The Bill Nobody Voted For Here is what your government did without asking you: the National Treasury bypassed Parliament and went on a domestic borrowing spree so aggressive that it has now saddled Kenyan taxpayers with Sh861.7 billion in interest…
Africa Is Running Out of Refined Fuel — And Fast Here is a number that should stop you cold: 86 million tonnes. That is the annual petroleum product shortage Africa is projected to face by 2040, according to the State…
Another Injury, Another Question Mark Kaizer Chiefs confirmed this week that defender Paseka Mako fractured his forearm during a pre-season friendly against Al-Kholood in Spain. He has already been sent back to South Africa for specialist assessment. This is not…
The Money Was Supposed to Go Elsewhere Kenya’s National Treasury is facing serious scrutiny after it emerged that Sh30 billion borrowed through a Eurobond issuance last year was quietly redirected to cover shortfalls in domestic borrowing — a move that…
A Contract, A Promise, and a Country Watching Closely Picture this: you land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya’s supposed crown jewel of aviation, and you are immediately greeted by overcrowded terminals, ageing infrastructure, and the quiet humiliation of watching…
Two Presidents, One Table, and a Continent Watching President Cyril Ramaphosa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah are sitting down in Pretoria for the fourth South Africa-Namibia Bi-National Commission — and this meeting is bigger than a diplomatic photo opportunity. It…
Somalia is about to choose its next president, and the stakes could not be higher. Four names are dominating political conversations in Mogadishu right now — former presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Minister Abdi Farah…
Two activists vanish in Guinea. Their colleagues try to mark the two-year anniversary of their disappearance from the safety of Dakar. Then Senegal — long held up as West Africa’s democratic anchor — steps in and shuts the whole thing…
Every time a building collapses in Kenya, the pattern is the same: rubble, bodies, a press conference, and then silence. Investigations stall. Prosecutions never materialize. The contractors who cut corners walk free. The developers who bribed their way through approvals…
What just happened — and why it matters beyond South Africa’s borders South Africa’s National Treasury just froze R13.5 billion in government transfers to 69 municipalities across all nine provinces. That’s not a bureaucratic footnote. That’s a government telling its…
