Wow! And apologies! In the Blog on Zims problems with elephants I thoughtlessly wrote “Zambia, when I meant ZIMBABWE!
However, elephants are still a Zim (not a Zam) issue. In the last week of May Zimbabwe hosted the African Elephant Conference at Hwange and naturally issues such as culling and the ban on ivory was an issue.
In eight years time the year 2030 will be reached, which was set as the goal for achieving sustainable development. However, it seems that in order to achieve this, a great deal has to happen in that short span, on the African continent in particular.
In eight years time the year 2030 will be reached, which was set as the goal for achieving sustainable development. However, it seems that in order to achieve this, a great deal has to happen in that short span, on the African continent in particular.
What now, many asked after the release of South Africa’s Chief Justice Zondo’s damning report on President Jacob Zuma’s role in the State Capture saga by the infamous Gupta family. Will the wily ex-President be forced to face his judges and be sent to the place where he should be instead of his palatial Nkandla?
Another victim of Xenophobia in South Africa! Not only was he chased and badly injured after he was beaten and pelted with stones – but the Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi like the Mozambican Ernesto Nhamuave in 2008 died last weekend in April after being set aflame.
In a recent article, NAD (Network Africa Germany) seems to present a particularly colourful view!
Eurowings AirbusNAD begins by reporting that Eurowings now flies 3x from Frankfurt to the Victoria Falls with a brief stop in Windhoek and continues to state that: a new 1.5% tax on electronic transfers was introduced in Ghana. Disliked by the population, the government claimed it would need the proceeds to deal with problems of unemployment and the government’s immense debt burden; refugees were returning to the Congo with the support of the UN. They were being settled in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, where they are said to be secure. It is hoped to repatriate 400 from South Africa this year against 275 in 2021.
While looking at Zimbabwe’s new public-private partnership mining company, Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) founded two years ago, which on the 22nd February had taken over the once-mighty Steelmaker Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) in a multi-dollar deal, I came across a familiar name: Kudakwashe Tagwirei. This Zimbabwe businessman and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s buddy is also his advisor.
The African Union (AU) February summit that marked its 20th year of existence, replacing the Organisation of African Union (OEU) founded in 1963, took place against a successful coup d’etat in Burkina Faso on the 23rd January – one of several in recent times. On the 1st February a coup attempt failed in Guinea-Bissau, a country that had suffered four coups since its independence from Portugal in 1974. Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad spoke of a disaster, calling coups absolutely unacceptable, with the summit condemning such unconstitutional power grabs.