South Africa’s assassinations epidemic: ANC, like Kanu in Kenya, leaves a trail of political killings

South Africa’s assassinations epidemic: ANC, like Kanu in Kenya, leaves a trail of political killings

Political demagoguery, explain Prof Oniang’o and Salat, is the source of disenchantment with ANC and Kanu, leading to splits. Similar situations obtain in Zimbabwe, where independence parties Zapu-PF and Zanu-PF are sliding into insignificance. They are accused of the same mistakes Kanu made in Kenya, and which are currently being replayed in South Africa as the country holds its seventh general election.

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Walk from freedom: South Africa’s ANC loses favour with voters as it suffers ‘Kanu moment’

Walk from freedom: South Africa’s ANC loses favour with voters as it suffers ‘Kanu moment’

When Tell Media caught up with Salat to shed light on such unedifying comparisons. He summed it up as “an abuse of trust by Kanu” that is being replicated all over Africa. According to Salat, Kanu has become a “case study in Africa for betraying the wretched of the earth.”

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Presidency: Ruto and Gachagua inflaming ethnic hostilities in Kenya as their regions row over resources

Presidency: Ruto and Gachagua inflaming ethnic hostilities in Kenya as their regions row over resources

As President William Ruto toured Washington DC with senior officials in the United States, including President Joe Biden, a coterie of officials in the president’s United Democratic Alliance – the main party in the governing Kenya Kwanza Alliance – were busy tearing into each and opening further the fault-lines in the Kenya government.

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Zombification of Uganda: How a non-thinking nation slips into garbage heap of weird ideas, values

Zombification of Uganda: How a non-thinking nation slips into garbage heap of weird ideas, values

Uganda must become a country of thinkers and reasoners who don’t just say yes, yes when they mean no!

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Hours to South Africa’s elections, opposition parties ramp up attacks on ruling ANC, leftist EFF

Hours to South Africa’s elections, opposition parties ramp up attacks on ruling ANC, leftist EFF

Steenhuisen has repeatedly accused the ruling ANC and the leftist opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters of planning to go into coalition after the elections. Speaking ahead of its final rally in the city of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said their main objective was to see the current government removed.

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Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Rafah as tally of Palestinians killed crosses 36,000 in 8-month Gaza war

Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Rafah as tally of Palestinians killed crosses 36,000 in 8-month Gaza war

Israel says it wants to root out Hamas fighters holed up in Rafah and rescue hostages it says are being held in the area, but its assault has worsened the plight of civilians and caused an international outcry.

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Chinese creepers exploit lax Nigerian law enforcement and terrorism to illegally mine, export tonnesas of lithium

Chinese creepers exploit lax Nigerian law enforcement and terrorism to illegally mine, export tonnesas of lithium

Nigeria has long neglected the solid minerals sector, which allows some communities like the northern-central town of Jos, which is tin-abundant, to depend on subsistence mining for their livelihood.

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