effect on Africa's development.Her integrity should
provide a basis for deepening trust between Britain anddeveloping especially
African countries.

Second, Nepad (the New Partnership for Africa's
Development) stands to win.Amos was Blair's special envoy on the Group of
Eight-Nepad committee set upto ensure proper co-ordination of efforts and
initiatives.

Her appointment to head the department is therefore good for
Nepad thedepartment is the channel through which the British government
supportsNepad.

Third, Amos has a close affinity to SA. In her
previous life as a consultantshe advised Pretoria on the Employment Equity
Act, human rights and publicservice reform.

However, she will face
several challenges in dealing with Africa.

She will need to ensure aid
goes not just to those who need it most butthose who most deserve it. This
requires distributing aid in a ways thatreward positive behaviour and punish
bad behaviour.

She will also need to deal withsignificant position.

Mobilising the
US to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Britain and increaseits aid
contribution to the level required by the UN and to back Nepad as
itsupported the Marshall Plan may well be the acid test for
Amos.

Dlamini is currently with Templeton College at Oxford University in
the UK.

A group, who claim to be protesting the death
of democracy inZimbabwe, have given warning that they will gather outside
Lord's on thefirst day of the first Test on
Thursday.

The group organisers claim that
"a large number of exiled victims ofRobert Mugabe's tyranny" will
participate in the protest, which they addwill be
peaceful.

Before gathering at Lord's, the
group plans to travel through Londonon an open-topped bus. They will stop at
the Zimbabwe High Commission to"hand over a letter to the High Commissioner
calling for an end to statesponsored political violence in
Zimbabwe."

The group appear