Democracy & Governance

President Trump’s alleged invective, mislabelling African states and Haiti as sh*thole countries, merely voices the attitude of most westerners toward the zip code of Africans.

New head of state and leader of the African National Congress (ANC) comes from a trade union, political and business background.

For white and international capital in South Africa, the last few weeks have been a period of rejoicing due to Ramaphosa being elected as African National Congress (ANC) president. Zuma’s days are now numbered too as state president.

Democracy, nowadays, appears Punic.

Introduction

On 1 September 2017, the Supreme Court of Kenya defied popular expectations by declaring null and void the Kenyan presidential elections of 8 August 2017 in which the Independent Elect

Apart from not playing in the World Cup finals, the dream of every football player, George Manneh Oppong Weah, has won virtually all there is to win in world football.

Demonstrations and fighting broke out across Tunisia for about ten days in January 2018 in the most important flare-up of popular anger since the toppling of the Ben Ali regime seven years ago.

South Africa’s currency rose rapidly in value after Ramaphosa won, for he is celebrated by big business and the mainstream media.

Recent developments in South African politics, such as the unexpected second cabinet reshuffle this year in which former state security minister David Mhlobo was moved to the energy portfolio and his ever more strident pro-nuclear announcements, amongst others, have fuelled speculation that momen