Nigerians in South Africa feel increasingly abandoned to their fate as the spate of xenophobic killings continues. As at May this year, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had on a…
Nigerian development tragedy: the affliction of image deficit and the way out -Magnus Onyibe
Our dear country seems doomed to remain mired in negative publicity. That is even as headlines heralding horrific events like gruesome murders of civilians by herdsmen , suicide bombings by religious insurgents like Boko Haram and mind-boggling sums of public…
‘The Good Doctor’: South Africa in transition from apartheid to black rule –Toni Kan
Damon Galgut’s The Good Doctor (Penguin 2004) is regarded by many, including most of his peers, as his most accomplished yet especially in terms of his superb evocation of a bleak landscape which stands as a metaphor for the uncertain…
Q2: Dangote Cement invests $3bn across Africa, employs 27,952 Nigerians in 2017
Group Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Joe Makoju, said the company has invested a whopping $3 billion to build manufacturing plants and import/grinding terminals across Africa. The company’s operations, according to Makoju are in Cameroon (1.5Mta clinker grinding), Congo…
SA withdraws ambassador to Israel following Gaza Strip attack (Heraldlive)
South Africa has withdrawn its ambassador to Israel following an attack in the Gaza Strip in which more than 40 civilians were killed. “[South Africa] condemns in the strongest terms possible the latest act of violent aggression by Israeli armed…
S.Africa bids emotional farewell to ‘Mama Winnie’ Mandela (Dailymail)
Thousands of mourners flocked Wednesday to the heart of South Africa’s sprawling Soweto township, a centre of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela’s former wife and struggle hero Winnie Mandela. Her grandson Bambatha Mandela described Winnie, who died…
Yewande Omotoso on Dublin Literary Award 2018 shortlist
Yewande Omotoso’s novel, The Woman Next Door, is among the 10 in the Dublin International Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced April 5. A statement on the organiser’s website said the list includes two novels by Irish authors, The Lesser Bohemians…
Winnie Mandela should have been president, says head of South African left (Reuters)
As tributes poured in for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who died on Monday, the head of South Africa’s leftist opposition party said misogynists in the ruling ANC had prevented her taking her rightful place as president. Senior African National Congress (ANC) figures…
How Winnie Mandela died (SUN)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife to the first black president in South Africa, Nelson Mandela dies at 81 on Monday, April 1, 2018. A personal assistant to the late anti-apartheid campaigner made the announcement. A family member, Victor Dlamini in a statement…