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Kiir jets to South Africa for BRICS Summit

President Salva Kiir left Juba on Tuesday for South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit which seeks to discuss economic revival and ways to counter Western dominance in global affairs.

BRICS leaders are meeting in the city of Johannesburg starting August 22, to discuss political and economic cooperation.

South Sudan’s Minister of Presidential Affairs Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the meeting will focus on consolidating political and economic influence in the developing world, marking a crucial moment in international diplomacy.

“President Kiir has been officially invited to participate in the meeting, which discusses crucial economic matters in the global South”, Marial said, according to the Office of the President.

BRICS is a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and the leaders will in this meeting discuss the proposed expansion of the bloc.

Representing 40 percent of the world’s population across three continents, with economies at different levels of growth, the BRICS share a common desire for a global order they see as better reflecting their interests and rising clout.

The theme of its 15th summit is “BRICS and Africa” and comes as the continent emerges as a renewed diplomatic battleground with the United States, Russia and China jostling for economic and diplomatic influence.

 

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Adil forms committee to probe Konyokonyo shops ownership wrangle

Central Equatoria State Governor has formed an ad-hoc committee to investigate persistent disputes over lands and shops at Konyo-konyo Market in Juba – where traders are allegedly double-taxed.

Emmanuel Adil Anthony formed the committee led by the state Minister of Trade and Industry Tom Wani Sebit, and deputized by Acting Juba Mayor Emmanuel Khamis Richard.

The First Director General of the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Public Utilities is the group’s secretary, while other members are the state Head of Legal Administration and Public Prosecution Attorney, representative of the Islamic Council and National Security Service.

They have been tasked to investigate what was referred to as a persistent dispute over “the lands/shops of the Islamic Council at Konyo-Konyo Market,” and to resolve the dispute.

They will submit reports to the governor on a daily basis “until the end of the function as from the date of this Gubernatorial Order.”

Juba City Council and South Sudan Islamic Council have long been battling for ownership of 200 shops at a section of the Konyo-konyo Market.

This situation has reportedly resulted in the harassment and double taxing of traders in ground rental fees, further forcing traders to hike prices in order to cover their losses.

On August 28, 2022, the state Chamber of Commerce requested Juba City Council and the Islamic Council to await a court verdict over their ownership claims of the shops.

Chamber of Commerce Chairperson Robert Pitia told Eye Radio, the conflicting parties should stop taking fees from renting traders until the matter is resolved in court.

 

 

 

 

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