We are in the second month of 2011 and one wonders, what else is the world in store for. In the last last couple of weeks, Egypt, Libya, Iran and Yemen have erupted into chaos. Citizens have to gone to the streets demanding that their leaders step down. On average these leaders have been in power for over twenty years. All this...
read moreTo my surprise I recently came across an article on the Sudanese referendum which was unlike all the other commentary I had been reading up until now, in that it serves as an interesting example of a situation in which celebrities are becoming involved in a cause, and their actions seem to be both heartfelt and may hold a genuine promise of producing some meaningful results.
read moreJohn Stupart’s piece about the role of the republicans on Africa rightly identifies problems in Luyola Ngcuka’s suggestion that changes in US policy direction are something that Africans have the right to be highly critical of simply because we may receive slightly less aid. It could – and perhaps should – be argued,...
read moreLuyolo Ngcuka wrote last week on the perils for Africa in light of the mid-term elections in the USA and the resurgence of the Republican party. He argues that Obama’s four-pillared policy on Africa can be considerably threatened by Republican feet in the House of Representatives, and along with that the promise of a glut of...
read moreI recently had the privilege of being able to attend an event which will undoubtedly mark one of the most prestigious high-level diplomatic visits by a foreign leader in recent years, especially as far as the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation is concerned. The event in question was the speech given...
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