South Africa's Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor with Palestinian Ambassador to South Africa, Hanan Jarrar
South Africa must back its solidarity with Palestine with action
With a number of recent decisions, the South African government has shown that it is committed to supporting the Palestinian people, but that must be backed up by uncompromising action domestically and globally, writes Na’eem…
15 February 2022
Biden’s dangerous refusal to reverse Trump’s Western Sahara policy
Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling. In his final weeks in office, President Donald Trump stunned the international community in…
9 February 2022
Moussa Faki Mahamat receiving Israel's Ambassador to the African Union, Alaly Adamso
AU freezes decision on Israel’s observer status and forms a high level committee for recommendations to the next Summit
The African Union summit cancelled on Sunday a decision previously taken, unilaterally, by the President of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahammat, to grant Israel an observer status in the Pan-African organization. Many…
7 February 2022
Members of the Fourth Estate came in full force to mount a united front against the notorious Spy Bill
Botswana government bows down in the face of popular pressure to amend controversial Spy Bill
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The coalition of Southern African journalist organisations met in Gaborone this week, led by the Botswana Editors’ Forum (BEF), to investigate the country’s new controversial Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill. Following…
4 February 2022
BaKgatla female regiments chanting Bojale songs as they pay their last respects to Mma Seingwaeng
A regal send-off fit for a Queen!
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman January 29th, 2022 will remain permanently etched in the collective memory of the BaKgatla Baga Kgafela tribe as the day that their Queen Mother, Mohumagadi Kathleen Nono Mmarakau Kgafela set off…
2 February 2022
EU seized on illegality of economic activities in Western Sahara
126 Saharawi civil society organizations seized European Union’s high institutions to denounce the illegality of EU’s economic activities and exploitation of natural resources in the occupied zones of Western Sahara, without the consent of the…
27 January 2022
Turkish Government ready to develop a high standard of education and growth opportunities for Batswana
Applications for Turkish Government’s Scholarship Programme open until 20 February 2022 The Pan Afrikanist Watchman A once-in-a-year opportunity has opened for interested international Batswana students and researchers to apply for the Turkish Government’s Scholarship Programme…
21 January 2022
The Queen Mother, Mma Seingwaeng (left) arrives at Kgabutle in Moruleng, South Africa with Mohumagadi Mma Matshego during Heritage Day, 2019
BaKgatla baga Kgafela Queen Mother Mma Seingwaeng, 79, succumbs in Sidilega Hospital
Pako Lebanna As Kathleen Nono Kgafela breathed her last at a private hospital in Gaborone on Sunday, January 16, a universally respected royal figure passed on. Known by her royal name Mohumagadi Mma Seingwaeng, she…
18 January 2022
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A Trip of Tradition, A Commitment to Cooperation
— The 32nd New Year Visit to Africa by Chinese Foreign Minister Yi Xin A promise made, a promise kept On the morning of the first working day of the New Year, Chinese State Councilor…
12 January 2022
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Awuor Omamo
Kenya-China trade dates back 600 years
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The pictures of ancient Chinese coins unearthed in Kenya show that the exchanges between the two countries can be traced back to more than 600 years ago when the great Chinese…
11 January 2022
