In a decade when a degree of homophobia was the norm, LGSM drove a couple of minibuses from Hackney Community Transport and a clapped-out VW camper van to a bleak mining town in South Wales to present their donations, uncertain what sort of welcome to expect.
He reminisces about LGSM's first visit to Wales, telling how the minibuses got lost in the valleys and did not turn up until one in the morning.
THE minibuses that ferry Sierra Leoneans around their capital, Freetown, bear a variety of religious slogans.
Already, all taxis and half the minibuses have been converted to run on less polluting LPG.Much pollution, of course, comes from mainland China.
Grander operators, who charge upwards of $500 a night, are suffering at the hands of budget safari hotels, whose minibuses crowd in on the animals, and whose latrines and rubbish pollute wild areas.
Around dusk one night this week, I watched as a dozen men in fatigues with patches for various rebel brigades, including the "Russian Orthodox Army", waited on the curb at Izvarino for minibuses that drove them into Ukraine.In the hospital in Donetsk lay Yuri, a 52-year-old retired miner who goes by the nickname "Kolyvan", the name of a Russian fairytale warrior.
Families split for decades by the war are hopping on rusty minibuses and reuniting.
That really will help to reinvent the wheel.David Ward Secretary-general Global New Car Assessment Programme LondonSIR — Kenya piloted a low-cost scheme that placed stickers in the country's ubiquitous matatus, or minibuses, urging passengers to speak up against reckless driving.
VISITORS to Kenya's capital are often horrified by the homicidal minibuses called matatu.
One group, celebrating Mr Eyadéma's victory before it was officially announced, drove dozens of white minibuses through town, sporting green party flags and giant posters of their hero.
A recent UNESCO report on the Ngorongoro reserve across the border from the Mara in Tanzania says the minibuses are causing permanent damage.Private game reserves may be an alternative to stressed national parks.
