JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE WORLD HAS BECOME A BETTER PLACE, in many aspects; be it the economy, healthcare, access to education, human rights etc. Unsurprisingly, it’s only after the Cold War…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT’S NATIONAL ELECTIONS TOMMORROW; and like most South Africans, I will vote too. I do not want to ever be associated with any political party, or attain any…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
NIGERIA IS NOW Africa’s largest economy – which is great news for Nigerians. Many South Africans; at least those I interact with on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; seem to downplay this…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT’S NATIONAL elections again. All political parties will make their case to the electorate by Election Day. Those who have had an opportunity to govern have a big advantage, as…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
PABLO ESCOBAR WAS A NOTORIOUS COLOMBIAN drug lord in the 70s, 80s till his death in 1993. Then, he was a king of cocaine trafficking. His cartels supplied…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
PUTIN “WANTS TO RESTORE THE SOVIET EMPIRE”, says the United States Senator, John McCain, in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. McCain could be wrong, but my gut…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
MY dream is to become an international political economist who studies today’s engines of global economic growth –the emerging markets. This profession requires critical political and economic analysis,…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
WE ARE ALL COGNIZANT OF THE fact that racism remains one of the enormous challenges facing the world today. It is, though without much historical facts in backing, my…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THIS WEEK, JANET YELLEN WAS SWORN in as the new chairperson of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed). She’s the first woman to chair the institution since its establishment in…
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,…