Politicians and Royals often share the common characteristic of a love of pomp and ceremony. An apparent 2 billion people tuned into Britain’s Royal Wedding Celebrations on Friday 29th April, watching Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot in what was said to be an ‘understated’ and yet elegant and glamorous affair. While it [...]
The ability of Africans to speak for themselves was called into focus again recently when leaders from the African Union, (AU) led by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma weighed in on attempts to broker a peace deal in Libya. No sooner had it been reported that Muammar Gaddafi had accepted an AU led peace proposal, [...]
South Africa is joining Brazil, Russia, India and China in the BRIC group of economies – which, from 14 April 2011, will be the BRICS group of economies. Since hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010 – an event that surprised the country’s many critics with its success – South Africa has scored another goal [...]
After a promising start to their African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign defeat to Niger makes qualification look distant. Sierra Leone were drawn in arguably the most difficult qualifying group for the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Alongside Niger, they were drawn with Reigning champions and seven times winners Egypt [...]
While much is written these days about South Africa’s relations with the world, reading about the relations with its neighbours seems sometimes to be more of a specialist pursuit. While of course everyone at home and abroad will hear about and have an opinion on the country’s relations with Zimbabwe, there is perhaps less discussion [...]
Most South Africans know that the 18th May municipal elections are coming up, and will hopefully show up to vote. However they are probably quite content to wait until the day to make their mark on the governance of their localities. Not so the political parties involved. News media are being filled with opinion pieces [...]
The ability of Africans to speak for themselves came into focus again this week, when those that should speak for them gave their answers. Leaders from the African Union, and those in the international community of nations, all weighed in to current attempts to broker a peace deal in Libya, while the Libyan people and [...]
British investment banks Citigroup and JP Morgan are keen to expand into African markets. Both Finance Institute’s seem eager to expand into Africa and extend their influence on the continent. This is despite a warning from John Green; head of global business development at Investec Asset Management, that ‘shoddy infrastructure… may be a big long-term [...]
Google has teamed up with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to preserve and provide access to materials on the iconic leader who led the country out of apartheid. The Californian based internet giant has provided the Centre with a $1.25 million (8.4 million rand) grant to expand Mandela’s online archive. And make it available [...]
The Independent public interest organisation IDASA has raised concern over the raid that lacked authorisation and legitimacy. They have called for those responsible to be held accountable for an act that defies the country’s constitution. It is widely reported that the raid came due to the Public Protector’s recent report regarding the lease of a [...]
