African diplomats descended on Burkina Faso on Saturday to ensure a deal is sealed calling for Guinea’s injured leader to step down and for his country to hold democratic elections within six months. Arriving in Ouagadougou, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf hailed the accord and said that she felt compelled to travel there because instability in […]
Category: politics
EGYPTIAN FM DISCUSS FOR AU, AFRO-ARAB SUMMITS
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met Sunday in Cairo with Jean Ping, chairman of the African Union commission, who is currently visiting Egypt. The spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Hossam Zaki told reporters on Sunday that Aboul Gheit discussed with Ping all matters relating to the next African Union summit in Addis Ababa […]
RELATION MAY NOT SOUR BETWEEN NIGERIA AND THE US
With the December 25th incident, when a young Nigeria wanted to blow up a US airliner, carrying 300 passengers to Detroit, almost any measure can be consider necessary to discourage a similar evil act. In one of their reactions, the United States and some European countries have, in a new safety measure, tightened up security […]
MINISTER PLEDGES TO PROTECT CORRUPTION WHISTLEBLOWERS
‘All whistleblowers will be protected. Let us be bold for one day. You will fear no one, instead they will fear you.” This was the assurance of Richard Baloyi, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, in Pretoria. He was reacting to questions on the safety of whistleblowers, especially within Government Departments. “We are ready […]
MORE MINISTERS SPLASH OUT ON LUXURY CARS
Deputy Correctional Services Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize has splashed out on a Porsche Cayenne that cost nearly R760 000, while her boss, Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has splurged on a Lexus LS 460 that cost about R970 000. The combined cost to the department-which overspent its budget by R500 million in the last financial year – was […]
ZUMA GETS 9 OUT OF 10 FOR CHARM FROM ZILLE
Helen Zille, the leader of the Democratic Alliance, gives President Jacob Zuma nine out ten for charm, but only one out of ten for his defence of the constitution. So his overall rating in the eyes of the DA is three out of ten. It’s that time of the year when arbitrary judgments are made […]
MALEMA LEAVES CONGRESS AFTER BEING BOOED
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema stormed out of the SA Communist Party’s special congress after he was booed by delegates. He was later followed by ANC National Executive Committee Member Tony Yengeni, who also left the University of Limpopo hall in a huff. Delegates at the congress in Polokwane booed Mr Malema and ANC […]
ZILLE TAKES AIM AT SADTU
Democratic Alliance leader and Western Province Premier Helen Zille on Friday accused the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) of shielding incompetent teachers at the expense of quality education. Ms Zille wrote in her weekly newsletter that the DA would push ahead with plans to make all teachers in the Western Cape sign performance contracts, […]
DANES UPSET OVER MUGABE
The world’s heads of state gathering in Denmark for the climate change summit next week probably have little more than the effects of changing weather patterns on the mind. But when Danish Queen Margrethe II has her gala dinner on Thursday night, she and her closest dinner guests will have much to talk about. Purely […]
NAMIBIA VOTE EXPECTED TO RETURN PARTY TO POWER
Namibia’s longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who is seeking a second five-year term, was among the first to vote when polls opened […]