Key Zuma Ally Brought In As South Africa Lawmaker
The former chief executive of South Africa's state-owned power utility was sworn in as a member of parliament Thursday in ...
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S.Africa Struggles To Quell Anti-Immigrant Violence
The South African government on Thursday called for calm after a wave of xenophobic violence in which dozens of shops ...
Refreshingly Different, Full of Statesmanship
The majority of Ghanaians, who are financially distressed and impoverished by a sustained period of economic mismanagement, need to be ...
South Africa Budget Targets the Rich
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has targeted the rich in his annual budget, announcing a new top tax rate ...
Akufo-Addo Doing ‘gymnastics’ With Energy Sector Levy
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government is engaged in ‘gymnastics’ (playing games) with the energy sector levy introduced by ...
Akufo-Addo’s SONA Was Only A “statement of Problem” – Minority MPs
Ghana’s minority members of parliament have described as “lofty rhetoric,” President Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation Address, arguing it ...
No Need For Energy Levy Cuts Due To US$ 2.4bn Debt- IECP
Despite assurances from President Akufo Addo to grant some tax cuts in the power sector, the Institute of Energy and ...
Mr President, Please Wear the Local Fabric; Sell Ghana Right [Article]
I haven’t even set eyes on the man before but I pretty much have a fair idea what style he ...
Akufo-Addo’s SONA ‘full of Lies’ – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has passed a scathingly damning verdict on President Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation Address, describing ...
525 National Security Operatives Sacked By Government
The government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sacked 525 national security operatives, Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader and Member ...
We Shall Pull DKM Money From Akufo-Addo’s Nose
One major campaign promise of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2016 was the payment of deposits to victims to ...
S.Africa Budget Pushes Redistribution Amid Power Struggle
South Africa's finance minister warned Wednesday of "growing impatience and ferment" over post-apartheid inequality and slow growth as he presented ...
“I Am Not Elected To Complain But To Get Things Done”
Listening to the long recount of the never-done-wells of the past administration as presented in Nana Addo’s first SONA, one ...
Key Economic Facts In President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address
Nana Addo’s 1st SONA was delivered on the floor of Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday, 21st February, 2017. President Nana Addo ...
Bimbilla Conflict To Feature In Budget
NPP Director of Communications Nana Akomea says the failure of President Akufo-Addo to highlight the Bimbilla conflict in his State ...
Stop the Messy Fanctionalism To Save the NDC [1]
Between 1977 and 1979, the economic conditions in Ghana had created a huge imbalance in the Ghanaian society leading to ...
The Heritage Fund and the Solemn Promise
By Frederick K. Kofi Tse “Our political class introduced something they call free education that is free indeed?free of knowledge. ...
S.Africa Budget Throws Light On Fractured ANC
South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers the annual budget in parliament Wednesday as he battles to revive the economy ...
Check Fiscal Discipline & Seal Revenue Leakages- Rev. Boadum Tells Nana Addo
With the incessant calls on President Akufo-Addo to hurriedly implement and prove ways his administration would sustain the free Senior ...
We Were On Track To Clear Energy Sector Debts
The Ex-deputy Power Minister John Jinapor has said the erstwhile National Democratic Congress was on track to clear the energy ...