Patience Masua
What a great day to be an African Child!
The Pan Afrikanist The African child has been called upon to play his role in the formidable task of globalreconstruction in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to wreak havoc in some parts…
18 September 2021
Vice Chancellor Prof. David Norris insisted when he joined UB in 2018 that the institution must be subjected to peer review by reputable ranking institutions
Times Higher Education (THE) ranks University of Botswana No. 21 In Africa
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana has retained its position as the number 1 university in Botswana, is in the Top 20 of Africa’s universities and remained within the 2nd quartile of world…
17 September 2021
China wants Prof. Ralph Baric of the Dept of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Immunology at the The University of North Carolina investigated
Chinese Envoy Wang Xuefeng debunks myths around Corona Virus origins
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman It is about time that the United States stopped peddling untruths that the novel coronavirus was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and instead started to find out what happened…
28 August 2021
Boemo Sekgoma
The establishment of a SADC Parliament finally approved
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The 41st SADC Summit held in Lilongwe, Malawi, has made a watershed decision to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum into a fully-fledged SADC Parliament. The roadmap outlining the steps to be…
18 August 2021
Anti-Israel protests outside the Pan African Parliament buildings in Midrand, South Africa
The battle heats up as Africa rallies against Israel’s AU observer status
By Suraya Dadoo As a modern-day colonial power, Israel offends the anti-colonial spirit of the African Union (AU) and until it ends its occupation of Palestine, Israel cannot play any role at the AU. This…
18 August 2021
New SADC Executive Secretary, Elias Magosi, has his job cut out for him
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi’s spirited campaign for Botswana’s candidate for the coveted prize of Executive Secretary of the 16-member regional bloc, SADC, finally paid off Tuesday in Lilongwe, Malawi, when Elias…
17 August 2021
Zambian opposition leader Hichilema wins the presidential election
LUSAKA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has emerged as the winner in the Aug. 12 presidential election, beating incumbent President Edgar Lungu. Hichilema managed to pass the 50 percent-plus-one requirement for…
16 August 2021
Presidential candidates - Hichilema and Lungu
Zambian president declares election not free and fair
Source: Xinhua LUSAKA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Saturday declared the general election as not being free and fair. The Zambian president said the general election in three provinces was characterised…
15 August 2021
Interview: COVID-19 hampering Zimbabwe’s elephants’ conservation efforts
by Gretinah Machingura HARARE, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Zimbabwe’s primary source of funding for the conservation of elephants and other wildlife, resulting in a surge in incidents of human-wildlife…
12 August 2021
African Union: Why granting Israel an observer status is another grave misstep
The AU decision reflects its lengthy support for a two-state solution which has certainly failed the Palestinians and enabled the western-backed Israeli settler-colonial project. On 22 July, the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC)…
12 August 2021
