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Marikana and the limits of the new Afro-enthusiasm

August 26, 2012 Global AuthorSouth Africa

As a Malawian, the August 16th Marikana Mine massacre in South Africa invokes the kinds of questions that Malawians asked on 20th July in 2011. Why did the police shoot to kill demonstrators? Was there absolutely no non-violent action the police could have taken, other than killing so many protesters? Were the demonstrators so violent that the police had no... Read More

Kigali’s hit squad strikes again in South Africa

August 23, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergassassination, Frank Ntwali, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Paul Kagame, RNC, Rwanda, South Africa, Stabbing

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Frank Ntwali, Chairman of the African region of the Rwandan National Congress (RNC) was stabbed multiple times today in South Africa near OR Tambo International Airport. Three men came from behind his vehicle posing as police officers in plain clothes after first signaling for the vehicle to pull over. The men spoke in a local South… Read More

Thabo Mbeki thanks ANCYL for 70th Birthday well wishes

June 20, 2012 Global AuthorEx-president, JACOB ZUMA, South Africa, Thambo Mbeki

Johannesburg - Former president Thabo Mbeki has thanked the ANC Youth League for wishing him well on his birthday. Mbeki thanked the league in a letter after it extended good wishes to him on his 70th birthday on Monday. . Read More

South Africans Protest over Hearing for Zuma Rival

August 30, 2011 Global Authorpolitical unrest. ANC, President Zuma, South Africa

The police in South Africa on Tuesday confronted crowds of angry demonstrators supporting Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of the ruling party’s influential youth league, as he attended a disciplinary hearing that could sway both his own political career and that of President Jacob Zuma before party elections next year. . Read More

KAGAME’S DIPLOMACY IS BROKEN: HOW TO RE-INVENT IT

August 23, 2011 Global AuthorDiplomacy, France, Museveni, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Sarkozy, South Africa, Theogene Rudasingwa, Uganda

By Theogene Rudasingwa A couple of weeks ago President Museveni of Uganda , his wife and child visited Rwanda, and was warmly received by his counterpart, President Kagame. A few weeks before then President Kagame's wife had visited the Museveni family in Uganda. During the four-day state visit, Museveni and Kagame put on their best appearances, said the right things,... Read More

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Marikana and the limits of the new Afro-enthusiasm

Kigali’s hit squad strikes again in South Africa

Thabo Mbeki thanks ANCYL for 70th Birthday well wishes

South Africans Protest over Hearing for Zuma Rival

KAGAME’S DIPLOMACY IS BROKEN: HOW TO RE-INVENT IT