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A 26-year struggle for electricity has erupted in the Doornkop shack settlement on the western outskirts of Soweto, resulting in skirmishes between residents and the police, writes Dennis Webster for New Frame. The settlement is home to mostly Sowetans but also migrants from Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana. It has been without electricity for all of its 26 years of existence. The Covid-19 pandemic also imbued Doornkop's struggle for electricity with new difficulties,
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The lawmakers want the two-thirds gender requirement on elective posts deleted through a referendum, arguing it is impossible to attain. The constitution requires both levels of government to ensure that neither gender has more than two-thirds of public officers, whether elected or appointed. Under the rule, the dominant gender should only occupy 66% of public offices and currently, men dominate the National Assembly as only 59 out of 349 MPs are female.
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Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency says Al-Shabaab has replaced its top leader, Ahmed Diriye Abu Ubaidah due to ill health. The report also talks about internal wrangles in the militant group, saying "there has been a bitter power struggle between a section led by Mahad Karate and supporters of Abu Ubaidah on the nomination of a new leader". A study released early in August, by Nairobi-based think-tank Africa Policy Institute, reveals that the group's leadership
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress has held a special meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) to probe corruption within its ranks. The New Humanitarian reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa took the unprecedented step - prior to the meeting - of publishing the names of all companies that had won novel coronavirus-related contracts, a response to a tide of reports of tenders being
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During a national address, President Alassane Ouattara announced that following the death of "his candidate" Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly for the presidential election, he is going back on his promise not to run for another term. He says this will enable him to continue to put his experience at the service of the nation. His announcement will be questioned internationally, particularly because he vowed not to run again a few months ago. The country's new constitution, adopted in
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Sudan's Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok has told U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, at a meeting in Khartoum that the transitional government is not authorised to decide on the normalisation of relations with Israel. Pompeo had flown from Tel Aviv to Khartoum to meet with the Sudanese leader. On the agenda was the discussion of "continued US support for the civilian-led transitional government and express(ing) support for deepening the Sudan-Israel relationship".
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September is the AU-designated month when civilians in possession of illegally-owned weapons are urged to hand them in to authorities without facing arrest or prosecution. Ivor Richard Fung, Deputy Chief of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, says the role the UN is playing is to launch a project in seven African countries - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya, that include a campaign to sensitize people on
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Celebrated author, poet, and actor, David Mungoshi has died after battling ill-health for over five years. He was 71. His book, The Fading Son, won an award at the prestigious 2010 NAMA Awards. The novel is also part of the literature setwork in schools. As an actor, he played the role of John Huni on the popular Studio 263. He was a brother to late renowned author and actor Charles Mungoshi.
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The Kenyan government continues to quarantine visiting Tanzanians for 14 days, amid an escalating diplomatic dispute over the implementation of Covid-19 guidelines. The dispute between the two countries has been occasioned by a failure to agree on the Covid-19 protocols to be followed in the cross-border movement of people and goods after Kenya excluded Tanzania from the list of countries whose nationals would be allowed entry under the revised coronavirus restrictions. Tanzanian has since banned
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BrightO, Wathoni and Tolanibaj have been evicted from the reality TV show. All the housemates excluding the Head and Deputy of House, Ozo, and Nengi, were put up for eviction. This leaves 11 housemates to compete for the U.S.$200,000 grand prize.
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