Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government looks unlikely to step down in 2011 as planned because it has failed to draw up the reforms needed to ensure free and fair elections, political analysts say. President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai formed a coalition last year to end a political and economic crisis, but mutual suspicion and […]
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe to seek re-election
Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday he would stand for re-election if his party nominated him, brushing off calls for the octogenarian to make way for a younger successor after 30 years in power. Mugabe, 86, who has been in power since Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain in 1980, formed a unity administration […]
Zuma plays down criticism of Britain's colonial past
The South African president accused the British media of thinking ”their culture is more superior than others” on the eve of his state visit to the UK. Mr Zuma, who has there wives, hit out after comments about his polygamous lifestyle were made in the British press. But at a joint Downing Street press conference […]
AfReports Nigeria Leadership Prospect
This video show some points of view about what Nigeria needs from its leaders to grow and prosper
South Africa: Which side will have the final word?
THE unseemly exchanges between the opposition and African National Congress in the National Assembly last week, which culminated in the “F**k you” statement, have raised a number of issues. Not the least of them is what constitutes robust debate. Perhaps more importantly, though, the exchanges question the impartiality of presiding officers and the erosion of […]
Malema got tenders illegally – Sello Moloto
Former Limpopo Premier Sello Moloto says ANCYL president Julius Malema got government tenders in the province illegally. In an escalating war of words between the two sworn enemies and former comrades, Moloto alleged that Malema got the tenders by intimidating mayors and municipal managers. Moloto, now a Cope Limpopo MPL, said he could not have […]
South Africa: NIA reporting to Malema?
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is in the firing line for once again involving itself in the ruling party’s factional battles. This time around the NIA allegedly provided ANC Youth League president Julius Malema with a list of people who are apparently seeking the destruction of President Jacob Zuma supporters. The NIA played a critical […]
SARS part of plot – Malema
SARS has rejected allegations by ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema that some of its top officials drew up a hit list targeting leading politicians who supported President Jacob Zuma’s rise to power. Malema made the claim in an interview on e.news last night. He said the document had been drawn up by, among others […]
South Africa: Malema in Zuma plot rage
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has claimed that he has an “intelligence document” listing the names of prominent political leaders who backed President Jacob Zuma’s rise to power, but who are now being targeted to be toppled. Interviewed on SAfm’s After Eight Debate radio programme yesterday, Malema further claimed that preliminary investigations by the […]
S.Africa: Bank has no specific role in growth – Marcus
Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus told MPs on Tuesday that the expanded mandate of the bank passed to her by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan last Wednesday, which explicitly requires the bank to consider economic growth and job creation, does not mean that the bank has a specific role in these matters. She also made it […]