Yacoob Cassim

Syria has experienced a change that will reverberate across the world. The regime of former President Bashir Al Assad and the dynasty his father Hafez had founded are no more. A new leadership has emerged from the ruins of the repressive regime. The rebels now in control of Syria have taken a more pragmatic approach.

Syria is entering a new era of unknown proportions. Now former President Bashir Al-Assad and his immediate family -that is his wife Asma Al-Assad and their children- have fled the capital Damascus. The rebels who have waged a fourteen year long civil war against his regime are now in control of the country. For better

The presidency has moved forward to clarify on the issue of changes to the Nigerian visa application process after backlash from locals. The public denunciation and anguish arose from a miscommunication meant that many believed Nigerian travellers would no longer be required to present passports to receive a visa. These allegations are clearly false but

Namibia has possibly seen better times since independence. The former territory of South West Africa now known as Namibia has recently held parliamentary and Presidential elections which saw the elevation of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa of the incumbent South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) to the Presidency in Windhoek. She will be the country’s first female President.

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered another address this time to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) concerning the state of the country in terms of economics, politics, health and society. He of course spoke about the previous elections and service delivery. The president refers to the creation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) between the