Dancing safaris and FOCAC
by Jean-Jacques Cornish Having infamously scrambled for the continent 120 years ago, Western leaders are today seeking to dance here. British Premier Theresa May twice skipped the light fantastic during her three-nation safari. She danced her robot mash with Cape Town schoolchildren and with boy scouts and girl guides in Nairobi. French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Ugandan MP Bobi Wine barred from seeking medical treatment abroad
Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has been rearrested at Entebbe International Airport trying to leave the country to get medical treatment. Authorities say they are holding him to carry out medical tests following his claim to have been tortured while in detention. Bobi Wine has been charged with treason after his supporters stoned President Yoweri […]
Death toll from attacks on foreign shops rises to four
A fourth person has died in three days of looting foreign-owned shops around Johannesburg. The shop owners say the attacks started after a newspaper reports that they were selling fake and expired goods which they strongly deny. A woman who was with a group of looters at a township west of Johannesburg was shot dead […]