The roots of ANC’s corruption
Three weeks ago I wrote about the ANC and the mismanagement of South Africa. The overwhelming response I got – and it is the consensus even in South Africa – that corruption firmly took hold…
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South Africa’s judicial commission to sack judge implicated in Zuma’s case
South Africa’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended impeachment for Western Cape judge president John Hlophe, upholding a finding by a Judicial Conduct Tribunal that he is…
South Africa and Nigeria: Two laggards and failure of leadership
As has become usual in South Africa, youth, under the pretext of protesting the jailing of the former president, Jacob Zuma, for contempt of court, unleashed another round of looting and…
Jacob Zuma goes to jail
Last week, Wednesday 7 July, former South African President Jacob Zuma finally handed himself over to the police. He is to serve a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court. This…
Jacob Zuma: South Africa’s former president hands himself over to police
Jacob Zuma, former South Africa's president, turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month jail term.
Just minutes before the midnight deadline for police to…