There’s Big Money in Religion — or is there?
WHEN the six-storey building of ‘Televangelist’ Temitope Balogun Joshua (TBJ: born June 12, 1963) in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed on Sept. 12 and claimed the lives…
View More There’s Big Money in Religion — or is there?The Growth of the Cement Industry in Africa
PLANS by Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote to invest in the Mbinga coalmine to use the minerals as energy in the production of cement in his…
View More The Growth of the Cement Industry in AfricaEbola is Still a Significant Drain on African Economies
As the Ebola death toll spirals into the thousands in West Africa, the outbreak could have a spillover effect on the region’s deadliest disease. The…
View More Ebola is Still a Significant Drain on African EconomiesA New Constitution is Serious Business
JUDGING by the look of things, it’s obvious that the Chama cha Maulaji (CcM) is hell-bent to impose its will on Tanzanians. Refer to the…
View More A New Constitution is Serious BusinessWavering on Dictatorship
THE Tanzania deputy minister for Science&Tech, January Makamba, left many in stitches. He’s quoted as espousing dictatorship as the only means to eradicate endemic graft… That…
View More Wavering on DictatorshipPrelude to Bedroom Democracy
Friday, 19 December 2014 08:21 Grace Marufu Mugabe, former personal secretary in the office of president with whom President Robert Mugabe had an affair even…
View More Prelude to Bedroom DemocracyMore Viewpoints on Bedroom Democracy
This week our person vis-à-vis Bedroom Democracy is none other than Janet Museveni the wife of Ugandan long-time ruler Yoweri Museveni who is another king…
View More More Viewpoints on Bedroom DemocracyTurmoil in South Sudan (An Open Letter)
Dear your Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit the president of the republic of South Sudan (RSS), Dear Dr Riek Machal leader of rebels, I hope…
View More Turmoil in South Sudan (An Open Letter)A Final Break with Colonialism
When news broke that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was chosen a head of African Unity (AU), tongue wagged especially in the west. Mugabe has no…
View More A Final Break with ColonialismSummit Demands Pan-African Union
The recently concluded Sino-Africa Summit aka Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in South Africa offers one major lesson: the need and significance for the reunification…
View More Summit Demands Pan-African Union