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2Apr

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Protests in Nigeria, South Africa in support of Palestinian rights

NOVANEWS Hundreds took to the streets in the south-western Nigerian city of Iwo (Osun State), in a march organised by Nigerian Friends of Palestine on 30 March, 2019 [File photo]. Nigerians and South Africans joined tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in commemorating the first anniversary of the Great March of Return and Palestinian Land Day on Saturday. On Saturday, hundreds took to the streets in Iwo, in a march organised by Nigerian Friends of Palestine. “Until freedom is attained we will remain committed to the Palestinian cause,” spokesperson Daood Imran Molaasan told the Afro-Palestine Newswire Service. Today, we are defending a just cause and we need not be Palestinians or Muslims to do so he added. Other Nigerian rights activists and Muslim scholars ha...

23Aug

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South Africa, USA

Trump orders Pompeo to ‘closely study’ South Africa’s land expropriation

NOVANEWS © Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters US President Donald Trump has expressed concern over the fate of white farmers in South Africa, where the extremely controversial land redistribution reform might leave owners without their properties or any compensation. “I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. 'South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers,'” Trump tweeted. The South African government this week has reportedly moved to seize two farms from owners who refused to accept the government-set compensation, triggering panic among landlords and investors. Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closel...

20May

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Africa, Palestine Affairs, South Africa, ZIO-NAZI

NDP MPs must stop being ‘friends’ with the Nazi regime

NOVANEWS NDP MPs must stop being ‘friends’ with Israel By Yves Engler Is it appropriate for NDP Members of Parliament to be working for “greater friendship” with a country that is killing and maiming thousands of non-violent protestors? Would it have been appropriate for any elected member of the party to be a “friend” with South Africa’s government during the apartheid era? Victoria area MPs Randall Garrison (left) and Murray Rankin are members of the Canada Israel Interparliamentary Group (previously named Canada-Israel Friendship Group). Garrison is vice-chair of a group designed to promote “greater friendship” and “cooperation” between the two countries’ parliaments. The chair of the group is York Centre MP Michael Levitt, a former board member of the explicitly racist Jewish Nationa...

22Dec

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Africa, Palestine Affairs, South Africa

South Africa Downgrades Nazi Embassy in Protest of Trump Jerusalem Decision

NOVANEWS A Palestinian protester throws a stone at Nazi forces during protest against U.S. President Trump's decision on Jerusalem, near Ramallah, Dec. 20, 2017 | Photo: Reuters. South Africa’s ruling party said it is downsizing its embassy in Israel to a “Liaison Office” in solidarity with Palestinians in the face of U.S. bias toward Israel. South Africa will downside its diplomatic representation in Israel in response to the U.S. government's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the ruling African National Congress said Wednesday. RELATED: Palestine Slams US 'Blackmail' Says Jerusalem Not 'for Sale' “In order to give our practical expression of support to the oppressed people of Palestine, the ANC has unanimously resolved to di...

31Jul

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South Africa

Entre-preneurship for radical economic transformation in South Africa

NOVANEWS Youthvillage.co.za Paresh Soni Entrepreneurship is more than just an economic term — it is a way of thinking. Creating jobs, empowering people and giving individuals access to better lives is certainly a development goal which all countries aspire to. But while South Africa has embraced the rhetoric, it has yet to create the economic ecosystem necessary for entrepreneurship to thrive. Addressing widespread poverty is the single most important policy challenge facing South Africa. Not only is poverty high when benchmarked against other emerging economies of the world, but also the rate of poverty reduction has been slow. Whilst the South African economy has grown since 1994, albeit at a snail’s pace, poverty incidence remains relatively...

31Jul

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South Africa

Lesotho government’s new-found political will is welcome, but it will not solve endemic corruption

NOVANEWS Lesotho Times Moletsane Monyake The new government of Lesotho has promised to tackle the scourge of corruption. But Basotho are familiar with such pledges that never translate into action. Political will is not enough to eliminate corruption where the vice is endemic, performs the basic function of maintaining political stability and is key to winning an election. One of the reasons a national budget speech is such an important occasion is that it reflects the goals and priorities of the government of the day. A budget speech transforms political rhetoric and campaign promises into concrete policies that address practical problems. In Lesotho, and other developing countries, this speech provides a benchmark against which ‘development partners’ can gauge how f...

22Jul

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South Africa

South Africa: An open letter of SAFTU to the Communist Party

NOVANEWS Why we are unable to honour the invitation to your Congress Nigel Sibanda Zwelinzima Vavi The South African Federation of Trade Unions turned down an invitation to the congress of the South African Communist Party. SACP is an ally of the ruling African National Congress. SAFTU says SACP is as guilty as the Jacob Zuma government in implementing a neoliberal programme that is anti-poor, anti-working class, pro-capitalist and anti-socialist. Dr Blade Nzimande General Secretary South African Communist Party Braamfontein Dear Comrade General Secretary, Thank you for the invitation to your elective 14th National Congress, which we have carefully considered. As the second largest and fastest growing trade union federation in the country, and one wi...

20Jul

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South Africa

Democracy is looking sickly across southern Africa

NOVANEWS Henning Melber The political climate remains fragile and the mentality of most opposition politicians hardly offers meaningful alternatives. This is possibly an explanation – but no excuse – for the undemocratic practices permeating almost every one of the region’s nations. Beyond multi-party systems with regular elections, they resemble very little of true democracies. Politics are in shambles across the world. Populism and political gambles are making headlines from London to Washington. Southern Africa is no exception. If it’s any comfort, this suggests that there’s nothing genuinely typical about African versions of political populism. Nor are the flaws in democracy typically African. This might put some events into wider perspective. But it’s nonetheless w...

19Jul

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South Africa

White, white, white: History repeats itself

NOVANEWS Douglas Schorr The judgment has been handed down on Helen Zille, leader of South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance, muzzling her from any party related communications in future. She said that colonialism wasn’t all bad. Her tweet was insensitive but true, the backlash furious and nonsensical. Why? I blame black guilt, which I understand very well, because I’m white. The old way ‘I grew up in Rhodesia,’ I said out loud recently, whilst taking a walk with my son (he’s 35, I’m 69). His face soured. ‘Why do you have to say that? Why can’t you say Zimbabwe?’ ‘Because they’re not the same thing. Rhodesia was different from Zimbabwe. I never lived in Zimbabwe. Rhodesia is where I grew up.’ There was a tense silence. ‘Why do I still identify with Rhodesia?’ I won...

21Apr

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South Africa

Why I pulled out of Kenya’s 2017 presidential race

NOVANEWS Philip Kamakya Philip Murgor Elections in Kenya have become a ritual performed periodically to legitimise the control of power by a few, while the majority remain silent, but enraged, waiting for the opportunity to vent their frustrations. Just a few months before the August 8 poll, all indications are that the type of leadership the country needs to end corruption and tribalism has no chance of rising. Kenya has a long way to go. In December 2016, I announced my decision to run for election as President of the Republic of Kenya. The pronouncement came after almost a long reflection on the terrible state of the circus that characterizes our country’s politics, which is today driven by the scourges of corruption and tribalism. Over time, l...