Feint and Margin

This week our nation was shaken at the very core when a Member of Parliament (MP) was arrested by Ghana’s Police Force for making inflammatory remarks declaring war on our nation and inciting genocide. Hon. Kennedy Agyapong MP of Assin North in the Central Region was charged with treason. He is currently out on bail. [...]

Julius Malema must die for President Zuma. Julius Malema has always stood by his words without ny apologies. Malema said that he would die for President Zuma whilst doing everything in his power to ensure that the then President Mbeki is seen as the worst kind of dictator that had to be removed as president [...]

This is a campaign to encourage all Ghanaian citizens especially the youth to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections. Irrespective of your political inclinations it is important to ensure that democracy is secured in our beloved nation. Whether you are part of the NDC, NPP, CPP or PPP it is important for [...]

For a split second it seemed that South Africa spoke with one voice behind Zwelinzima Vavi. South Africa’s rainbow middle and working class young and old marched together a few weeks back against yet more financial burdens placed on them by the government. Some indeed saw an opportunity for the emergence of a new party [...]

Amidst all the controversy about nationalisation and whether it will or won’t be government policy in South Africa over the next few years, I read a book recently which just may contain within it, a key solution to the many problems that face not only South Africa, but Africa as a whole. The book, written [...]

Because sacrifice is something that should not be forgotten, this is a moment to remember Sharpeville and why we have Human Rights Day… This poem is for those who left their homes On that fateful morn Only to return in a hearse With a tag on their toes. Who would’ve switched off the stove And [...]

Monday morning has broken; another day to rush to the office. An hour in traffic coupled with the hot sun coming out at 8 am. In his air-conditioned car, sweat begins forming on his face In vain, he searches for  “Voltic” around him; he curses within.

Year’s rolls into decades As the bones of our forefathers decay with the hopes and dreams once upheld … Selfishness and greed feed on what is left Fame is now bestowed upon the confident thief who rob the souls of masses, of soothing dream We are free! So they say They sing words of sweetness [...]

One of the blessings of growing up in South Africa in the mid to late nineteen nineties is that I grew up in a country that was truly alive with possibility. Mine was a generation that did not really directly experience the repressive laws of the apartheid era. My memories of the apartheid era are [...]

The recent furore over the DASO image depicting a mixed race couple got me thinking about DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko and what she has to offer South African society. Mazibuko’s rise up the ranks within the DA has been hailed by the mainstream, liberal media as a sign that the DA is transforming and [...]