South Africa’s Parliament speaker and ANC member Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula gave up her seat, after she lost a bid that would block her arrest over a corruption case. The Speaker, like many of ANC leaders, is accused of receiving bribes amounting to 135,000 dollars from a defense contractor when she was defense minister. Her case highlights […]
Citizens in the four cardinal points of Africa — Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia — have in recent weeks hit the streets over economic woes and political strife in their respective countries. Led by opposition leaders, angry people in Kenya in the east, Nigeria in the west, South Africa in the south, and Tunisia […]
The Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has voiced deep concern over the continuing deterioration of the respect for fundamental rights in Tunisia, including attacks on the rights of trade unions and workers. In a press release issued Wednesday, the EESC workers group denounced the expulsion of Esther Lynch, the European […]
