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Khami Ruins, Zimbabwe.

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Mhariri Mtendaji Wa Kwanza Jamii Atembelea Gazeti la @Verdade la Maputo,Msumbiji

The truth has no price

Daraja's Simon Mkina, Managing Editor of our Kwanza Jamii local newspapers visited Mozambique recently. He was there to learn from the experiences of the @Verdade newspaper, a weekly newspaper that like Kwanza Jamii, puts the community first. Unlike Kwanza Jamii, however, @Verdade is distributed free of charge. In this post, Simon Mkina tells us what he found.

By Simon Mkina

THERE is no way, one could walk around Maputo City without seeing busy shopelas (three wheeler tuk-tuk, in Shangana vernacular) stopping by the road sides embarking or disembarking passengers.

Shopela, yellow tuk-tuk do that in all busy streets in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, from Monday to Thursday, but not on Fridays or Saturdays. Those two days are reserved for something else.

So what are they doing in the mornings on those two days? Simple, they are busy distributing heaps of newspapers to various areas in Maputo and in the locations.
Source: http://blog.daraja.org/

Portuguese Empire Heritage

10 reasons to visit Portugal

Surfer rides 90 foot wave (World Record)

Garrett McNamara breaks the world record for the largest wave ever surfed.

* Nazaré is a well-known fishing village in the north of Lisbon.

Someone to miss.....

Everyone's heard of the inventions of Steve Jobs: iPods and the rest of Apple products; Pixar movies like Toy Story and the impact on animation techniques. An amazing person was behind these products that made such an impact. Truly someone who made a difference.


We're here to put a dent in the universe. -Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (1955-2011)

Where is shinji ?

I tried e-mailing him on 192 countries e-mail then the one in his blog through his profile, there was no reply. Does anyone read/participate in this blog can reach him in person??

MODULO INFORMATIVO - RADIO PÚBLICA

MODULO INFORMATIVO - RADIO PÚBLICA

Nicaragua: a tropical country

Weather

Nicaragua’s climate is tropical, with temperatures determined largely by elevation. The coastal regions have a hot climate, with a mean average temperature of 81°F. In the central highlands, the temperature varies between 60° and 80°F. The rainy season occurs from May until early November.

The weather on the top is cool, fresh and sometimes wet; a light jacket for rain and wind is essential.

Climate

Nicaragua has a predominantly tropical climate, alternating between two  seasons: rainy and dry (winter and summer).  In the Central Region the rainy season lasts from May to October.  The dry season occurs from November through April.  During December the weather is more temperate.  The warmest months are March, April and May, Nicaragua’s "sea season".  The weather is much more temperate in the Central and Pacific regions. 

The dry season at Darien is the time when trade winds blow fresh from the north and a heavy blue sea breaks all along the coast. Little rain falls, except in the mountains. Temperatures range in the low eighties; the sky is spotlessly clear day and night.

The line of march was to be over the abrupt green mountains that rise only a few miles in from shore. Selfridge would head for the Caledonia gap, which, from the bay, appears lower than it is and might well be taken even by an experienced observer as the perfect place for a canal. It was what had attracted Dr. Edward Cullen originally.