JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT WHEN most people, if not all, head to the polls, policy is the last thing in their minds? Eight out of ten times,…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
MUCH HAPPENED AROUND THE WORLD LAST year. Edward Snowden stained America’s diplomatic reputation (at least to those the United States National Security Agency spied on); Hugo Chavez and Margaret Thetcher died;…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THIS WEEK I LEARNED THAT AT least 400 people have been killed in Central African Republic (CAR), where an interreligious conflict rages on. Most of the victims are those who cannot defend…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
CHINA DERMACATED AN AIR DEFENCE IDENTIFICATION zone at least a week ago. The zone includes Senkaku/Diaoyu islands for which the relationship between China and Japan has taken a serious nose-dive. The territorial tensions…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
PRESIDENT MANDELA IS GONE, AND THE legacy he leaves behind is indescribable. I got to know about his passing through social media. I was saddened, but also remembered that…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
MY YOUNGER BROTHER, ALONG WITH MORE than 700 000 candidates, writes his matric exams this year. I called him prior his first paper, to wish him only the best and…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA WILL TRAVEL TO the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, on a state visit. Hearing these news on Friday, I remembered an opinion I read in Foreign Policy few months…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT TOOK PLACE at Westgate Mall, in Nairobi last month shocked the whole world. It’s a pity because even though these incidents happen almost every day, we…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THIS WEEK THE US SENATE FINALLY came up with the bill that ends the government shutdown that lasted for weeks. It’s hard to understand why the US puts itself through…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE GERMANS RE-ELECTED ANGELA MERKEL LAST Sunday, for the third term. Her sweeping victory highlights her astounding popularity among the Germans. And perhaps it’s reasonable, the German economy remains very…