United States President-Elect Donald Trump has made some bold nominations for his incoming cabinet. Trump who is due to be sworn in on the 20th of January (today at the time of writing) has named right wing ally and former political Fox TV Personality Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence and former rival turned close […]
There is now a cease fire in Gaza, Palestine but the destruction, carnage and memories of genocide remain. Yes, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu consented to a truce in exchange for the release of the hostages. Hamas abducted on the seventh of October. But the question remains, where, to go from here?
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There was, wide spread congratulations for those Matriculants who passed. The country bore witness to an encouraging pass rate of 87.3%. Various parties and leaders, representative of the political class gave their congratulations to the successful students of the previous year, 2024. However, amid the celebrations of this cohort’s success many voices have raised concerns
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is watching events unfolding in Mozambique carefully. The President is due to attend the inauguration of Mozambiquan President-elect Daniel Chapo in Maputo. There has been some serious political unrest in the country, however, with over a 151 people reported dead. Chapo is from the incumbent Mozambiquan Liberation Front (FRELIMO) party which has
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
Lebanon has been given a reprieve since Israel agreed to a cease fire after bombarding the country’s southern parts. Now tens of thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah headed back to their devastated towns and villages on Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal that brought the war to a
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