More Drama At ANC Policy Conference Over Land
There was yet another highly charged debate on land at the ANC’s policy conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, on Tuesday. Sources have told News24 that “rowdy” supporters of presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, mostly from KwaZulu-Natal, tried to prevent National Executive Committee member Mathole Motshekga from speaking. The group of delegates, in commission four on […]
South Africa’s Dlamini-Zuma ‘More Than An Ex-Wife’
eThekweini ANC Youth Leauge secretary Thinta Cibane has lashed out at those referring to ANC presidential candidate, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as the ‘ex-wife’ of Jacob Zuma, saying critics were using the term to discredit her. “That view is patriarchal and we don’t live in a patriarchal society. Why don’t people refer to president Zuma as the […]
A South Africa Beyond Zuma – Do a Merkel and Take a Long View
At the weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in campaigning mode. As she swilled beer with locals in Munich, Merkel said pointedly, “The days when Europe could rely on others… to a large extent were over. This is what I have experienced in the last few days. Europe must really take our fate into our […]
Africa gets its own web address with launch of .africa
Africa now has the unique web address .africa, equivalent to the more familiar .com, following its official launch by the African Union. AU commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hailed its creation as the moment when Africa “got [its] own digital identity”. The AU says the .africa domain name will “bring the continent together as an […]
Africa Needs More Women Presidents – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
The former chairperson of the African Union, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says Africa needs more women to be elected into presidential positions. “Right now there is just one, in Liberia [Ellen Johnson Sirleaf] and her two terms come to an end in October,” said Dlamini-Zuma on Sunday. She was speaking at a church in Khutsong, Carletonville at […]
African Union Commission Begins Transition to New Administration
The transition process at the African Union Commission has begun, following a meeting between newly elected chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat — Chad’s foreign minister — and outgoing chairperson of the commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. In addtion, the outgoing chairman of the African Union, Chadian President Idris Debby, met Guinean President Alpha Conde — the incoming […]
AU Leaders ‘Endorse’ Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for South Africa’s Next President
African Union leaders bade farewell to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma by giving her ringing endorsements for her battle back home. In her farewell speech she also hinted that she wanted to continue her work on the continent, saying she would “remain a soldier for the African cause”. Dlamini-Zuma’s term as AU Commission chairperson ended at the AU […]
As AU Readmits Morocco, Membership of Sahrawi Republic Set to Cause Division
As Morocco waits to be readmitted to the African Union, it is pushing for the suspension of Western Sahara from the continental body, placing the AU in a difficult position. The AU has long backed the autonomy of the contested territory known as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The Moroccan parliament ratified the Constitutive […]
African Union, United Nations Praise President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Role in The Gambia
The African Union and the United Nations have bestowed honor and praises on the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The continental body and the United Nations also honored the West African sub-regional body, which President Sirleaf chairs. The […]
African Union Commission – Who Will Be the Next Chair?
The African Union, the 54-member states continental body, will elect on Monday a new commission chairperson to replace outgoing leader Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is not seeking a second term after finishing her four-year-tenure. Heads of states and dignitaries have been arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where the AU is based, to attend […]
