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        The battle for Eskom is the battle for South Africa. Better put, Eskom is a metaphor for South Africa. It's a vast, unwieldy megalith entirely bankrupted by people who have treated it as a personal ATM and a political soccer field. Stage four load shedding hit us on Monday like a wet cement towel that just managed to dry. Eskom is running on a prayer, and not one addressed to a deity familiar to this publication.  The world's largest power utility should serve as a point of pride, especially in a country that has more than enough human capital to run its various operations exactly as advertised.  Instead, Eskom is a state-owned zombie apocalypse: R440-billion in debt, money that is guaranteed by the sovereign, and unable to meet its rather simple mandate: keep the lights on, and the wheels of industry turning. This is a disaster that threatens to blow out the entire e...

      Photo: Daily Nation President Uhuru Kenyatta welcomes the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at State House, Nairobi.   By Collins Omulo Newly-elected Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi Wednesday met both President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga during his maiden visit to Kenya. President Tshisekedi's visit to Kenya comes barely 14 days after his inauguration which was attended by President Kenyatta, accompanied by Mr Odinga, among other leaders. Mr Kenyatta was the only foreign Head of State present during President Tshisekedi's swearing-in.

Serge Patrick MANKOU 2 hours ago Republic of the Congo ...

From: Concerned Tanzanian Citizen; To: WRI, GWU, EU, International Press, USAID, US Gov, Tanzanian Diaspora; Date: 29 January, 2019. Dear all, Greetings again from the beautiful country of Tanzania. As promised previously, this is my second open letter in series to you on MP Tundu Lissu’s visit to your esteemed institutions. It is more than obvious that you shall not have the opportunity to hear these facts from his lips; but these 10 achievements by people of Tanzania and now under the great leadership of President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania are tangible and verifiable as of now:   #1 Peace and Stability in a Turmoil Africa Tanzania is undisputed leader in mediatory roles in most conflicts in Africa. The nation is the most peaceful amid unending turmoil on the continent. It is appreciated that Tanzania is characterized by the most peaceable people on the continent. This is not an easy fruit; all past governments to the current able leadership und...

From: Concerned Tanzanian Citizen; To: WRI, WU, EU, International Press, USAID, US Gov, Tanzanian Diaspora; Date: 28 January, 2019     Dear all, Greetings from Tanzania- the land of Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ngorogoro, Zanzibar and above all, the land of great peace, transformation and reforms under President John Pombe Magufuli. I have leant that your various institutions will, in the course of this week and beyond, accommodate the opposition lawmaker from Tanzania, Tundu Lissu, to speak about diverse issues on politics in Tanzania. Unfortunately the power thirsty politician will not tell you all you need to know. In my first open letter to you, I will focus into 5 truths that this MP will hide to you, and in the second, I will dwell into major transformations happening in Tanzania, that again, MP Lissu cannot dare a mention to you.                   ...

2019-01-17, Dar es Salaam: OLUSEGUN Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, has become the second “Africa Renaissance Generation” leader to praise the great work of Tanzanian President, Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli. Obasanjo who was in Dar es Salaam recently, reminded the leaders in Africa not to forget that the former colonial masters wished they continued exploiting the vast resources of Africa as EU trend clearly exhibits the trend. Last year another “Africa Renaissance” leader Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa, was also in Tanzania and spoke well of the Magufuli Presidency especially on anti corruption agenda and social development. “We should not deceive ourselves, the colonial masters and the neo colonial masters want to be able to continue to exploit and any leader in Africa that tries to stop that will not be much of a friend to them,” he clearly says. Dr Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo (81), is a former Army General who has twice served as Ni...