Nezerwa Sunday

[ACCORD @ACCORD_online]

On the sidelines of ACCORD’s Seminar on Local Government Coalitions, ACCORD Senior Political Advisor, H.E. Amb. @sgengesamathole (Welile Nhlapo), sat down with Dr Zweli Mkhize, Chairperson of the Parliamentary @NationalCoGTA, to reflect on Parliament’s experiences and observations in overseeing municipal coalitions.

The conversation explored both the opportunities and challenges that come with coalition governance, with Dr Mkhize highlighting how coalitions can create space for political parties to find common ground and build consensus around decision-making at the local level.
@SALGA_Gov @IrlEmbPretoria

[The New Times (Rwanda) @NewTimesRwanda]

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦?

African heads of state, former leaders and senior government and business figures are expected to gather in Kigali on August 25-26 for the Africa Mindset Reset Forum, hosted by the African School of Governance.

Among those expected are President Paul Kagame, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Nigerien Prime Minister Ibrahim Mayaki.

The forum will focus on governance, leadership, continental integration, institutional reform, natural resources, human capital and the mindset shifts needed to accelerate Africa’s development.

Read more:

https://t.co/zB2n10XZ79

[African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) @APRMorg]

We are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Steven Gruzd, a champion of good governance and a valued APRM partner.

On behalf of @APRM_MarieRose and the APRM family, we extend heartfelt condolences to his family & the @SAIIA_info community.

His legacy will endure. RIP.

[South African Institute of International Affairs @SAIIA_info]

It is with great sorrow that we announce the untimely passing of Steven Gruzd, Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA.

An integral part of the Institute, Steve was known for his unwavering dedication to his work and his commitment to the policy community in Africa. We will miss his brilliant mind, his deep camaraderie and his gentle spirit. His absence leaves a significant void at SAIIA and across the continent he served so passionately. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Steve’s family, friends and all those who had the pleasure of working alongside him. May his soul rest in peace. 🕊️

[Francis Fukuyama @FukuyamaFrancis]

Expecting Iran to Unconditionally Surrender Is a Fool’s Errand https://t.co/eIfhGkx6q9

[LynneM 💕💝💎 @LynneStactia]

Power is fragile, only fools will believe otherwise!!

[Andrew M. Mwenda @AndrewMwenda]

Here, a USA senator, Jim Risch of Idaho and also chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Senate, is threatening Uganda and calling for sanctions against our CDF. This is the more insulting because America has no legal, not to mention moral, authority to make these statements. Uganda is a much more responsible state in respecting the rights of her citizens than his country.

The USA is a county that just recently kidnapped a head of state of a sovereign country without justification under international law; is threatening to invade and annex another county (Greenland) which is a territory of a fellow ally in NATO, and is conducting mass arrests her own citizens and deporting them on allegations that they are illegal immigrants just because of the color of their skins of the accent in their language.

More than this, the USA with only 4% of the world population has 26% of all prisoners in the world. And although black people form 10% of the USA population, they form 46% of this country’s prison inmates. Basically, the criminal justice system is not one for seeking justice but is used as an instrument of racial domination of black people.

All this is not to mention that a black man is killed by police every 28 hours just because of the color of their skin. How can an apartheid-prison-state like this claim moral authority to comment on Uganda’s internal politics and even threaten sanctions? This is not about human rights and the rule of law. It is about power, raw power. America is saying that just because they are rich and powerful, they have a right and duty to dictate who governs uganda and how it is governed.

Regarding the threats of sanctions on to CDF, I should say they are very, very welcome. The same America declared Nelson Mandela a terrorist and the ANC a terrorist organization for fighting apartheid in South Africa. Mandela was removed from the list of America’s terrorists not in 1990, when he was released; not in 1994 when he became president, not in 1998 when he addressed the joint house of congress, but in 2007.

The attempt to see a spec in other people’s eyes while having a log in its own has been a practice of USA foreign policy for the last 85 years. This use and abuse of its power and international institutions and laws was recently well articulated by Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, at the recently concluded Davos meeting. America is threatening to annex Canada, perhaps the reason Carney is speaking out after decades of his country’s silence and complicity in America’s crimes.

My point is simple but fundamental: American interference in our politics is unacceptable, unwelcome and unhelpful. The senator is advised to focus on protecting the rights of his own citizens: native Americans, black and Hispanic people and poor white people.

Please stop diverting attention from the appalling domestic problems in your country by directing your gaze at others. In fact this constant shift of attention from internal human rights abuses and electoral fraud (which President Trump has talked about often) is the reason America’s decline has become terminal. Please leave us alone as save your own country.

[samuel kago @samuel_kago]

@mkainerugaba

[Me Es @ESsco2n8]

@mkainerugaba You autistic man @mkainerugaba, neither you or your expired father owns our country. Yes you will be sanctioned and you will do nothing about it. You have committed all kinds of atrocities against our people courtesy of your incapacity and pay time is around the corner.

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

In Cape Town today to protest Israel’s killing of journalists including ⁦@AnasAlSharif0⁩ and three colleagues from ⁦Al Jazeera this week. 🇵🇸🇵🇸📸 Sahra Heuwel

[African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) @APRMorg]

The APRM Continental Secretariat and UJ’s Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation (IPATC) signed an MoU to enhance collaboration on governance research.

CEO, APRM Amb. @APRM_MarieRose, and Prof. Adeoye Akinola, Head of the African Union Studies Programme, committed to credible joint research and knowledge exchange to support Agenda 2063 implementation.

The APRM CEO emphasized that partnerships with academic institutions are vital for fostering innovation and strengthening Africa’s governance systems.

[Nezerwa Sunday @NezerwaS]

@dailymaverick @PLMyburgh You really are fearless!

[Pieter-Louis Myburgh @PLMyburgh]

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[Nezerwa Sunday @NezerwaS]

@FT_ResearchUJ @fideletu @UJScience @Metabolomics_SA Well done supervisor! The sky is the limit !
Congrats to him .

[The Tugizimana Lab @FT_ResearchUJ]

Congratulations to Musiwalo Samuel Mulaudzi for obtaining his MSc in Biochemistry with Distinction!

His research explored how Bacillus-based biostimulants support sustainable farming.

We are proud of you 👏

#graduationday #ProudMoment #Metabolomics #TTL #biochemistry

[Melanin.Tia @Tia_Mokoka]

The prostitution in Sandton restaurants is truly getting out of hand tbh.

[Nezerwa Sunday @NezerwaS]

@chu_butare Abaganga ba CHUB mwisubireho. Murebeeera abababajwe nuburwayi mukamera nkabatazi ibyo mukora. Mubabaza abantu. Kubona umurwayi ababara mureba mukanezezwa no kumwigishirizaho kuruta kubanza kumukorera soins zimworohereza.

Very sad !

[Harvard University @Harvard]

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber https://t.co/6cQQpcJVTd

[Bloomberg Africa @BloombergAfrica]

Africa unveils its own credit rating company to address concerns that evaluations by global agencies carry a costly bias against the continent https://t.co/KpIZozIvmO