My latest looks at the way that arguments about racial justice are becoming central to international politics - touching everything from Xinjiang, to BLM, big power rivalry in Africa and reform of the UN via @FinancialTimes
As part of a new partnership with @AmandlaMedia we will be periodically republishing content from their magazine issues. Our first post comes from @Red_Niall on Left politics in South Africa:
1 April is an important day in South Africa’s pursuit of transparent, accountable democratic politics. The Political Party Funding Act of 2018 comes into effect, requiring both donors and recipients to disclose donations of R100 000 and more.
The “Women in politics: 2021” map is out. #DYK ? Top 5 #African countries with most #women in
✅Parliament are:
Rwanda
S. Africa
Namibia
Senegal
Mozambique
✅Government are:
Rwanda
Guin.-Bissau
S. Africa
Ethiopia
Namibia
Imperialist Past That Started Dam Politics Between Egypt, Sudan and... @TC_Africa : #Africa
Continent Lags On 2030 Global Goal of Gender Parity in Politics: #Africa
John #Magafuli , President of Tanzania , is dead. He most likely died of COVID-19. He was Africa's most prominent COVID-denialist leader /2 Apart from this, he also promoted an anticorruption politics as a cover for a sharp authoritarianism
The obstacles to women's liberation in Africa: The South African political scientist @ShireenHassim ( Gender and African Politics professor at @Carleton_U ) breaks it down to @_SeanJacobs and @Shokispeare .
After competing for 27 years, former All Africa Games champion Leah Malot is racing into politics.
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Barack Obama: "Too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth" Former US president takes aim at fake news during his #MandelaLecture in South Africa
Africa's problem is that we never discuss ideology, focusing so much on diplomacy. I totally disagree with politics that focus on ethnic federalism. We must emphasise the issue of oneness and common interests because it is the only way we can prosper.
Two things going on at once with Trump's South Africa tweet: He's tapping into white identity politics AND he's governing by watching Fox News.
The new generation should start researching and change our "brainwashed" thinking on politics or else Africa will stay way back until the end of time ...
Only if the media can go behind the scenes and see the politics in the music industry (Africa) yall gon applaud each and every act out here ??
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