Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is known to boast of his government’s public service delivery, will with no doubt have a rethink the next time he chooses to raise the topic after his experience today when he boarded a public train. The president had a bitter taste of the public
The Parliamentary Caucus in Kyankwanzi District unanimously endorsed one of the Chobe resolutions by the party’s Central Executive committee (CEC) to have President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni continue leading the party and state. The Chobe resolutions were read out to members by party Secretary-General Ms.Justine Kasule Lumumba. NRM spokesman
In 1986, then Revlon executive Irving Bottner was quoted in the October 13th Newsweek magazine as saying, "In the next couple of years, the Black-owned businesses will disappear. They'll all be sold to White companies." He added, "We are accused of taking business away from
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” ― John Adams,
In a March 11, 2019 statement, international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Eritrean government to roll out a timeline for the dismantling of the compulsory national service that has been conscripting young Eritreans since its seceding from Ethiopia in 1995. It has been months since a
They have been able to break glass ceilings, some have diligently built on the legacy of their parents. These women of African descent have proven that wealth does not recognize gender, race or geography. Despite the multiplicity of roles, these women have pulled through to an enviable height. 1. Isabel
If one could be wondering why conflict in oil-rich countries never ends, this can be directly linked to the operations of oil-producing companies. At the very core of these operations is an insatiable appetite to acquire as much super-profits as possible. To continue conducting these super-profitable operations, key issues such
Food security is something that every government ought to make a priority because access to food should not be a privilege for a selected few but a right for all. The lingering scarcity of bread in Zimbabwe has become a big embarrassment to both the country and the continent in
Buhari won the just held elections, a reflection of the confidence of the electorate in his last term. The hanging question though is what are the key takeaways and considerations that dominated his first term in office. Do these point to a hit or miss for the Nigerian electorate? Late
In January, Paul Kagame, who is the president of Rwanda, closed over 6000 churches and mosques, claiming that churches were playing with the faith of the people and were just being turned into businesses. With the rise of the prophetic age in Africa, one may ask a question - is
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the 2019 presidential election with 15,191,847 votes, giving him another term of four years. His main challenger and the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar scored 11,262,978 votes in the polls
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer, a tally by Reuters based on electoral commission results showed. Buhari faces a daunting to-do list, including reviving an economy still struggling to recover from a 2016 recession
In it for the oil According to a book by former FBI director, Andrew McCabe, in July 2017, President Donald Trump told his intelligence briefers that he wondered why the United States of America was not at war with Venezuela. He added, "...they have all that oil and they’
Nigerians are going to polls today, 23 February 2019 to cast their votes for the next president and members of parliament. This is after the initial election date set for February 16, 2019, was canceled a few hours before voting commenced. Despite earlier announcing that 84 million citizens have collected
Yevgeny Prigozhin is a restaurateur from St. Petersburg in Russia. He is known as Vladimir Putin's chef as his company provides the Kremlin with catering services. Lately, Prigozhin has not just been cooking and dishing food to the Kremlin. He is serving Putin with Africa and a number
There is a general consensus that European colonizers should apologize to African countries for the damage they caused (and continue to cause) because of colonialism and endemic racism, but the argument further goes on to postulate that they should walk the talk by even paying reparations. Europeans colonizers managed to
