AFRICANGLOBE – Political organisations that are formed under the guise of academic freedom and whose so-called intellectual members use universities and university students to front their political agendas are bound to fail. Political institutions that are formed under the asymmetric cover of the need to uphold tenets of democracy, human rights, rule of law and corporate […]

30 AFRICANGLOBE – Archaeologists have discovered the final resting place of at least 50 royal Egyptians including princes, princesses and infants while excavating a trashed tomb at the Valley of the Kings. Hieratic inscriptions (a cursive form of hieroglyphs) revealed that most of the mummies in the tomb were related to two pharaohs, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III, […]

I Will Decide Zuma’s Fate: Malema

  AFRICANGLOBE – Leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema on Tuesday welcomed the disbanding of the Parliament ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the Nkandla corruption saga. “I want to thank the ANC councillors for shifting the task to the next government because they are referring to us. We will be handling […]

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Backed Opposition in Shambles

  AFRICANGLOBE – Zimbabwe’s foreign backed opposition party is in disarray after a faction in the Movement for Democratic Change said at the weekend it had suspended the party leader and notorious womanizer Morgan Tsvangirai, in a move that could herald a split in the opposition. The crisis at the MDC comes at a pivotal […]

Egypt Should Stop Bitching and Return to Dialogue over the Nile

  AFRICANGLOBE – Hailemariam Desalegn called on Egypt to return to the tripartite dialogue with Ethiopia and Sudan to implement IPoE recommendations in the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Ethiopia’s Prime Minister made the call this morning during a parliament session in which he presented a nine months performance report of his […]

Mali Work to Restore Timbuktu from Destruction by Arab Invaders

AFRICANGLOBE – Roofs are torn off, mud bricks are strewn about and walls barely rise from the desert dunes where Timbuktu’s storied mausoleums once stood and are now in ruins. Muslim terrorists swept in and tore them apart as totems of idolatry, along with other symbols of the fabled city. Now that the Arab terrorists […]

Economic Freedom Fighters on the Rise in South Africa

AFRICANGLOBE – Despite 20 years of South African democracy, time appears to have stood still for the residents of Zwelethemba, a poor Black township in the Western Cape province interior. Located on the outskirts of Worcester, the largest town in the picturesque Breede Valley, the community is predominately comprised of migrant workers from the Eastern Cape province who, if luck is […]

Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Or so we were told by Irina Dunn – an Australian feminist activist – and by Gloria Steinem, who popularised the statement.. Oh really? Hmm. Let’s see now. Let us investigate the matter. […]