Zuma foreign policy adviser Lindiwe Zulu said the team is following up on a road-map to elections and issues related to the Global Political Agreement for power sharing which underpins the two-year-old unity government
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SELF PERPETRATION IN POWER BY AFRICAN LEADERS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT
By Abiodun Fatai Why are African leaders fond of perpetrating themselves in power? This has been the case with the late Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, Mohammad Gaddafi of Libya, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Paul Biya of Cameroon, Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, former Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria, Omar Bongo of Gabon and Laurent Gbagbo of… Continue reading SELF PERPETRATION IN POWER BY AFRICAN LEADERS: LESSONS FROM EGYPT
MUBARAK’S RESIGNATION: A LESSON FOR SIT-TIGHT AFRICAN LEADERS
Godfrey Eloho History has been made today after a protracted peaceful protest by the Egyptians that saw their despotic self-styled maximum ruler of 30 years, handed power over to the military, an institution he has used over these years to protect his stay. That feat was a fall-out of the scenario that played itself out… Continue reading MUBARAK’S RESIGNATION: A LESSON FOR SIT-TIGHT AFRICAN LEADERS
When the Mugabes Become a Sexual Joke in Zimbabwe
Alice Chimora Frustrated Zimbabweans seem to have discovered a new hobby as they ridicule their aging president, Robert Mugabe and his young wife, Grace. [ad#GBAF-2-pix] Two men from the border town of Plumtree, a gateway to Botswana, had the audacity of drawing caricatures of Zimbabwe’s extravagant first lady, Grace Mugabe cuddling his long suspected lover’s… Continue reading When the Mugabes Become a Sexual Joke in Zimbabwe
Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)
Jacob Dlamini Johannesburg (South Africa) – The year is only 34 days old and already it has seen the absolute demise of one dictatorship (Tunisia), the near collapse of another (Egypt), the rattling of a third (Jordan), the likely ruin of a fourth (Yemen) and the possible failure of a fifth (Algeria). That, by any… Continue reading Egypt/Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Cannot Outsource Their Revolution (opinion)
Egypt Calls for Freedom, Day 6: Update Sun, Jan 30, 2011, 9.00 am
The police have largely disappeared from the streets but there is a heavy military presence in the city, even though soldiers are not intervening in the situation.
THE OBAMA IN YOU
The world is gradually moving towards a position where individuals with potent capacity and will power can actualize their dreams and aspirations in life regardless of race, skin color, language and other relevant factors.
Cote d’Ivoire: The real tragedy is that we’ve seen this so many times before
The tragedy that has become Cote d’Ivoire is unfortunately one of those déjà vu situations that continue to haunt the African continent. We have been here before, in Zimbabwe, in Kenya, in Zanzibar, and in many other places where stoic societies suffer without exploding.