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Dec
18
2022
By MARCO AQUINO
Peru ministers resign after protest deaths as new government wobbles

Peru ministers resign after protest deaths as new government wobbles

WORLD
PRESSURE rose on Peru's fledgling government on Friday as two Cabinet members resigned following deadly protests that have rocked the country since former President Pedro Castillo's removal from office and arrest last week. Education Minister Patricia Correa and Culture Minister Jair Perez announced their resignations on Twitter, citing the deaths of individuals during the unrest. "This morning I presented my letter of resignation from the position of education minister. The death of compatriots has no justification. State violence cannot be disproportionate and cause death," Correa said on her Twitter account. Castillo's ouster has sparked angry protests, with demonstrators calling for…
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Dec
02
2022
By The African Mirror
China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin with bouquets, black front pages

China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin with bouquets, black front pages

WORLD
CHINESE newspapers turned their front pages black and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers laid piles of bouquets outside his childhood home. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, aged 96. His death has prompted a wave of nostalgia for the relatively more liberal times he oversaw. A date has yet to be set for his funeral. The front page of the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily devoted its whole front page to Jiang and carried a…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Jacob Zuma: when did erstwhile South African revolutionary lose his way?

Jacob Zuma: when did erstwhile South African revolutionary lose his way?

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
IT'S the small crimes that bring you down. Al Capone went merrily on his murdering way until the FBI nailed him for tax evasion. Richard Nixon seemed immune to the consequences of lying about Vietnam, Cambodia and Chile but his lies over the silly crime of burgling the Democratic Party’s headquarters did for him. GAVIN EVANS, Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London So it is with Jacob Zuma South Africa’s former president. He faced multiple charges of corruption, but, so far, has avoided his day in court. He was tried for rape and acquitted. As president he…
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Jul
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma’s bid to stay out of jail

Zuma’s bid to stay out of jail

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER President Jacob Zuma is in court today in a bid to stay out of jail. Zuma and his lawyers are expected in the Maritzburg High Court where an application for the stay of a warrant of detention will be heard. Zuma want the sentence to be held on abeyance until the Constitutional Court hears his application for the 15 month sentence imposed on him to be rescinded. Today's court appearance comes 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that there were more than 100 people armed with guns among the thousands who attended the rally…
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