Category: Politics
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A Not So New Meaning to Being White and (South) African in Africa and the World
Click or not: A Not So New Meaning to Being White and (South) African in Africa and the WorldUSA president Donald Trump recently issued an executive order about South African domestic politics. In it he was basically protecting white South Africans and in particular those of Afrikaner (Dutch) origin. This was after one of his infamous and closest political advisors, Elon Musk had warned via his social media platform X, that there would be… …
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The Changing Character of Pan Africanism (Fighting Among Ourselves)
Click or not: The Changing Character of Pan Africanism (Fighting Among Ourselves)As an African you will regularly reflect on your being, your othered ‘blackness’ and also your material standing in a now highly globalized perception of what can be the ‘good life’. And in all of its mimicry of the colonial legacy of global north societies. Or if we were to be a little bit more… …
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Zimbabwe Churches and the Dangers of Political Overreach
Click or not: Zimbabwe Churches and the Dangers of Political OverreachThe Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) recently issued a statement on an issue which essentially waded into a Zanu Pf debate around extending the current president E.D Mnangagwa’s term of office from 2028-2030. I deliberately mention Zanu Pf here because this issue of 2030 is essentially a ruling party one. It obviously has national connotations… …
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Emerging Global Complexities for the Next African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson
Click or not: Emerging Global Complexities for the Next African Union (AU) Commission ChairpersonOn Monday 13 January 2025, the former prime minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe’s President E.D Mnangagwa in Harare. It turns out he has been on a tour of a number of African states and meeting with their presidents in order to let them know that he is bidding to… …