Africa

Forged in Struggle, Bound for the Future: Zimbabwe and China’s Ironclad Friendship Against Imperialism

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Seventy-six years ago, the People’s Republic of China rose from the ruins of foreign aggression and humiliation to become a beacon of hope for the world’s oppressed peoples. Forty-five years ago,…

16 September 2025

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela, Imperialism, and the Global Struggle for Sovereignty

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa September 8, 2025, marks not only a commemorative moment for progressive forces across the Global South but also a profound reflection on the unfinished struggle against imperialism. Latin America, the Caribbean,…

14 September 2025

Current world map: courtesy of Reddit Maps

AFRICA MAP SIZE MYTH

By Fortune Madondo  A Geographical Lie The current standard world map is wildly misleading, a tool of miseducation, and perpetuates a geographical lie. And mostly Mother Africa (the Continent of Africa) is the victim, presented…

10 September 2025

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin: China, Russia, and India Redraw the Map of a Post-Imperialist World

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Western headlines have tried to reduce the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin to a spectacle of handshakes, smiles, and photographs. To them, the meeting of China’s President Xi Jinping,…

9 September 2025

TICAD9 and the Mirage of Japanese Partnership: Why Africa’s Future Lies with China, Not Neo-Imperialism

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), once promoted as a vehicle for deepening Africa–Japan relations, has increasingly revealed itself as a hollow theatre of neo-imperial gestures. The Ninth Tokyo…

9 September 2025

Zim-China Friendship Shines Bright: A Revolutionary Bond Rekindled at WWII 80th Anniversary Celebrations

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa History is not just a record of the past; it is a weapon for the present and the future. On the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War…

3 September 2025

New Swedish deputy envoy: “Parliaments are the beating hearts of democracy”

New Swedish deputy envoy: “Parliaments are the beating hearts of democracy”

By Moses Magadza Windhoek – The newly appointed Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria, Mr. Kristian Olsson Selerud, has hailed parliaments within the SADC region as the…

3 September 2025

Namibia's Vice President Lucia Witbooi

WITBOOI TO CAPITALIZE ON ALGERIA’S EXPERIENCE IN OIL AND GAS

By Vitalio Angula Namibia’s Vice President, Lucia Witbooi, will leverage the country’s status as a frontier oil and gas market to capitalize on Algeria’s experience as an oil-producing nation at the Intra-Africa Trade Fair starting…

2 September 2025

MEC Ewan Botha addressing stakeholders at the Premier Hotel, Kempton Park, carbon emissions reduction meeting last week

Member of Executive Council Botha Warns: Climate Education Fails Without Economic Relevance

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 2 September 2025 South Africa’s Gauteng Province Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Environment, Ewan Botha, has drawn on his childhood experiences to highlight gaps in climate change education and…

2 September 2025

Muammar Gaddafi, Revolutionary leader turned Martyr for his people

The Fifty-Sixth Anniversary of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution of Libya

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa On the 1st September 2025, the people of Africa and the world mark the fifty-sixth anniversary of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution of Libya, a pivotal event in modern history that changed…

2 September 2025

Mid-Term Report and Update on the Outcomes of the 2nd Session of the 13th Parliament

By Moeti Mohwasa Introduction Nearly two years ago, this Government received a mandate for change: to build an economy that works for more people, restore dignity in public services, strengthen social protection, reform the institutions…

24 August 2026

Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Moeti Mohwasa

Government Mid-Term Report Highlights Social Gains, Fiscal Strains

Gaborone – At the halfway mark of its five-year mandate, government has presented a mid-term report to Parliament outlining progress on social protection, education support, public service reforms and fiscal recovery, while acknowledging unfinished commitments…

24 August 2026

Statement in accordance with Standing Order 9.3.2 by Honourable Dumeelang Saleshando MP for Maun North, Leader of the Opposition

20th AUGUST 2026, National Assembly, Gaborone Right Honourable Speaker, I find it necessary to make a Statement as provided for by Standing Order 9.3.2. I rise today to address this Honourable House and the nation…

24 August 2026

Leader of Opposition: Honourable Dumelang Saleshando (C) The Business Weekly Review

Dumelang Saleshando: Health crisis exposes governance failures, not just shortages

20 August 2026 GABORONE – Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Dumelang Saleshando, has accused government of failing to resolve Botswana’s prolonged public health emergency, despite billions of pula allocated and repeated assurances of improvement. Speaking…

24 August 2026

Mally

UK-Based Motswana Gospel Artist Releases Winner EP

UK-based Motswana gospel artist Mally has released a new EP, Winner, a faith-inspired project that showcases her musical growth while reinforcing her rising profile on the international gospel music scene. Released this year, Winner features…

24 August 2026

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BEYOND TERMINOLOGY

By Fortune Madondo The Invoice R292 million or US$18,5 million – that’s the invoice South Africa (SA) sent to Nigeria, Ethiopia and Malawi. For deporting Africans from South Africa. Lilongwe, 11 August 2026 Three hundred…

24 August 2026