Covering all Southern African stories is The African Exponent's Busisiwe. She bases in Pretoria to deliver all significant stories that matter right onto your computer. Storytelling defines her life.
Major General Trust Magoba – who now serves as a special advisor to the African Union office for Peace and Security – has raised concerns about foreign interference on the continent. “The establishment of foreign bases and the involvement of external forces in the conflicts on the Horn of Africa is a
ENUGU State Police Command has promised to investigate the circumstances under which about N3.6 million out of over N8 million recovered from a bank thief allegedly disappeared in police custody. Enugu State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Danmalam, who reacted to the story told Vanguard that he would personally investigate the
As a guest on Afro World View TV in South Africa delivering a lecture at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; the eloquent Kenyan Law Don and unarguably the most vocal Pan-African alive was asked to share his thoughts on the current China-Africa Trade agreements that has swept across
It's 2018, and if you think colonization issues are over, you would be greatly mistaken. Britain and Mauritius are at loggerheads because of the Chagos Islands, the last remaining African colony of the old British Empire. The major issues at stake are how the legacy of colonialism is
This African narrative leaves a sour taste in the mouth and sadly so; but are we truly children of a lesser God? How can a continent so bless with vast deposits of countless mineral resources - which continue to be in high demand worldwide find it hard to feed herself?
Dealing with numbers can be an onerous task for a lot of people. Numbers give others a torrid time, and they absolutely detest doing anything that involves the calculation of numbers. But the fact is we all live in a world where we have to conform to the issue of
Just imagine what you can go through in order to push a certain cause, a good cause. This is what Jim Nyamu, now popularly known as "elephant man" is doing, with his 4,200 kilometres walk from Kenya to South Africa dubbed East-Southern Africa Elephant Walk. He is
Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumbais no doubt one of the most vocal Pan African activists and Afro optimists alive today. His brilliance, excellent oratory skills, in-dept understanding of African history, discipline, sound knowledge of African political landscape, advocacy and fearlessness in the face of adversary sets him apart from his contemporaries.
The latest reports from Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria has it that gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect who have continuously terrorized the state for more than four years have carried out another successful operation in the state. This time, the insurgents have kidnapped no less
Google lifted restrictions on Youtube from showing eSwatini’s reed dance famous for featuring bare-breasted young "maidens" in 2017. Nobukhosi Mtshali, a South African who participated in the protests for lifting of the restrictions told Mail and Guardian, "Having my photos labelled as inappropriate or regarded as
Waving high above Africa was this flag I know A flag of symbolic pride The cradle of hope and heroism A valuable treasury of common purpose An impetus of valor The only flag Africa and Africans knew It was indeed a continental insignia Is This The Flag I Know? As
Africa is a place enriched with an excellent agricultural prowess and some countries are having exquisite prolificacy when it comes to this. Kenya has now overtaken South Africa to become the biggest exporter in Africa, boosting its avocado industry in immense terms. Kenya has done extremely well when it comes
Mohamed Salah has dazzled in Europe, scoring superb goals, providing sleek assists and smashing records in the process. And for this, he has been duly recognised by FIFA as he was selected among the 10-man shortlist for the prestigious FIFA accolade. The award recognises outstanding individual talent from the period
By Alfred P. B. Kiadii Then there is a space in an isolated territory of West Africa divided into antagonistic layers. Like in Nandine Goldimer’s Train from Rhodesia, a young man was born on July 16, 1949 to a privileged family, not haunted by grinding poverty as he had
NIGERIA: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is the principal body tasked with the organization of elections in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise. The exercise which usually allows prospective voters who have just come of age or for one reason
Senegal had seemed to have reignited the African hope for World Cup success, but it has all come to nothing after they were beaten 1-0 by Colombia in their last group match. Colombia topped the group, while Japan progressed ahead of Senegal on the basis of yellow cards received. The
