Indian Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/indian/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Indian Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/indian/ 32 32 Gandhi statue halted in Malawi https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/gandhi-statue-halted-in-malawi/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/gandhi-statue-halted-in-malawi/ A court injunction in Malawi has stopped the erection of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. More than 3000 Malawians signed a petition declaring Gandhi made disparaging remarks about black Africans. It’s not clear what the Gandhi Must Fall campaign will do to bilateral relations between Indian and Malawi. The statue was to have gone up […]

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]]> A court injunction in Malawi has stopped the erection of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi.

More than 3000 Malawians signed a petition declaring Gandhi made disparaging remarks about black Africans.

It’s not clear what the Gandhi Must Fall campaign will do to bilateral relations between Indian and Malawi.

The statue was to have gone up at a cultural centre in Blantyre to which India has contributed  $10-million.

Malawian campaigners maintain the Indian independence activist did nothing for Malawi and undermined the confidence of black Africans.

Their efforts are reminiscent of the struggle to get the statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from Cape Town University.

India established diplomatic ties with Malawi in 1964 and has become a major donor to the Central African country.

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]]> Gigaba outlines relaxations in visa regime https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/gigaba-outlines-relaxations-in-visa-regime/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 22:00:00 +0000 R>Tambo]]> https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/gigaba-outlines-relaxations-in-visa-regime/ Home Affairs Minister has spelled out a raft of measures designed to relax South Africa’s visa regime that has repelled tourists, skilled workers, investors and business executives. He’s responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s assertion that making it easier for people to visit South Africa will boost his economic recovery programme. In addition to making it […]

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]]> Home Affairs Minister has spelled out a raft of measures designed to relax South Africa’s visa regime that has repelled tourists, skilled workers, investors and business executives.

He’s responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s assertion that making it easier for people to visit South Africa will boost his economic recovery programme.

In addition to making it less onerous  for tourists to bring their children to South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba tells a media briefing in Pretoria that frequent foreign visitors will soon be able to get 10 year visas within five days of application.

His department’s also working on making it easier for Chinese and Indian visitors.

A pilot  eVisa  system making it possible to apply on-line for a visa will be introduced within seven months at O.R.Tambo, King Shaka and Cape Town airports.TT

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