President Cyril Ramaphosa came to the helm of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) in 2017 on an anti-corruption, or anti-state capture, platform. The ANC’s 54th elective conference gave him a mandate of renewing the party, and simultaneously reversing the state capture phenomenon that had characterised much of the country 10 years under his predecessor Jacob Zuma.But, now, he himself has been caught up in controversy over the theft of thousands of American dollars allegedly kept in contravention of foreign exchange rules at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in 2020. He also allegedly failed to properly…
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2022 was a significant year for African football. It was a benchmark for the women’s game and a year that may mark the first real move into African football as a business rather than football as development. It ended with some thrilling matches at the men’s World Cup in Qatar, proving the real progress made by teams from African countries.The first full year of a return to the sport after the COVID pandemic, 2022 has shown that the African game is able to grow and claim its own space in world football beyond the headlines generated by star African players…
Fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has sadly died today, aged 81, according to a statement released on the designer’s Twitter account. The designer passed away surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London.In a statement posted at 9:04pm this evening [29 December] the designer’s house said: “29th December 2022. Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better.”29th December 2022. Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London.The world needs people like Vivienne to make a…
The report on racism at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University (SU) by retired Constitutional Court Judge, Sisi Khampepe, has received wide media coverage. Much of the reaction was predictable: On the one hand, it presented as more proof that SU is the last remaining apartheid higher education institution; on the other, the report’s critics argued, it is a barely disguised way of finally doing away with Afrikaans as an academic and colloquial language on campus. The Khampepe report makes it clear that SU is not simply an apartheid relic, and that its existing transformation efforts are sincere; that it has drawn…
Since I started Incredible Kenya Adventures in 2016, many have asked me – “How to start a tours and travel company in Kenya”.I decided to do a well-detailed article on the same so you’re in the right place if you want to start tours and travel company.I like giving myself as an example, the idea to start a travel company came way back in 2015 one year after my first employment.It was hard to understand why I was making so much money for someone while I could only get a fraction of it. I wanted it all.Being an overthinker, this…
Giorgia Meloni became Prime Minister of Italy on October 22, to the dismay of the Italian and European liberal media outlets, worried by the surge of a post-fascist party in one of the founding countries of the European Union, and 100 years after the infamous “March on Rome” that signaled the beginning of the Italian fascist regime. While the squadracce (fascist mob) has not marched on Rome (yet), it is undisputed that Meloni’s party, Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia), considers itself the legitimate heir of the Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI), which has been the herald of the…
ADOUM OUMAROU 10/12/22 at 16:14 pm by admin ADOUM OUMAROU Escale déjeuné About:Born in 1986, Adoum Oumarou, is from Kaélé in Mayo Kani, precisely in the Far North region of Cameroon. As a young painter, he took an early interest in drawing. Today, he explores the sensitive moments and elements of his environment in order to bring out important details. Inscribed in pop art, his technique is particularly interesting. Bon Voyage Adoum Oumarou presents his work on the problems of insecurity linked to public transport. Having been eyewitnesses and an actor, he has the concern…
No doubt, the year 2022 will remain unforgettable for many sports-loving Nigerians for different reasons. In this report, GOWON AKPODONOR looks at how the country fared in some of its sporting engagement. AthleticsAthletics in Nigeria recorded its best moment in 2022. From the country’s participation at the World Championship in Oregon, USA, to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, it was an unforgettable year for the country. Top on the list of athletes who made Nigeria the talking point were Tobiloba Amusan and Ese Brume. Amusan, who was named Africa’s Best Female Athlete of the Year 2022 by the Confederation…
The haunting spectre of communism doesn’t hold the world at ransom any longer. The unholy capitalist alliance has all but gone global. We now stand at the conjuncture between a failing imperialist core and a slowly awakening revolutionary periphery. This is the looming presence that haunts the earth – the presence of the Global South. From international NGOs, western military bases to interfaith groups a unity have been forged to end this impending presence. The fear of Babylon is evident as it points to an end; the slow fading out of its dominance and hegemony. Showing finally the power of the…
The Amos ‘n’ Andy show was one of the magazine programs that attracted huge listenership in the mid-1900s on NBC radio. It initially aired in the night but as its following grew, the producers made it a weekly comedy show until 1955. According to Britannica, the Amos n Andy show was an adaptation of a 1926 radio program called Sam n Henry. The show fed in on the racial stereotypes during the 1900s, with its main characters being two white entertainers from the late 1920s to 1951. The two white entertainers, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, created and wrote the…