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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Zuma? There Is No Simple Solution

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ANC, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, Cyril Ramaphosa, Former ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe, Guptas, JACOB ZUMA, Julius Malema, KZN, MK, Nkandla scandal, State capture, Thabo Mbeki, Umkhonto we Sizwe Party, Zondo CommissionNo CommentsViews:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Zuma? There Is No Simple Solution

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

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UI Returns to Grandmaster, Prof Ade Ajayi, on African History

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2019In: BookspaceTags: 'African story', 'CNNisation', Ibadan School of History, Kenneth Dike, Prof John Ade Ajayi, Thabo Mbeki, UINo CommentsViews:
UI Returns to Grandmaster, Prof Ade Ajayi, on African History

The University of Ibadan, (UI) is taking African History to the intellectual slaughter slab for a re-examination of it from the lens of the late Ade Ajayi, one of the icons of the famous ‘Ib... Read more

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Cyril Ramaphosa Emerges ANC President and Next President of South Africa, Ceteris Paribus

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2017In: FlashbackTags: ANC, Mandela, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Cyril Ramaphosa Emerges ANC President and Next President of South Africa, Ceteris Paribus

The 54th National Congress of the African National Congress, (ANC) has ended with the victory of Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent Deputy President of South Africa. He is expected to go... Read more

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ANC and Africa’s Development Crisis: Who is the Next South African Leader?

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: AGRA, ANC, APC, AU, NEPAD, olusegun Obasanjo, PDP, RDP, Thabo Mbeki, The New York TimesNo CommentsViews:
ANC and Africa's Development Crisis: Who is the Next South African Leader?

It is a typically distressing but frank portrait of Africa. It goes as follows: “If potential were edible, Africa would have the best-fed people on earth. The vast continent has 60% of the w... Read more

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The Book Behind the Commotion in South Africa

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2017In: BookspaceTags: ANC, CIA, FBI, GUM, Thabo Mbeki, UmqombothiNo CommentsViews:
The Book Behind the Commotion in South Africa

A book is just out in South Africa. It is causing as much commotion as it was intended to. Written by a former journalist who was approached by dedicated whistle blowers to spill it all “abo... Read more

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Can Africa Avert Transition Anarchy in Kenya?

Posted By: adminon: October 21, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: IEBC, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Can Africa Avert Transition Anarchy in Kenya?

The gists from Kenya are unsettling. The repeat of the Presidential polls annulled by the country’s Supreme Court last September 1st, 2017 is a matter of days away. But the opposition... Read more

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Love Still the Definitive Attribute of Humanity

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: 'I am an African', Southern Kaduna, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
Love Still the Definitive Attribute of Humanity

By Salihu Mohammed Lukman* Sometimes in February this year (2017), the violent ethnic-religious conflict in Southern Kaduna was at its heightened worst and news of destruction of lives and p... Read more

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Annulment of Kenya Presidential Election Puts Election Observers in Trouble

Posted By: adminon: September 12, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Rennaisance', Amb John Campbell, Cater Centre, CFR, Mr. John Kerry, Thabo Mbeki, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
Annulment of Kenya Presidential Election Puts Election Observers in Trouble

 In this report originally titled “Foreign Election Observers Endorsed a Deeply Flawed Election in Kenya. Now They Face Questions”, Lily KuoAbdi Latif Dahir of Quartz Africa (September 6th,... Read more

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Were They Not Talking About Nigeria in 2019 From Kigali in 2014?

Posted By: adminon: July 03, 2017In: SpectacleTags: Addis Ababa, AfDB, Benjamin Mkapa, Dlamini-Zuma, Mo Ibrahim, olusegun Obasanjo, Paul Kagame, Thabo Mbeki, William RutoNo CommentsViews:
Were They Not Talking About Nigeria in 2019 From Kigali in 2014?

This video below is enigmatic. When it landed for Intervention on June 29th, 2017, one initial response to our inquiry was that the event in the video took place in Addis Ababa the previous... Read more

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Where Obasanjo and Thabo Mbeki Got It Wrong – Prof. Nzongola-Ntalaja (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: June 25, 2017In: SpectacleTags: 'China in Africa', AfDB, Aluko Olokun, Amilcar Cabral, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Chris Hani, Cyril Ramaphosa, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, ECA, Frantz Fanon, GEAR, Julius Nyerere, Lagos Plan of Action, NELSON MANDELA, NEPAD, Pan-Africanism, Prof Abubakar Momoh, Prof Okello Oculi, Prof Said Adejumobi, RDP, Thabo Mbeki, UNDP, University of SussexNo CommentsViews:
Where Obasanjo and Thabo Mbeki Got It Wrong - Prof. Nzongola-Ntalaja (Part 1)

*Poverty reduction is an indecent expression *No country in the world has developed without state Intervention in the economy *Africa has no alternative to the Lagos Plan of Action *If Chris... Read more

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ASUU Elects A New President
ASUU Elects A New President

ASUU Elects A New President

May 12, 2025
Massive Civil Society Campaign Against Medical Tourism Underway in West Africa
Massive Civil Society Campaign Against Medical Tourism Underway in West Africa

Massive Civil Society Campaign Against Medical Tourism Underway in West Africa

May 11, 2025
In Memoriam of Prof. Sonni Gwale Tyoden, Scholar-Politician and Mentor, 1951-2025
In Memoriam of Prof. Sonni Gwale Tyoden, Scholar-Politician and Mentor, 1951-2025

In Memoriam of Prof. Sonni Gwale Tyoden, Scholar-Politician and Mentor, 1951-2025

May 11, 2025
The Role of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nation-Building in Nigeria: Looking Back, Looking Around, and Confronting the Future
The Role of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nation-Building in Nigeria: Looking Back, Looking Around, and Confronting the Future

The Role of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nation-Building in Nigeria: Looking Back, Looking Around, and Confronting the Future

May 11, 2025
Making the Invisible Visible in International Development: A Memorial Performance of Ojongo’s Triumph
Making the Invisible Visible in International Development: A Memorial Performance of Ojongo’s Triumph

Making the Invisible Visible in International Development: A Memorial Performance of Ojongo’s Triumph

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