Aisha Bahadur

But this was not one of South Africa’s infamous “service delivery” protests. These protestors were villagers that were relocated from their communal land 17 years ago by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world’s largest platinum company.

Heated political debates and ideological contestations abound in South Africa on the establishment of a national minimum wage, which can be reduced to a Goldilocks analogy.

Khama, a former army general, is in a class of his own amongst Africa’s political elite. His father, Seretse Khama, became king of the Bangwato people at the age of four.

Cholera is caused by bacteria that infect the stomach. Only when the bacteria reach a critical level does an infected person have symptoms, which are high fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.

The security of land tenure of black South Africans remains largely unaddressed since 1994 with insufficient progress on land restitution and redistribution of less than a third of the target 26 million hectares in 24 years since democracy.

When the East African Community (EAC) resolved to prioritise the development of a competitive domestic textile and leather sector to provide affordable clothes and leather products in the region, this was a positive step towards determining its own development path.

At a Higher Judicial Council meeting in Cameroon chaired by President Paul Biya on 7 June, it was expected that at the top of the agenda would be the Anglophone Problem and the arrest of 28 civil society leaders from Anglophone Cameroon.