant industry has been hit very hard as a result of COVID-19. Owners have been waiting months for the federal government to step up, once again, to help keep doors open and payroll up. With Congress in agreement over a second stimulus package, the final word now sits with President Trump. Melissa Fleischut is the president and CEO of the New York State Restaurant Association. She says there is no time to wait. ....