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Jul
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Obituary: José Eduardo dos Santos won Angola’s war and took the spoils

Obituary: José Eduardo dos Santos won Angola’s war and took the spoils

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
STEPHEN EISENHAMMER JOSÉ Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for nearly four decades, winning a brutal civil war and overseeing an oil-fuelled boom that did little to alleviate poverty, died on Friday. He was 79 years old. The presidency said Dos Santos died at the Barcelona Teknon clinic, where he had been receiving medical treatment following a prolonged illness. Known within his MPLA party as "the architect of peace," the quietly spoken dos Santos saw his legacy increasingly tarnished by allegations of rampant corruption and nepotism, particularly after fighting ended in the south-west African country in 2002. Long regarded as…
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Jul
05
2022
By The African Mirror
Obituary: Reuters journalist Tsegaye Tadesse had front-row seat to Ethiopian history

Obituary: Reuters journalist Tsegaye Tadesse had front-row seat to Ethiopian history

NEWS
BARRY MALONE and TIKSA NEGERI TSEGAYE Tadesse, a former Reuters correspondent in Ethiopia who had a front-row seat to history and a knack for being in the right place at the right time, has died at 92. An avuncular presence, easily recognisable with his trademark pipes and fedora hats, Tsegaye covered every aspect of Ethiopian news: from the imperial splendour of Emperor Haile Selassie through the brutal rule of the communist Derg regime and the ruinous famine of the 1980s. He later reported with pride on the country's more recent economic transformation, relishing the chance to write about Ethiopia reclaiming…
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Jun
07
2021
By The African Mirror
TB Joshua, Nigeria’s controversial Pentecostal titan

TB Joshua, Nigeria’s controversial Pentecostal titan

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
THE controversial Nigerian televangelist, faith healer, and neo-Pentecostal pastor Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has died at the age of 57. He was the leader of Nigeria-based The Synagogue Church of All Nations. DION FORSTER, Associate Professor of Ethics and Head of Department, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University Many will remember him, and his church, from the widely publicised 2014 tragedy in which 116 people died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria. His handling of the tragedy was problematic. He initially claimed that the building’s collapse was caused by a “strange aircraft”. Leaked audio recordings later suggested that he…
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