After much umming and ahhing, a friend and I finally got to wander around a penthouse at Ponte City on the outskirts of Hillbrow today, and boy, were we surprised! Melrose Arch, it is not – and no one ever pretended it is; however, Abuja extension (to use the pejorative) it isn’t either. Now granted we would probably...
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Julius is not a Kingmaker In and of himself, even with the backing of the title of “President of ANC Youth League”, his power is limited. That he has significant sway is beyond doubt, especially after the Midrand conference, however, something else underpins this source of power. It is still the traditional structures that elect...
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This is not a reference to the (hopefully) soon to be deposed Muammar Gaddafi‘s “United States of Africa”. Rather, this is about South Africa and the disturbing similarities to the country we all like to hate – the United States of America. There are a plethora of videos on YouTube demonstrating the ignorance of Americans...
read moreIn April, following presidential and parliamentary elections, Sudanese party leaders began informal discussions about structuring negotiations on post-referendum and post-CPA arrangements between the North and South. Concurrently, former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, headed the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP),...
read more2000 saw the conflict between Bashir and Turabi continue, and at the end of the year Bashir was re-elected president for another four year term. Bashir proposed a move toward democracy and the creation of a secular state in order to achieve reconciliation with the SPLM; Turabi protested vehemently to the latter. Ongoing IGAD...
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