A PLACE IN THE SUN An alternative path to prosperity. (Reuters/Joe Penney) SHARE WRITTEN BY Howard W. French OBSESSION China’s Transition June 10, 2014 After days of coordinating with me over patchy cell phone connections,…

Posted on July 9, 2014 by AfricanArgumentsEditor When, midway through the American journalist Howard French’s new book, a Zambian politician tells him dejectedly that “we are not a poor people but we have crowned ourselves…

April 25, 2016 A dangerous fallacy exists, especially in Africa, that the Chinese economic miracle will keep rolling indefinitely. While it’s true China’s economy has kept outperforming most others despite the global slowdown, evidence is…

As Chinese influence grows, Taiwan struggles to maintain its grip on its partners in Africa. Kenya has deported Taiwanese nationals to China and there are other examples. The Cold War is not dead – at…

By Laura Oneale on April 16, 20141 Comment Chinese citizens of South Africa are once again being reclassified as blacks by the ruling government. A ruling by a high court in South Africa last week…

Posted on 15/11/2015 by Don Deon COLONISATION; NOT JUST A EUROPEAN THING: BLACKS STOLE LAND AND ENSLAVED BLACKS TOO! One of the most hotly contested issues in contemporary South Africa is the issue of the…

  22 Oct 2012 October 2012 Download PDF China has re-cast Africa’s position in the global economy. Africa’s natural resources and China’s “Go Out” strategy have underpinned a rapid surge in Chinese investment and two-way…

By Staff WriterMarch 16, 2016 The process for formalising the policy for the teaching of Mandarin is at an advanced stage, according to the Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. The Gauteng Department of Education…