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Apr
05
2024
By The African Mirror
Former South Africa junior international shot dead in hijacking

Former South Africa junior international shot dead in hijacking

NEWS
FORMER South Africa junior international Luke Fleurs, who played for the country’s most popular club Kaizer Chiefs, has been killed in an attempted hijacking in Johannesburg, police officials confirmed. The 24-year-old was shot in the chest at a petrol station on Wednesday night and the assailants drove off in his vehicle. "While waiting to be served by the petrol attendant, he was confronted by two armed males," police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo told reporters, adding no arrests had yet been made. Centre-back Fleurs played every minute for South Africa at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and that same…
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Oct
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Reactions to Xi’s speech opening China’s Communist Party Congress

Reactions to Xi’s speech opening China’s Communist Party Congress

WORLD
YEW LUN TIAN and MARTIN QUIN POLLARD HERE are some initial reactions to President Xi Jinping's speech on Sunday opening the 20th congress of China's ruling Communist Party, a week-long event where he is widely expected to win a third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. JOHN DELURY, PROFESSOR OF CHINESE STUDIES, YONSEI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, SEOUL "While Xi's tone was unapologetic, the speech came across as less expansive than five years ago (and thankfully much shorter). Instead of confidently entering his guaranteed second term, Xi at this Congress is entering uncharted waters…
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Apr
27
2022
By The African Mirror
African cities can do more to protect children from climate change

African cities can do more to protect children from climate change

AFRICITIES
SIX in 10 people will be living in cities by 2030. This is concerning. Cities are responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities can also do a lot to mitigate climate change and help people adapt to its impacts. Cities can use renewable energy sources, promote greener transport, and get industries to cut pollution and adopt cleaner production techniques. Also, they can form or use existing networks and partnerships to strengthen these efforts. Author RONGEDZAYI FAMBASAYI, Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University Almost 1 billion children – nearly half of the world’s children – live…
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Nov
26
2020
By The African Mirror
ANC and mayor of Johannesburg implicated in damning kickback scandal

ANC and mayor of Johannesburg implicated in damning kickback scandal

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s governing party, the ANC, faces damning allegations that it is funded through kickbacks from irregular state tenders. Evidence led at the judicial commission into state capture, chaired by the country’s Deputy President Raymond Zondo, contains traces of up to R16-million in “donations” to the ANC’s Johannesburg region from EOH, a company that got tenders, worth hundreds of millions, from the ANC-run Johannesburg City Council. Steven Powell, managing director of ENSAfrica, which conducted investigations of EOH transactions, presented damaging documented evidence which traced transactions of millions that were paid to the ANC and a company owned…
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