Nigeria Must Unite for African Prosperity: Zuma

Both President Zuma and President Buhari have vowed to increase trade and investment between their countries.(SABC)

President Jacob Zuma says South Africa and Nigeria should unite and work together for the prosperity of the African continent. He was addressing the South Africa-Nigeria Business Forum in Abuja.

South African Economy in Crisis

The South African economy is ‘in crisis’ says the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan.

 
The comments came ahead of his Budget speech, in which he cut the country’s growth forecast for 2016 to 0.9%, down from 1.7%.

 

Africa: Nigeria and Angola Take Two Extreme Approaches to Corruption

In response to the growing public demand and to end the proliferation of protests against corruption in Angola, in 2009, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced his new policy of "zero tolerance" of corruption. More than 2200 days have passed since his announcement and not one major corrupt figure has been arrested. From his actions, it is clear that he prefers to arrest and punish those who speak out against uncontrolled corruption rather than those who are actually guilty of corruption.

Rivonia Treason Trialist Calls for ANC to Eject “Entire Corrupt Leadership”

Denis Goldberg has added his voice to a growing chorus of criticism against South Africa's ruling party.

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Denis Goldberg, who was on trial for treason during the apartheid years, has called for the ruling party to clean itself out from top to bottom.

The comments were made on BBC Radio 5 Live over the weekend and Goldberg believes the leadership issue has reached crisis levels.

“Corruption is a problem. I personally believe, and I will say it publicly, as I do in South Africa, that the members of the ANC need to renew the leadership from top to bottom.

South Africans Cannot Believe They Have An Uneducated President, Says Zuma

 

 

South Africa President Jacob Zuma.

"South Africans cannot believe that a man who never went to school is the President and that is the reason why he must be attacked 24/7…" President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

Speaking in his capacity as the patron of the Jacob Zuma Foundation at the Dube House official residence in Morningside, where he was bidding farewell to 19 students going to study at the American University of Nigeria, in Nigeria, Zuma said being poor was one of the reasons why he decided to start the foundation.