Category Archives: Opinion

The colonial hand in Africa’s woes

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

TODAY’S OPINION: By Robert Asketill Freedom from dictatorship of one sort or another has become for the many a rare and unobtainable jewel in life, often snatched away by a new class of people whose selfishness and greed for every known luxury in life far exceeds that of any former oligarchy known to history.  Always in the past, each stratum of society had a communal place and a specialist role within that society and there was a sense of duty both to those above and those below which bound them together. Of course there were always the selfish individual exceptions but they were exceptions within each linked class and, of … Continue reading →

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Angola as strategic US military partner

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

OPINION: As we know, America’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has always made reference to Angola as a leading strategic overseas partner (despite objections by others), pointing out that Angola is at present busy fighting corruption and subsequently in a battle on the home front for the masses of the country with military hardware spending preventing economic progress.  This type of objection means little to the Pentagon as we saw this week with the arrival in Luanda of the US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who is on a two-day visit to the country and  reaffirming previous statements made by Mrs Clinton that the Republic of Angola continues to be a … Continue reading →

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Facts about President Kagame that one ought to know

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

OPINION This week we were to read and hear that there was a possibility that sinister persons described as assassins were within the city of London and that Rene Mugenzi and Jonathan Musonera were the possible targets. Amazingly we were not seeing the names of Libyans, where perhaps one could expect evil manoeuvring, but the two named, and possibility others, are from Rwanda, the Tutsi dominated tribe (mini nation) under the leadership of Paul Kagame. It was shocking news, especially as it had come from a British government source. However, the Rwanda government, as expected, furiously dismissed the allegations as “unfounded.” Here we have a country that has been supported … Continue reading →

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Understanding who controls the IMF

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

  OPINION  – There are few, very few, of those who live in African townships who can tell you what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does or how it helps improve their way of life. He or she might make a guess that it is a piece of America, a country that seems to be striving to dominate the world, whilst others are aware that the IMF has been on the frontline of lending to countries to help boost the global economy as it suffers from the deepest crisis since the Great Depression. But now this organization is dominating the news following the action of the New York police boarding … Continue reading →

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