Pu2ma biography of william
The Bua Speak Out Poetry Fest “We Write to Salute You” on Friday, 23 is a tribute to Keorapetse William Kgositsile featuring Natalia Molebatsi.
We present here a roundup of recent jazz highlights culled from the archives of TIDAL Magazine, alongside a selection of our jazz playlists..
William Duma: From Manu Manu to Horizon Oil
Horizon Oil
US Businessman and close friend of the Somare family, Philip Doehrman, confessed to Singaporean authorities he would keep a contingency fund to bribe PNG officials who put roadblocks in the way of big-ticket business deals:
[T]here were PNG government officials who would demand monies from us before they would do their jobs and hence we need to set aside such contingency funds for such demands for monies from government officials and presently demanding for more and more as we are near sign off, in particular one request for up to USD 5 million by Ambassador Dominic Diya which was reduced to USD 1 million.
The allegations made in the AFR centre upon such a scenario.
The AFR findings are based on a cache of leaked documents including ‘thousands of emails, faxes, letters and legal briefs’.
These leaked documents suggest Australian listed company Horizon Oil may have solicited a bribe in order to remove a roadblock to its e