Well, Cecil John Rhodes’ vision is about to come to fruition! Sort of. Rhodes, the quintessential settler imperialist long dreamed of a railway that would connect Africa from the Cape to Cairo. Doing so would serve his purposes of extracting resources and of connecting the various markets (and the various resources within those markets) across […]
Land reform South Africa is and will continue to be one of those evergreen issues that pops up regularly until someone (in other words: The ANC) actually does something about it. Land reform is also one of those frustrating policy issues that everyone knows needs to be addressed but no one really has a coherent […]
Independent Online has a nice update on Pitso Mosimane’s successes since taking over as the head man for Bafana Bafana. South Africa leads Group G qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations and Mosimane’s Bafana squad has only dropped one match (to the United States).
Rising food prices globally coupled with a sustained drought locally spells potential disaster in East Africa.
Rumors that Robert Mugabe’s health might be faltering notwithstanding, Mugabe himself claims that he is going to live to be 100. So the myriad conflicts and problems plaguing the country in its recent past are probably not going anywhere soon. Indeed recent days have shown the gamut of Zimbabwean problems ranging from fresh threats against […]
In politics “who’s now” is never as exciting a topic as “who’s next.” Thus at Business Day Peter Bruce argues (not at all convincingly) that South Africa is looking at another Polokwane moment when the current leadership is bound to be overthrown for someone else. Of course the ANC will not choose its next president […]
Obviously the situation across what I’ll call Greater Sudan is not good. Civilians are increasingly caught up in violence over the increasingly fraught border(s) between Sudan and South Sudan, which is supposed to gain autonomy in a matter of days, with Abyei the key flashpoint. Here are some assessments from people who know a lot […]
I question the wisdom of the African Union (AU) to send the South African President Jacob Zuma, who is also the SADC mediator and facilitator on the Zimbabwean crisis, to Libya in an attempt to revive the AU “roadmap” (another AU loaded word) for ending the conflict between Muammar Gaddafi and the anti-Gaddafi uprising. Zuma’s […]
This past Sunday’s New York Times Magazine had the harrowing tale of mob vigilantism that targeted the wrong person in Diepsloot, one of Johannesburg’s townships. The story captures many of the issues that envelop South Africa today — issues of crime and punishment and vigilantism; of victims and poverty and despair; of hopelessness and hope […]
I’m exhausted from 100+ degree weather and hosting family, but to hold you over, I point you to Zunguzungu, which had a massive “Sunday Reading” post on, well, Sunday.
Nigerian anti-corruption officials arrested the outgoing speaker of the country’s House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at his home in Abuja on Sunday, on suspicion of defrauding the country of undisclosed amounts. The arrest took place after a four-hour standoff. I am always curious as to what these sorts of high-profile arrests mean, especially in country’s […]
As I predicted, Bafana Bafana earned a 0-0 draw in Cairo, in their African Cup of Nations Qualifier, solidifying their chances of moving forward in the CAF while making Egypt’s odds of advancing virtually nonexistent.
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