AFRICANGLOBE – During the 2012 campaign President Obama told the electorate that he would raise taxes on those making over $250K in order to generate much needed revenues and avoid going over the fiscal cliff. President Obama won reelection with a convincing margin; some would say a mandate even though Republicans still control the House.
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – Egypt was facing renewed political tensions on Thursday after three leading opposition figures, including a former head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, were placed under investigation for allegedly plotting to topple Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president.
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – Fiscal Cliff : While much of the country is mired in snowstorms across the nation’s midsection and in Pennsylvania and New England, the nation’s capital is bogged down in Congress’ efforts to avoid skidding off the fiscal cliff.
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – The so-called ‘Forces of Change’ which had resisted ANC president Jacob Zuma’s re-election were voted out of the party’s national executive committee on Thursday.
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s 94-year-old former president, is “looking much better” after being treated for a lung infection and gallstones, but will remain in hospital for the time being, the government said on Tuesday. The country’s first Black president was admitted to a Tshwane hospital on December 8 after being flown from his home village of Qunu in a remote part of the Eastern Cape province.
Continue reading …South African President Jacob Zuma easily won re-election yesterday to be the leader of the African National Congress at the ANC’s five-day conference in Mangaung.
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – Delegates attending South Africa’s ruling ANC‘s conference were on Monday evening expected to vote in an election pitting under fire President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe for the party’s top post. The winner of the polls is almost certain to lead South Africa after the 2014 elect elections because of the [...]
Continue reading …AFRICANGLOBE – South Africa’s deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, has ended months of speculation by confirming he will run against Jacob Zuma for the top job next week. The leadership contest is likely to dominate and divide the most important meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) for five years. Some 4,500 delegates will descend on [...]
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