Feint and Margin

Watching the recent service delivery protests in the Mbombela Municipality in Mpumalanga and in Grabouw in the Western Cape, with people burning down schools and vandalising property, made me realise how much we still need to grow as a people, if South Africa is indeed going to develop into one of the successful nations of [...]

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. [...]

The increasing dominance of private capital in the past 25 years has not had the anticipated impact on poverty alleviation in Ghana, and elsewhere.  Even the World Bank, that all knowing macro economic sage, must be ruing the consequence of its indiscriminate imposition of the ‘Washington Consensus’ on developing countries.  As Ghana’s recent floods show, [...]

This article was written in 2010. In light of Kennedy Agyapong’s inflammatory statements, Feint & Margin is re-publishing this article.   Whether you are Zimbabwean, Ugandan, Ghanaian, Nigerian or South African we all have pre- conceived ideas about other tribes from our respective countries. These stereotypes are passed down from our parents or elders. We [...]

“We are dedicated to promoting a development approach that focuses on personal transformation. Using this platform, and our chapters in countries across the continent, we are building a community of individuals who are willing to learn, share, and take inspired action to transform their own lives and their communities.” Source: African Unbound website “Africa Unbound [...]

“I am not the type of person who shouts to achieve an aim. My election to the UN Secretary General is an example to people who exhibit tolerance and hard work in their chosen fields” – Kofi Annan I have walked on this earth for more than two decades, enough years not to call cabbagesadult [...]

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 [...]

A recent Econometrix Karoo Shale Gas Report estimates that the commercial exploitation of Shale Gas Resources in the Karoo in South Africa, will add hundreds of billions of rands in value to the South African economy and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs (around 700 000 to be exact) by the conclusion of the [...]

A few years ago, I happened upon an article that was entitled the art of strategic questions. The premise of the article was that for people to make significant advances they need to ask the right questions to solve any type of problem. It is upon this premises that I base my thoughts in this [...]

I had the opportunity to spend a day at the fevers unit of the Korle bu Teaching Hospital not for research purposes or as a patient but for the experience. The fevers unit of Ghana’s biggest hospital counsels and treats HIV positive patients. Until this experience I had not had any personal contact or close [...]