Journalist, Editor and authoritative commentator on African Affairs. Radio talk-show host and prominent guest speaker.
They currently number among the bravest people on the planet. The hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets protesting against the military coup in Myanmar. The railway workers who are ensuring the trains don’t run-on time, the bank employees who are watching the the ATM dispensers run out
The result of the Senate trial of twice impeached United States President Donald Trump was a foregone conclusion. The vast majority of Republicans in the upper house were too scared of Trump’s violent mob to vote their consciences. Only seven broke ranks. That meant a majority 57-43 of Senators found
The South African variant of the coronavirus has caused an “amazing and terrifying” infection spike in the country already hardest hit by the virus in Africa, according to The United States this week joined countries in slamming their doors on travellers from South Africa, which has itself closed its land borders
Of course Donald Trump had to be impeached. There had to be consequences for inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol that left five people, including a police officer, dead. Sweeping up the mob is far more serious that the abuse of power that got Trump impeached last year. He
Battling an unprecedented new wave of COVID 19 infections, South Africans have returned to a lockdown regime last seen five months ago.It includes a ban on alcohol sales, an extension of a curfew from 9pm until 6am, the closure of all beaches, lakes, dams and rivers and new restrictions on
The belief that South Africa avoided the worst of the COVID 19 pandemic by swiftly implementing one of the strictest lockdowns on the planet last March is evaporating. The fear is looming that President Cyril Ramaphosa will be forced to implement a second economically crippling set of measures to contain
South African clinicians have discovered a variant of the COVID 19 virus that appears to be more contagious than the original pathogen and affects younger victims more seriously. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the mutation, called SARS-COVID-501v2 is similar to the variation discovered in Britain that has been officially described
The normalisation of relations between Israel and Morocco comes as no surprise to observers of events in the Maghreb and the Middle east. Donald Trump’s claim to have brokered the deal is made all the more ridiculous by the well-know reality that Tel Aviv and Rabat have secretive military relations
Ace Magashule, the Secretary General of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will appear before the party’s integrity commission on Sunday to explains his actions as premier of the central Free State Province. Magashule is out on 11000 euros bail facing corruption charges over a fraudulent 14 million euro tender
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