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Mugabe and his bloated entourage Last week an emergency cabinet meeting agreed to “extensively” cut down on foreign trips which Finance Minister Tendai Biti said were gobbling millions of dollars that could be put to better use, reports Voice of America (VOA). But Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and a delegation of over 60 government officials are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Moz police seize 14 tonnes of chicken smuggled from SA The Mozambican police, in a joint operation with the Customs Service and the Maputo Provincial Livestock Service, have seized 14 tonnes of poultry illegally imported from SA, reports news agency AIM . The future’s buzzing for cargo security A ground-breaking technological development from a UK-based company could change the future of security at ports and airports, according to Port Technology International. In a move that brings together nature and technology, cargo screening could soon be carried out by an unlikely source – sniffer bees. Cargo airline hit with R50-m price-fixing fine Following an action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Federal Court in Sydney has fined Malaysia Airlines Cargo the equivalent of just under R50 million for engaging in price-fixing. Stats SA releases latest employment data The number of people employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy increased by about 5 000 persons (or 0.1%) in the first quarter, says Statistics South Africa.