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The National: A bold new chapter in South African journalism

The National: A bold new chapter in South African journalism

State Capture and xenophobia — ‘abahambe’ mob lacks gumption to tackle SA’s real problems

The xenophobic movements’ indifference to State Capture, high-level corruption and massive corporate fraud betrays a cowardice to confront the root causes of South Africa’s development failures. Let’s imagine for a moment that every foreigner in South Africa, documented or otherwise, heeds the abahambe (let them go) call and returns to their countries of origin. We [] The post State Capture and xenophobia — ‘abahambe’ mob lacks gumption to tackle SA’s real problems appeared first on The Namibian.

HH urges Zambians to reject ‘leaders who destroyed the nation’ as UPND launches campaign, defends free education, reserves

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged Zambians not to return to power leaders he accused of “destroying the country” as he officially launched the United Party for National Development (UPND) presidential campaign at Heroes Stadium on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Hichilema cautioned citizens against reverting to what he described as a period of suffering. He [] The post HH urges Zambians to reject ‘leaders who destroyed the nation’ as UPND launches campaign, defends free education, reserves first appeared on Mwebantu.

Is the Clock Finally Striking the Hour of ‘the African Moment’?

In his 1998 chronicle of the Rwandan genocide, journalist Philip Gourevitch calls Africa a region that generates major catastrophes, ‘but don’t really make meaningful politics’. Indeed, in the academic world, Africa is often framed as an agglomeration of failing states. It has, somehow, become synonymous with bad governance, neo-patrimonialism, militarism, authoritarianism, and poverty. Though Africa [] The post Is the Clock Finally Striking the Hour of ‘the African Moment’? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Gov’t Initiates Development of WPS National Action Plan

The Government has initiated steps to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, positioning Jamaica to become the 117th country worldwide to implement []