The belief by some South Africans that foreigners are taking their jobs is a misconception that lacks basis. This misconception has over the years, caused several attacks on innocent foreigners with many deaths and displacements. The latest of …
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It is an unmitigated moral tragedy that in the year of celebrating what would have been Mandela’s 101st birthday, the incumbent government has betrayed him on an issue about which he felt strongly. This is the resolution by parliament to …
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The recent xenophobic attacks on African immigrants in South Africa is proof of why the country is one of the most miserable in the world. Businesses are closing down, people have lost their jobs and it is having a bad …
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The entire land confiscation project is a disaster that will not help the people it is meant to help. It is based on a world that does not exist any longer. No prosperous nation today relies on a large percentage …
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South Africa’s foreign policy—spearheaded by the ANC—is still shaped by the legacies of the Cold War. The country has kept warm relations with Russia and Cuba.
These countries along with the likes of late Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya and Yasser Arafat’s …
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The enormity of disasters that accompanies the rainy season in Ghana is always heartbreaking. When it rains, the cost of damage to properties and infrastructures are often immeasurable. It is even more saddening that the concerned authorities in Ghana have …
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In a similar scenario to what French economist, Frederic Bastiat, satirically described as petition of the candlemakers to ban the sun, Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, wants Nigeria to frustrate the sale of electric cars to protect the …
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The South African government published the Tourism Amendment Bill on April 12. If this had happened on April 1, one could have believed that it was an April Fool’s Joke, so comical is the logic underlying the bill. The amendment, …
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Not long after Nigeria’s National Assembly agreed to an upward review of the minimum wage from ₦18,000 ($50) to ₦30,000 ($83), the federal government considered increasing value-added tax (VAT), which it believes will create more revenue to fund …
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The recent announcement that thirty additional Russian Troops will be deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) to support the UN peacekeeping mission instead of training government forces is bound to raise questions regarding the motivations of Russia in Africa. …
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