SOUTH AFRICA Archives - Intervention

Dangerous Moment for Mugabe?

Posted By: adminon: November 19, 2017In: NewsGameTags: Botswana, CHINA, Gen Chiwenga, JACOB ZUMA, SOUTH AFRICA, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

(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

Christian Elders Opt for Transitional Justice

Posted By: adminon: September 27, 2017In: NewsGameTags: Rotation of power, SOUTH AFRICA, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Christian Elders Forum which has been coming into greater national prominence is leaving behind bickering, replacing it with a dramatic call for a return to the nationalist lore... Read more

Is Africa Experiencing a Democratic Wind of Change?

Posted By: adminon: September 02, 2017In: Nigeria 2019Tags: ECOWAS, Kenya, NIGERIA, President Paul Kagame, Rwanda, SOUTH AFRICANo CommentsViews:

It might appear too early but stuffs are certainly happening across Africa to suggest a transition from just ‘Africa Rising’ to ‘Africa rising democratically’, a democratic wind of change. A... Read more

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and the Struggle Against Corruption on the Continent

Posted By: adminon: April 03, 2017In: Nigeria 2019Tags: 'Vote of No Confidence', African National Congress-ANC, CORRUPTION, Frederick De Klerk, Misgovernance, NELSON MANDELA, SOUTH AFRICA, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:

So, how could things happen in a way that a core cadre of the ANC be linked with blatant corruption? He had better survive it or would it not be too embarrassing? Read more

Brazil Breaking BRICS?

Posted By: Interven4allon: November 28, 2016In: Transnational ChallengesTags: Brazil, BRICS, CHINA, Dilma Rousseff, DONALD TRUMP, France, India, Michel Temer, Russia, SOUTH AFRICA, UN, US, WTONo CommentsViews:

Published originally in The Conversation online (Nov 20th, 2016) under the title “Brazil is breaking with its south-south focus. What it means for BRICS”, this piece hints about... Read more

Cyril Ramaphosa Emerges as COSATU’s Next ANC leader

Posted By: Interven4allon: November 24, 2016In: Nigeria 2019Tags: ANC, COSATU, Dlamini-Zuma, JACOB ZUMA, Mandela, National Union, Ramaphosa, SOUTH AFRICANo CommentsViews:

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

Underdeveloped American Democracy

Posted By: Interven4allon: November 11, 2016In: Nigeria 2019Tags: America, Angola, Arkansas State, Brazil, British, Canada, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON, ISIS, JACOB ZUMA, Mexico, Namibia, Robert Mugabe, SOUTH AFRICA, United Nations, Venezuela, Washington, ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:

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

EDITORIAL

Posted By: Interven4allon: November 07, 2016In: Nigeria 2019Tags: Ajaokuta, Aliko Dangote, CHINA, Egypt, Ethiopia, FGN, GSM, Ibadan, IBB, India, Kenya, LAGOS, Mambilla Plateau, Mozambique, Murtala Mohammed Airport, NATO, NIPSS, NITEL, OBASANJO, SAP, SOUTH AFRICA, ZambiaNo CommentsViews:

The Dangote Insurgency Speaking at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos on October 27th, 2016, Aliko Dangote, the Head of the Dangote conglome... Read more

Good Governance is our right, not a privilege

Posted By: Interven4allon: October 04, 2016In: Nigeria 2019, UncategorizedTags: Algeria, ANC, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, GDP, MIF, Mo Ibrahim, NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, Sub-Saharan AfricaNo CommentsViews:

By Jay Naidoo The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, the most comprehensive in Africa, launched on Monday by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, reveals that improvement in overall governance... Read more

Still, No Breakthrough on Development in Africa

Posted By: Interven4allon: October 04, 2016In: Nigeria 2019, UncategorizedTags: Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, IIAG, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia, NIGERIA, Seychelles, Somalia, SOUTH AFRICA, South SudanNo CommentsViews:

By Max Bearak The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) — the most comprehensive survey of its kind — celebrated its 10th anniversary on Monday with the release of a report that... Read more