A big puzzle indeed. Only last week, the London based The Economist wrote on Why South Africans are fed up after 30 years of democracy. The Economist may have its own baggage but many would... Read more
No one can guestimate what the degree of damage to Obasanjo’s standing Thabo Mbeki’s disclosure of Obasanjo’s complicity in the ‘third term’ agenda would be if the disclosure had come earlie... Read more
(Former) President Robert Mugbabe overthrown about a week ago might be running a risk by not resigning or accepting the option of stepping out to exile to provide for political settlement. T... Read more
A Professorial Snap of Current African leadership “Zuma’s statement sounds good at face value but, on serious reflection, it demonstrates the woeful failure of African leadership. Gathered... Read more
The global image of late Fidel Castro is now emerging in tributes to him by world leaders, spanning political, regional and sports chieftains. The tributes are pouring from all corners of th... Read more
A leadership recruitment earthquake is unraveling in South Africa where the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has endorsed Cyril Ramaphosa, t... Read more
By Okello Oculi, The notion of the United States of America as an ‘’underdeveloped country’’ was irreverently presented by Ira Sharkansky to the197... Read more
It has now become official that the South African economy is, once again, the continent’s largest economy, a return to the status quo which Nigeria disfigured in 2014 when a recalculation of... Read more