JOURNALISTS can’t present government’s side of the story without asking questions. Too often though governments interpret inquiry as opposition and act to block rather than assist the journalists who are necessary adjuncts to democracy.
POOR communications strategies undermine the credibility of African governments AFRICAN states pour billions of dollars into information and communications technology on the assumption that being fit for globalization requires a high-fiber-optic diet.
IN THE past half century, when man has walked on the moon and global empires have fallen, no story ranks more compelling and poignant that the struggle of Africa’s people – both on and off the continent – to be free.
South Africa: Land reform was high on the agenda when the African National Congress came into power in 1994, but the country’s commitment to an orderly legal process has slowed redistribution.
Exasperated by violent attacks and claims against their land, and feeling betrayed by the government for failing to protect them, some of South Africa’s Afrikaans farmers have taken up arms to defend themselves against what they regard as a systematic campaign by black radicals to drive them from their land.
State support, rule of law and collaboration are key to ensuring successful land reform in South Africa.
Washington increases development funding, but ties it to tougher standards of governance
COTTON anchors the economies of some of the world’s poorest nations. But in 2001, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 24 sub-Saharan African states lost an estimated $302 million in cotton exports.
WITH its legacy of violent, extra-legal land seizures and resulting famine, Zimbabwe has asserted to the world that the only path to reform is the mailed fist.
School feeding schemes provide incentives for destitute families to keep their children in class.
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