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14/06/2025

Sam Mangwana, Popular Congolese-Zimbabwean Artist that No One knows in Zimbabwe
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He was born on 21 February 1945 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangwana's parents were native of neighboring Angola. His father was a Zimbabwean, who was born in Chivi. Over the years Sam Mangwana has visited his relatives in Zimbabwe.

Sam Mangwana, born on February 21, 1945, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a legendary figure in Congolese rumba music. Of Angolan heritage, ...

05/06/2025

The government of Chad has announced the suspension of all visa issuance to American citizens, in a retaliatory move against the United States’ decision to bar Chadian nationals from entering the country.

The government of Chad has announced the suspension of all visa issuance to American citizens, in a retaliatory move against the United States’ decision to bar Chadian nationals from entering the country

01/06/2025

’s President John Mahama condemned US President Trump’s claims of “white genocide” in South Africa as “an insult to all Africans” in an opinion article published in The Guardian. Mahama criticized Trump’s misrepresentation of South Africa’s land reforms and the use of misleading videos, calling the rhetoric historical revisionism and misinformation. Mahama described the meeting as one that revealed a dangerous attempt to rewrite South Africa’s painful past under apartheid.

26/05/2025

ANC............ Cyril Ramaphosa

25/05/2025

25/05/2025

Dear clients when you see your photographer moving with this at a wedding even or graduation just know YOU HAVE HIRED AN AMATEUR. Professionals don't move around with this just to scare people

22/05/2025

The man who organised a display of white crosses in South Africa, an image of which was shown by Donald Trump on Wednesday, has said that the US president was wrong when he described it as a "burial site".

Rob Hoatson said the crosses were put up on the roadside in KwaZulu-Natal province as a memorial to a couple who were killed on their farm in 2020.

During a sometimes-tense meeting at the White House, Trump showed his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, a video of the crosses to bolster his argument that white farmers were being targeted.

While acknowledging there was violence in his country, Ramaphosa rejected the idea that the Afrikaner minority were being systematically killed.

"These are burial sites… over 1,000 of white farmers and… those cars aren't driving, they're stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed," Trump said as the video was playing in the Oval Office.

Mr Hoatson, a 46-year-old farmer, said that while he had no issue with the video being used without his knowledge, Trump was known to "exaggerate" and he was happy to set the record straight about the striking image.

"It's not a burial site, but it was a memorial. It was not a permanent memorial that was erected. It was a temporary memorial," he said.

The US president had said the crosses were evidence of attacks on white farmers in South Africa.

22/05/2025

🛑 Africa, Take Note!
This was bigger than South Africa.
When Trump Turned the Oval Office into a Stage and Ramaphosa Didn't Flinch
He arrived in Washington with intentions, not illusions. President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t fly into the world’s most scrutinized capital for photo ops. He came armed with a diplomatic brief, clear objectives, measured expectations, and the hope of stabilizing a fragile U.S.–South Africa relationship under a returning Donald Trump.
But the mood shifted quickly. Before the first handshake cooled, the air thickened. What awaited him wasn’t dialogue. It was theatre.
🎬 The Ambush in the Oval Office
The lights dimmed, not metaphorically, but literally. A screen rolled out. The Oval Office, a chamber of global diplomacy, became a cinema of accusation. Edited clips of South African unrest played before a sitting African Head of State, curated, weaponized, and presented without context.
Trump, pointing at the screen like a reality show judge, launched his line: “Why hasn’t he been arrested?” referring to Julius Malema and the controversial “Kill the Boer” chant.
What followed wasn’t a conversation. It was a performance, with Ramaphosa cast in the role of defendant, not guest. And yet he didn’t flinch.
📰 "Death. Death." The Propaganda Scroll
Trump wasn’t finished. He reached for printed headlines, lifted them theatrically, and declared: “Death. Death.”
He spoke not as a statesman, but a prophet of doom. His claim? That South Africa was allowing the genocide of its White minority.
He ignored South African police data that revealed: 6,953 people were murdered in 3 months (Oct–Dec 2024). Only 12 were killed in farm-related incidents.
Only one was a White farmer. The majority were Black.
But facts take a backseat when fear is centre stage.
🤝 Ramaphosa Responds with Restraint
While Trump demanded indictments, Ramaphosa delivered clarity. “There is criminality in our country,” he said, “But the majority of those who are killed, unfortunately, are Black people.”
He didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t match Trump’s performance. He didn’t even remind his host that South Africa has been a sovereign republic since 1994.
Instead, he held the line with facts, poise, and political maturity.
🧠 The Psychology of Power and Perception
What unfolded in that room wasn’t just disrespectful; it was a display of subtle bullying. Trump used optics, interruptions, and emotional triggers. Ramaphosa used control, facts, and stillness.
It wasn’t just a clash of leaders. It was a clash of leadership styles.
Trump plays to dominate. Ramaphosa endures to prevail. And in that room, surrounded by aides, silence, and stares, it was clear: one man came to win applause. The other came to protect a nation’s future.
🪙 Grip, Not Governance: Trump’s Africa Complex
Trump’s approach to Africa is not new.
He believes influence is achieved not through partnership, but pressure.
He has:
✅ Cut PEPFAR aid to Zambia over unproven drug theft.
✅ Threatened AGOA access to countries he deems uncooperative.
✅ Amplified “White genocide” myths for far-right mileage back home.
He acts not as a peer to African nations, but as a distant CEO disciplining subsidiaries.
🌍 Ramaphosa Shouldn’t Have Gone; Not Like This
He was smiling too much. But what else do you do when you’re cornered in your host’s house?
Storm out and risk being painted “aggressive”?
Push back and feed a Trump tweetstorm?
Instead, he stayed. Endured. Absorbed the storm because sometimes diplomacy is not speaking louder, but standing taller.
And through it all, Ramaphosa looked like the only adult in the room.
📌 A Test of Endurance, Not Equality
Trump was loud. Ramaphosa was deliberate.
Trump spread fear. Ramaphosa brought facts.
Trump demanded applause. Ramaphosa offered humility.
This wasn’t a meeting between equals. It was a power play dressed as diplomacy. And yet Ramaphosa passed the test.
Bruised, yes.
🛑 Africa, Take Note
This was bigger than South Africa. It was a reminder that African leaders don’t just need to be received in Washington, they need to be respected. Because no aid, no optics, no handshake is worth the erosion of dignity.

01/05/2025

10/04/2025

Demographics, not poor governance, explain Africa’s slow development
Young girls made up for the night in Benue state, Nigeria. Accelerating the demographic transition in the Sahel and central Africa will require deliberate policy choices: investing in girls’ education, expanding access to reproductive healthcare, transforming rural economies and fostering labour-intensive sectors that can absorb a youthful workforce, says the writer.

Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.
Africa’s disappointing economic performance since independence in the 1960s is often blamed on corruption, poor governance and lack of competition. But structurally, the main reason is demographics.

The World Bank’s 2024/5 country classification considers 22 African countries as low-income and 24 as lower-middle-income. No other region has similarly poor levels of development or has shown less progress in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.