Zambia: Widespread Repression in Post-Election Crackdown hrw.org/news/2026/11/01/zamb… No really discernible lightening. Will we have a Presidential term of economic mateurity & balance on the one hand and democratic unbalancing on the other?
WATCH LIVE: Wicknell Helicopter Cras Investigation Hits Dead End youtube.com/live/1J7F6_bgT84… via @YouTube No real answers. But even the rich and mighty are subject to unpredictable accidents.
theguardian.com/world/2026/n… Sidefooted to a sub-committee. But there will be intense informal discussion at the traditional 'retreat' or away-day of this summit meeting.
Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/po… But even if the Democrats surge mightily, can they control Trump? You can't control unppredictability - of which Trump is himself an unwitting master.
Joseph Lagu, Who Led Independence Movement in Southern Sudan, Has Died nytimes.com/2026/11/01/world… The forgotten leader. By the time I got there on the eve of independence all hopes were pinned on Garang. Then Garang died. And Kiir has been an unmitigated disaster.
Daily issues beat nostalgia this election, but the ANC hasn’t read the room dailymaverick.co.za/article/… Basically, and this plagued Zimbabwe too: the past is dead. If there is a generation of born-frees it sees only the future. How we got here means less than how we get THERE.
Ten critical questions as South Africa heads into high-stakes poll dailymaverick.co.za/article/… All of the scenarios painted here contain ingredients for chaos and plain ungovernability. Conversely, workablecoalitions might emerge. We live in 'interesting' times.
13 years ago at the US State Department. What I wanted was access to the US by a Zimbabwean Minister so he cold testify in the land compensation battle I was helping to fight. In the end we sent lawyers to Harare & filmed the testimony.
Zimbabwe’s Ongoing Protests Are About More Than Just Fuel Prices globalpressjournal.com/afric… Compulsory worthless currency being one major grievance.
Zimbabwe readies new policy that will entrench property rights news24.com/business/economy/… via @News24_Business It's taken 26 years to begin to do this. And the compensation battle is hardly off to a financed start. The unplanned land seizures were a disaster because unplanned,
theguardian.com/world/2026/o… Is a 'New West' emerging? One in whch the US has no leadership role? The US a hegemon of the 'West' may have had its day.
theguardian.com/world/2026/n… Water, electrcity, waste. Waste pollutes the water and each cycle becomes worse than the last, especially if there is no electrcity to power any cleanup.
Where Do Israel’s Arab Parties Stand? nytimes.com/2026/11/01/world… But will the opposition let them? Frankly, distrust of Palestinians is as strong in the left as in the right. Just not as violent. Usually,
bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cq77pm… This week in the US. Not the same as in SA but both elections will change their countries. We hope the US for the better. Hope...
teapawt.net/SundayTimesZA/status/2… And, yes, we do notice this. There are more dark skinned players in the All Blacks than in the Springboks.
South Africa cannot continue to have a predominantly white national rugby team when about 80% of its population is black, writes Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
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bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ck0j0y… The rallies have now spread to other parts of Europe - the rising cost ofliving being a key grievance. But there is nothing leaders can do to restore safely-assured middle class comfort & affordability. This is the uprisingof the middle
Watch — Voting 101 with Rebecca Davis dailymaverick.co.za/video/20… For those who still don't have the foggiest: the municipal elections are this coming week. Change starts at the local level. Get out and vote.
