A major diplomatic row may be brewing between South Africa and Republic of Zambia, following an express ban on the export of pure Zambian honey to South Africa. The Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, has expressed disappointment over…
Continue readingThe Zambian government is set to initiate a daily levy of 30 Ngwee (about $0.03) on Internet voice calls. The new tariff proposal was contained in a press statement issued after the government cabinet meeting early this week. The government…
Continue reading“Feminism as a way of life was born at my mama’s house, in a space that made woman power and intentional equality a survival strategy and mechanism to make up for oppression, the absence of men, and lifestyles that were…
Continue readingWorld acclaimed development policy experts, economists and entrepreneurs will converge on Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous city and commercial nerve centre, to discuss how countries in Africa can collaborate for peace and irreversible economic growth. They will meet at the African…
Continue readingContinue from Tuesday… Whereas poverty was conceived of on Marxist terms during the proxy battles of Western versus Soviet influence at independence, several local African thinkers resisted the ideas of Marxism and its offshoots of Afro-socialism. It is not…
Continue readingOne of the major problems facing South Africa is anti-immigrant violence. The seriousness of this problem was highlighted in a recent report on hate crime in the country. These kinds of hate crime discourage long-term integration of international migrants….
Continue readingAt a period the Nigerian government was complaining about the excessiveness of a abusive unit in its police force codenamed “Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)”, the same police unit was forcing a journalist with a Nigeria-based online newspaper, Premium Times, to…
Continue readingTwo key public figures have been arrested by Kenyan authorities on suspicion of corruption over allocation of land for the East African country’s new $3 billion flagship Nairobi-Mombasa railway. Chairman of Kenyan National Land Commission, Mohammed Abdalla Swazuri, was one…
Continue readingBy Gareth Bloor During a recent visit to Washington D.C., I briefed several foundations, members of Congress and think tanks: South Africa and Zimbabwe’s challenges have recently come to the fore, in light of eroding property rights and election issues…
Continue readingThe African National Congress and President Cyril Ramaphosa appear determined to lower the fuel price – in the midst of raising it – with Business Tech reporting that government is “actively seeking ways” to find a solution to the problem….
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