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African journalism. October 10 2020 ISSUE
NO. 24
The Continent
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The
cattle
wars
In South Sudan,
conflict and
climate change
are exacerbating (Photo: Stefanie
old tensions Glinski/AFP)
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 2
Nigerian protests go global
On Friday, the most trending term on Twitter – worldwide – was #EndSARS.
This caused some confusion in South Africa, where the acronym stands
for the South African Revenue Service. No, South Africans, you still have
to pay your taxes. In Nigeria, SARS stands for the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad. They are meant to be the country’s elite police unit, but have been
repeatedly implicated in intimidation, harassment, extortion, assault and
murder (see our report on p6). In protests and sit-ins across the country
– pictured above – Nigerians have made it clear that enough is enough. So
far, however, even the police minister has been unable to shut SARS down.
Inside:
COVER STORY: In search of Rolls Royce (p9)
pastures new, South Sudan’s Vaccines: Will Africa get its fair
cattle herders are running share? (p18)
into conflict with farming Zimbabwe abductions: Read
communities (p11) our report in Ndebele and our
‘Racist’ Gandhi statue erected in analysis in Shona (p25)
Malawi (p5) Football: Africa’s best coach is
The return of Uganda’s royal now at Africa’s best club (p30)
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 3
The Week in Numbers
3-million
The number of pilgrims
expected to travel to
Touba, Senegal this
week for the country’s
biggest religious
festival. This is despite
the main ceremony
being cancelled as a
Covid-19 precaution.
Authorities have
distributed face masks,
hand sanitiser and
60,000 rapid testing kits across
The capacity of the new National Stadium in the city in an effort to
Côte d’Ivoire, built on the outskirts of Abidjan, prevent the spread of
which will host the Africa Cup of Nations in the virus.
2023. The stadium, financed by China, was
opened on Saturday by President Alassane
Ouattara, who is seeking a controversial third
term in office in elections later this month.
13-trillion
The number of naira
in Nigeria’s proposed
1 10 years budget for next year,
equivalent to $34-billion,
The number of African The period of economic as unveiled this week by
candidates still in the growth in Africa erased President Muhammadu
running to be director by the pandemic, by the Buhari. The proposed
general of the World World Bank’s reckoning. budget is both bigger
Trade Organisation. It predicts that the and smaller than this
Former Nigerian finance continent’s economy will year’s budget: although
minister Ngozi Okonjo- contract by 3.3% this the naira amount is
Iweala is in the final year, but will rebound in larger by more than
two, alongside South 2021, while the GDP per 3-trillion, it is lower in
Korean trade minister capita will “regress to dollar terms due to a
Yoo Myung-hee. its level in 2007”. higher exchange rate.
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ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 News Page 5
Malawi
Controversy
over ‘racist’
Gandhi statue
Refiloe Seiboko
A lmost exactly two years ago, a statue
of civil rights activist Mahatma
Gandhi was supposed to be erected in
Bust-up: The new Gandhi statue in
Lilongwe (Photo: Embassy of India in
Malawi)
Blantyre. But local activists weren’t happy.
They believe Gandhi was a racist. by the Malawian government was part of
Although he was celebrated later for his a $10-million deal with India involving
positions against racism, there are several the construction of a convention centre.
instances from his early life, in South In response, petitions were signed and
Africa, when he supported white people an application to prevent the erection of
being “the predominating race”. He once the statue was submitted by a group called
said that black people “are troublesome, Gandhi Must Fall. “As citizens of Malawi
very dirty and live like animals”. born out of black African descent, we are
Gandhi wrote: “Ours is one continual appalled with Blantyre City Council’s
struggle against a degradation sought to decision to erect Gandhi’s statue,” the
be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, group said at the time.
who desire to degrade us to the level of Fast-forward two years to just over a
the raw Kaffir [a derogatory word used week ago, when a statue of Gandhi was
against black South Africans by the unveiled in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, at
oppressors] whose occupation is hunting, the Indian High Commission.
and whose sole ambition is to collect a At the event, Minister of Foreign
certain number of cattle to buy a wife with Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka urged people
and, then, pass his life in indolence and to accept Gandhi’s human faults and
nakedness.” appreciate him as an international icon
The 2018 decision to erect the statue and catalyst for change. ■
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 6
Nigeria
Bid to rein in young Nigerians.
In response to public pressure, political
leaders have repeatedly tried to clamp
police’s rogue down on SARS. “SARS banned, fourth
time in 4 years,” read the front page of
SARS unit falls the Daily Tribune, a Nigerian national
newspaper, on Monday.
flat – again This came after the inspector general
of police, Mohammed Adamu, issued new
Tolu Olasoji instructions to the unit which prevent
them from carrying out routine patrols,
L ast Saturday, a young man died in
suspicious circumstances in Ughelli, a
town in Delta State. Video footage showed
setting up roadblocks and carrying out
stop and search duties. Members of the
unit have also been instructed to wear
members of the Nigerian police’s Special uniforms at all times while on duty.
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) fleeing the Similar edicts have made little
scene, driving the young man’s white difference in the past, and this one appears
Lexus SUV away with them. to be no different. A Twitter account
According to eyewitnesses, the victim (@SARS_Watch) dedicated to providing
was shot and killed by the policemen. The details about the locations of SARS
Delta Police Command tells a different operatives – so that people can avoid them
story, saying he died after attempting to – has continued to document examples of
escape from a moving police vehicle. harassment and extortion this week.
The death sparked outrage in Delta Speaking to The Continent, the
State and nationwide, and renewed focus account’s anonymous handler said: “I
on SARS, a much-feared tactical unit that can’t even count the number of stories
has never been far from controversy. I’ve heard firsthand and I myself have
In theory, SARS – formed in 1992 – is been a victim a couple of times; it’s not
supposed to be an elite force dedicated to something I would want to relive again. So
combating armed robbery, kidnapping the motivation has always and will forever
and other high-profile crimes. be to fight the oppression Nigerians face
In practice, however, it has been every day at the hands of these SARS
repeatedly implicated in committing operatives.”
crimes of its own, and has a reputation The handler added: “The idea that
for harassing, assaulting and extorting young Nigerians have to think twice
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 7
(Image: Amnesty
Nigeria)
before putting on a certain outfit or manner and said that I could be arrested
worry about carrying their smartphones for ‘runs’, ” she told The Continent.
or laptops when heading out for the day “I had a huge delay and they
doesn’t make any sense.” deliberated on where to take me to but
Joan – whose surname is withheld to luckily I was eventually let off.”
protect her identity – is one such young Amnesty International is not
Nigerian. She’s a second-year student at impressed with the authorities latest
the DS Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic in attempt to reform SARS.
Ogun State. On Tuesday, she was on her “This is yet another lame attempt to
way to an exam when she was stopped by rein in this unit of the Nigerian police
a SARS patrol, who invaded her privacy which is notorious for the widespread
and called her a prostitute. torture and other ill-treatment of
“They saw my exam pass, but asked for Nigerians,” said Osai Ojigho, the group’s
my phone. One of them started checking Nigeria director. “We have seen from
to see the type of app I have on my phone, bitter experience that past investigations
when they didn’t see anything, they asked into violations were either never carried
me to open my Whatsapp and asked for out or marred by irregularities. To date,
my boyfriend’s number. I told them I don’t the Nigerian authorities have yet to show
have one. They made other enquiries and a genuine commitment to ending the
asked why I’m dressed in an expensive lawless activities of SARS.” ■
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 8 South Africa The decline of the southern right whale Sheree Bega I t’s the best part of Dr Els Vermeulen’s year: three days, up in an Airbus ECI20B, counting southern right whales in South Africa’s coastal waters. “The views are beautiful,” said the research manager of the whale unit at the University of Pretoria about the annual aerial survey. Few rights left: Climate change has But it’s also depressing work. driven whales into uncharted waters. The numbers this October are the (Photo: Emiliano Lasalvia/Nurphoto) second-lowest they have been in 32 years, after the extremely low numbers of 2016 their previously productive feeding (55 pairs). grounds have changed over time”. This year, 136 females and calves (68 The shift, according to Vermeulen, pairs) were counted and photographed, could be an attempt to keep up with the along with an “extremely low” number of changing ocean, but these changes in 29 adult whales without a calf, bringing location might not be enough to ensure the total to 165. adequate body condition is obtained, The unit’s data indicates strong which then in turn hinders calving and correlations between southern right whale migration. prevalence along South Africa’s shores, Similar trends are being recorded in climate conditions in the Southern Ocean, South America and Australia. and fluctuations in food availability. “It’s worrying because southern right South African southern right whales whales have come back from the brink. have drastically changed their feeding But we’re now looking at issues not as locations in the past 20 years, “suggesting easily solved as whaling,” she said. ■
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 9
Uganda
The return Among the items seized were the Kabaka’s
collection of luxury vehicles, including
of Buganda’s four Rolls-Royces and a Bentley.
Three of the Rolls-Royces have
luxurious disappeared. The Bentley was sold,
allegedly to a buyer in South Africa,
royal Phantom although its exact whereabouts are
unknown. One Rolls-Royce – A 1961
Phantom V – languished for decades
Sixty years ago the in State House in Kampala, before being
Kabaka of Buganda’s transferred to the Uganda Museum in
Rolls-Royces were seized 2013, where it was parked on display
alongside Idi Amin’s Mercedes Benz
by Idi Amin. Now the 600 and a Model-T Ford used by the last
Kabaka’s successor has British governor of Uganda.
brought a ‘survivor’ home Earlier this month, after nearly six
decades, the last Rolls was finally returned
Andrew Arinaitwe to the royal family. “It’s a good feeling,”
said Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikiro of
S ir Edward Mutesa II was the first
president of an independent Uganda.
He was also, as Kabaka of Buganda, the
the Buganda Kingdom — a role equivalent
new country’s most significant king.
The tension between these two roles –
as servant of a democratic republic on
the one hand, and leader of East Africa’s
largest monarchy on the other – would
ultimately force him into exile. He was
unseated in the 1966 coup orchestrated
by Milton Obote, and died just three years
later in his flat in London.
During the coup, Obote dispatched Driving home: The Kabaka’s Rolls-
one of his most trusted lieutenants, Royce has been returned after
a young Idi Amin, to ransack Mengo spending decades at State House.
Palace, the royal compound in Kampala. (Photo: Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 10
My kingdom, my Rolls: Sir
Edward Mutesa II in a
Rolls-Royce on his return
from exile in 1955
to prime minister – in an interview with managed to weather that challenge,’” said
The Continent. “Vintage cars are special Mayiga.
cars – especially if they were driven by The ownership of the vehicle has been
kings.” in dispute for years. The government has
Mayiga was just three years old when argued that the vehicle belongs to the
the royal palace was ransacked, but the state, and that it was in the possession
wounds inflicted on that day remain of Mutesa II in his capacity as president.
fresh. “The paraphernalia of the kingdom, But the current Kabaka, Ronald Muwenda
most of it was lost … the iconic objects, Mutebi II, has been arguing forcefully for
the artefacts … it was a malicious thing its return, both in personal meetings with
… The assault on the kingdom created President Yoweri Museveni and through
a scar on the hearts of the people of a team of lawyers.
Buganda and it destabilised the country Analysts suggest that it is in an effort
as a consequence. I think as Ugandans we to prevent messy legal proceedings — and
need to reconcile, and it can be done in possibly with an eye on the presidential
many ways. Returning the car is one of election next year – that Museveni
those gestures.” decided to return the vehicle. “We hope
The Rolls-Royce Phantom V was that the kingdom will keep it as a very
especially significant, according to important memorial treasure and it will
Mayiga. In 1953, Mutesa II had been be accessible to the rest of Ugandans for
exiled by the British authorities after viewing and enjoyment,” said tourism
voicing support for an independent minister Tom Butime.
Buganda state. When he returned in 1955, First, however, the royal family
to a hero’s welcome, it was this vehicle that intends to restore the Rolls-Royce to
ferried him from Entebbe airport to the its former glory, at an estimated cost of
Mengo Palace. “Because the crowds were nearly $200,000. And then, according to
so big, the journey took so many hours Mayiga, the current Kabaka might just
and so many cars got choked up, heated take it for a spin himself. “Old is gold,” he
up. But then in reference to the Rolls- said. “We are talking about a Rolls-Royce
Royce, [the king] said: ‘My Rolls-Royce Phantom!” ■The Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Feature Page 11
(Photo: Stefanie
Glinski/AFP)
Until the cows come home
In South Sudan, cattle herders and farmers
are fighting over who gets to use the land
David Monodanga
F or Otto Washington Okwera, a South Sudanese farmer, cattle bring
only destruction. “The cattle come and destroy all the things in the
garden,” he said.
Okwera is the chief in Agoro Payam, a village in Magwi County in
South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State. His people are farmers. They
grow maize and vegetables on small plots. But their livelihood is under
threat from an influx of cattle herders, who have been forced out of their
traditional grazing territory and are now competing for access to the land.
Disputes between farmers and herders are nothing new, nor are they
unique to South Sudan. In much of Africa’s central belt, across the breadth
of the Sahel Desert – a region encompassing Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso,
Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia – the constant
tension between land and cattle has, for generations, shaped how societies
develop.
In South Sudan – where an estimated 80% of the population relyThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 12
on cattle to some degree, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture
Organisation – this ancient conflict has been exacerbated in recent years
by both civil war, which displaced nearly two million people, and climate
change, which has dried out or flooded areas that were previously fertile
grazing lands.
Now, villages like Agoro Payam find themselves on the front lines.
And Chief Okwera does not know what to do. He has tried approaching
the herders directly, but this can be dangerous. “The owners of the cattle
give us a hard life. When the cattle have eaten the crops in the garden,
and you go and follow up, they will say that you want to steal their cattle
and you will be beaten thoroughly,” he said.
He has also tried approaching local authorities, but they are equally
powerless.
Growing insecurity
Joseph Oryem is the administrator of Agoro Payam. This makes him the
most senior government official in the village. He has also attempted to
raise the issues of the farming community with the cattle herders. But
whenever he does, he encounters an even more powerful force: South
Sudan’s military.
“Actually, I was not beaten by the cattle keepers but by these soldiers
who are brought here to defend the cattle,” he says. In many regions in
the country, soldiers have been deployed to accompany cattle herders –
supposedly to keep the peace between herders and farmers. But in Agoro
Payam, the soldiers have taken sides, says Oryem.
The presence of the military comes with problems of its own. One
afternoon in July, a group of soldiers drank 45,000 Sudanese pounds
($813) of alcohol brewed by a local woman. They attempted to pay for
the alcohol with ammunition. When she asked for cash instead, they
assaulted her.
Oryem witnessed the assault. When he tried to intervene he was
beaten too – so badly that he had to be taken to hospital. The soldiers
were also angry with him because he has refused to allocate grazing land
to the cattle herders. “This has brought insecurity to my people,” he says.
Other local officials, including an officer at the Agoro Payam police
station, say the arrival of cattle herders has coincided with an increase in
crime in the area, especially rapes and abductions.
The state governor Louis Lobong echoes these concerns. He has
warned of further confrontations between the state’s residents and the
cattle herders unless something changes quickly. “People will die, and weThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 13
Beat it: Tensions
between crop
farmers and cattle
herders have turned
violent in South
Sudan. (Photo:
Stefanie Glinski/AFP)
don’t want that. We need to talk, we need to understand why they are here,
how long they will be here and when they will go back,” he said. “These
cattle keepers, they came and there was no information, they have never
asked the host communities that ‘can you allow us to graze?’, nor we the
state government.”
In the meantime, he says, some farmers are fleeing the state for
uncertain and possibly dangerous futures in other parts of the country,
or even to refugee camps in neighbouring Kenya and Uganda. “Our
people are running.”
On the run
Patience. That’s what Abraham Makur, the secretary general of the Magwi
County cattle-keeper’s association, is calling for. He understands that the
arrival of tens of thousands of head of cattle in the area has placed new
burdens on the local community. But what other choice do the cattle
keepers have?
“At the moment, there’s no way we can tell the cattle keepers to go back
to Jonglei, because there’s nowhere people can settle,” he says.
South Sudan’s seven-year-long civil war ended officially in February,
when the government signed a peace deal with the main rebel movement.
But that has not ended conflict. In May this year, for example, more than
300 people were killed when fighting erupted in Jonglei State. Dozens
of homes were raided and destroyed, and women and children wereThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 14
abducted by fighters.
The fighting was centred on the town of Pieri, and it was driven by
the same tensions that are straining the peace in Magwi County: the
competition for land between cattle herders and farmers. Except this time
the tensions boiled over, with devastating consequences.
In the wake of the violence, some herders took their herds and
searched for new pastures. They were soon followed by others who were
fleeing the floodwaters that devastated much of Jonglei during this year’s
rainy season.
In total, more than 157,000 people were displaced from Jonglei. They
too have been running, driving their cattle in front of them. Some went
south to Bor, or even further south to Juba, the capital. Others headed
south-east, ending up in Eastern Equatoria State – where they have
received a decidedly frosty welcome.
When the flood waters recede, the herders will take their livestock
home, says Makur. But, in the meantime, the cattle must eat.
Executive orders
In 2017, President Salva Kiir – who owns one of the country’s largest
herds of cattle – issued an executive order: he commanded all pastoralists
to leave the Equatoria region and return to their place of origin. Most
communities in Equatoria grow crops, he said.
According to army spokesperson Lul Ruai Koang, the executive order
worked. “At the time, all those who came from neighbouring states were
ordered to go back with their livestock. Those who came from the Lakes
(Photo: Daniel
Garang Deng)The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 15
Herd impunity: Sudanese men with their cattle camp in
Mingkaman, Lakes State, South Sudan. During South Sudan’s
dry season between December and May, pastoralists from the
highlands move to the lowlands and close to the Nile. (Photo:
Stefanie Glinski/AFP)
went, all those who came from Western Equatoria went, and those from
Jonglei went,” Koang says.
But now that cattle herders have come back to Eastern Equatoria, the
president needs to issue a new edict, he says – only then can the army
implement their return.
Not everyone is convinced that the president’s executive order worked
in the first place, however. Other communities in Eastern Equatoria, such
as the Ma’di in Pageri County, say it was never enforced, and that tensions
with cattle herders continued.
Nor is it clear where exactly the cattle herders should go back to,
given that their traditional grazing lands are shrinking thanks to climate
change. It feels, at times, like an intractable problem – for which no one
has yet found a workable solution.
“I’m not an administrator of animals,” Oryem, the local government
official in Agoro Payam, said despondently. “I’m an administrator of
human beings.” ■
This story is co-published with South Sudan’s The Insider. Additional reporting by
Daniel Garang Deng.The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 16
Cattle, conflict and
climate change
FEATURE ANALYSIS without mention of the number of
Simon Allison cattle that were stolen.
But the conflict had a
S outh Sudan’s President Salva
Kiir owns a cattle farm about
15 kilometres south of Juba. He is,
devastating impact on the cattle
too. As South Sudanese were
forced to move from their homes –
at heart, a rancher, and is rarely some 4.3-million of the 11-million
pictured without his distinctive population was displaced – they
black cowboy hat, which was a gift took their herds with them. In
to him from former US president new geographies, the animals
George W Bush. were exposed to new diseases,
In July 2016, as Riek Machar’s to which they had no resistance,
rebels edged closer to the capital, and they died in their hundreds
they launched a daring raid of thousands or even millions
against the president’s ranch. (the insecurity means it is very
They did not succeed in capturing difficult to measure accurately).
it, but they did make off with more As cattle became more scarce,
than 2,000 head of cattle – a so they became more valuable –
humiliating defeat for Kiir, who and therefore even more likely to
prides himself on the size of his be fought over.
herd, thought to be the largest in President Kiir and Machar,
the country. now vice-president, signed a
The incident underscored the peace deal last year. But the end
central role that cattle played in of the war has not made life any
fuelling the conflict in the country. easier for cattle herders, who
While the high-profile politicians face what is possibly an even
involved may have had their eyes greater threat: climate change
on cabinet positions or a share of and the disappearance of
lucrative contracts, the reward traditional grazing lands. This is
for ordinary fighters was often forcing herders to keep moving,
measured in cows – which is why bringing them into new conflicts
no battle report was complete with settled farmers. ■The Continent Page 17
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Will Africa’s best shot at a
Covid-19 vaccine be enough?
The Covax Initiative is meant to guarantee access
to potential vaccines for poorer countries. But rich
countries have already bought up more than 4.2-billion
doses, and there is no provision to change or challenge
restrictive patent laws
Laura López González a similar 2005 initiative to introduce
the pneumococcal vaccine to prevent
I n an era of “vaccine nationalism,” there
is a plan to secure an equitable share
of the eventual Covid-19 vaccines for
childhood killers such as pneumonia
and bacterial meningitis. The project
rolled out the jabs quickly in Gavi-
countries that could otherwise not afford supported countries and saved lives. Still,
the prices “rich” nations are prepared to independent reviews of the project point
pay. But there is no guarantee the plan out it was not designed to spur the kind
will be successful, experts warn.
In April, the vaccine alliance Gavi
and others launched the Covax initiative
aimed at pooling countries’ purchasing
power to secure a minimum of affordable
vaccines for participating countries.
Donor funding would ideally allow
the poorest nations to receive jabs for a
heavily subsidised price.
But late last week, Indian and South
African representatives penned a letter
to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
What they wrote in the note is at the
centre of the single biggest question of the Jab lab: A vaccine from Oxford is one
world’s latest pandemic: Will Covid-19 of 42 contenders to have reached
vaccines reach the world’s poor? human trials (Photo: Satish Bate/
Covax draws on Gavi’s success with Hindustan Times via Getty Images)The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 19 Baby boon: Covax was inspired by a project to source pneumococcal vaccines for infants. (Photo: Shanon Jensen/AFP) of market competition or local vaccine technology access pool of the World production in the Global South that Health Organisation (WHO). The would have lowered vaccine prices. WHO is hoping companies will step up Doing either would have involved to voluntarily license drugs, equipment pharmaceutical companies sharing and vaccines to other manufacturers to intellectual property around the meet global demand. pneumococcal vaccine, including MSF has asked Gavi to push for open patents and manufacturing technology, licences for the Covid-19 vaccines. humanitarian organisation Doctors “In its spirit, [Covax] is a very Without Borders (MSF) has pointed out. admirable idea,” MSF senior vaccines Data from the US’s International policy adviser Kate Elder told the G20 Vaccine Access Center shows that, more Civil Society Summit this week, “but it than a decade after Gavi’s pneumococcal seems to be falling prey to some of the vaccine project, almost one in four global political dynamics that we see in countries still does not have access to the other global health initiatives”. vaccine, largely because of the cost. Intellectual property rights were the Meanwhile, South Africa and India focus of South Africa and India’s letter say in their letter, no pharmaceutical to the WTO, in which they asked the company has committed to sharing body to waive some intellectual property intellectual property with the Covid-19 protections during the pandemic and
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which are set out in its agreement on countries’ attempts to do the same.
trade-related aspects of intellectual South Africa and India’s plea for a
property rights (Trips). This would waiver is unlikely to be well received by
allow nations to manufacture or import the US or the pharmaceutical industry.
a patented product such as a vaccine, Still, if successful, it could allow countries
the head of South Africa’s Health Justice in the Global South to make use of Trips
Initiative, Fatima Hassan, explained. waivers and flexibilities without incurring
In theory, these kinds of allowances pressure from the US or pharmaceutical
already exist for very poor nations and companies.
countries experiencing public health “If you get the waiver or this kind of
emergencies as under the WTO’s 2001 concession from the WTO it could make
Doha declaration and what’s commonly it more difficult for Big Pharma then to
known as Trips flexibilities. challenge governments,” Hassan said.
But trying to use these flexibilities, The irony of South Africa’s stance
Hassan warns, has not been easy nor is that amendments to its own laws
without its consequences historically. that would make it easier to use Trips
The United States, for instance, has flexibilities and prevent frivolous patents
threatened to use Trips flexibilities at home have stalled for nearly a decade.
against some pharmaceutical companies “In South Africa, we could just fix our
domestically but has not supported other patent laws,” Hassan said.
What is Covax How does it work?
Covax is hoping to pool participating
and why should countries’ purchasing power to secure
doses of Covid-19 vaccines and negotiate
I care? better rates. Ninety-two low- and middle-
income countries will get these jabs for
Covax is an initiative led by three a heavily subsidised price – provided
international organisations: the vaccines that Gavi and partners can raise at least
public-private partnership Gavi, the $2-billion in funding. So far, the initiative
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness has raised at least $700-million, according
Innovations (Cepi) and the World to Gavi’s website.
Health Organisation (WHO). The trio Poor countries will be asked to pay
hopes Covax will ensure that all countries up to $2 per dose, assuming an eventual
can access a Covid-19 vaccine – when vaccine needs two doses to be effective,
scientists find one. Gavi’s board recently decided. Initially,
As of 2 October, 42 Covid-19 vaccines it had promised poorer nations jabs for
were in human clinical trials, according free.
to the WHO. Gavi said the aim is to have two billionThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 21
doses available by the end of 2021, which upfront price than their peers, but
should be enough to protect high-risk ultimately the cost of jabs will be the
and vulnerable people, as well as frontline same in the end regardless of how much
healthcare workers. Covax is striving nations pay upfront.
to make sure that every country can However, the United States and
vaccinate 20% of its citizens. Russia have said they will not participate
in Covax. Both countries are home to
Why do we need Covax? companies producing Covid-19 vaccines.
When a pandemic of the H1N1 influenza This week China, also a major vaccine
virus – commonly known as swine flu producer, did sign up to the initiative.
– hit in 2009, richer countries hoarded During the 2009 outbreak of H1N1
vaccines, explained researcher and influenza, Cambridge University
Oxfam senior policy adviser Mohga researchers found that high-income
Kamal-Yanni. countries producing vaccines refused
The United States, the United to export jabs until domestic needs had
Kingdom, Japan and the European been met.
Union have already secured more than However, Gavi told The Continent that
4.2-billion doses of potential Covid-19 Cepi has pre-existing agreements with
vaccines, Kamal-Yanni said. She added some companies globally and if firms sold
that this is enough to vaccinate 20% of stocks to other nations first, it would be a
their populations almost eight times over, breach of contract. ■
assuming one dose of a Covid-19 jab is
enough to protect people from infection.
Is it just for emerging countries? WHO WILL
No. Richer countries such as Namibia,
Botswana and South Africa can
PAY UP FOR A
participate in Covax, buying their own COVID-19 JAB?
vaccines through the initiative to access Zoom in to find out
lower, Covax-negotiated prices. This can how Africa will afford
happen in one of two ways: countries can the vaccine
commit to purchasing a certain number Who will pay up for a Covid-19 jab?
How Africa’s countries will afford a coronavirus vaccine and get supplies of it
The race is on: Experimental Covid-19 jabs are still in clinical trials, but rich countries are already securing deals to buy stocks
of doses and pay $1.50 per dose upfront
once they've been shown to work. To try to ensure that Global South countries have a shot at getting Covid-19 vaccines, the
international organisation Gavi created a mechanism called Covax. Covax will pool countries' purchasing power to secure doses
and at better prices before distributing stock among participating countries.
Covax is hoping to fundraise enough money to buy a Covid-19 vaccine for low and
middle-income countries, including those in Africa. Wealthier nations can still
join to buy vaccines for up to 20% of their populations
or 15% of the total cost per dose.
at Covax prices.
So far, only one African country, Libya,
has signed a contract to take part in Covax.
Five countries — Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Payment to secure supply of vaccine
Alternatively, wealthier nations,
Gabon, Namibia and South Africa — have
Country would pay out of their own pocket
returned non-binding agreements of their
intent to participate Tunisia
Country eligible for free jabs if donor pays up
Morocco
particularly those who may have already
Western Algeria
Sahara Libya Egypt
Cape Verde Mauritania Mali Niger Eritrea
Senegal Sudan
Chad
secured some stocks of vaccines, can
Gambia Djibouti
B. Faso
Guinea Bissau Guinea Benin
Côte Nigeria Ethiopia
Sierra Leone D’ivoire CAR S. Sudan Somalia
Liberia Togo Cameroon
Ghana Uganda
Equatorial Guinea Congo Kenya
Gabon Rwanda
pass on buying some brands of vaccines
DRC Burundi
Tanzania
Comoros
Angola Malawi
Zambia
in favour of others. Gavi explained that
Mauritius
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana Mozambique
Swaziland Madagascar
South
Africa Lesotho
countries like these will pay a higher Graphic: JOHN McCANN Compiled by: LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ Data source: GAVI (as of 30 Sept. 2020)The Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Continental Drift Page 22
We wish you a merry …
October?
Samira Sawlani
This year has felt like time itself is broken - arrested in the August coup, including
an endless haze of slow days blurring into former prime minister Boubou Cissé.
endless weeks which become months that Meanwhile President Alpha Condé
somehow seem to fly by. We’re in October is no doubt hoping Santa arrives early in
now, by the way, which by 2020’s clock Guinea, and brings him an election win.
means Christmas is basically tomorrow. He’s not leaving it to chance, though,
We know it’s way too soon to be dusting and has done some campaigning in case
off the old Mariah Carey and Boney M Père Noël is stopped at the border due
Christmas albums – but the pandemic is to Covid-19 restrictions. He was even
playing havoc with our postal services, spotted on French TV proclaiming:“I
so it’s a good idea to get our heads in the am a democrat, I fought for this country
gift-giving game sooner rather than later, for 45 years, it is extraordinary that I am
especially if we’re posting presents off to considered a dictator!”
distant friends, family and of course our Who jingled his bell, we wonder?
dearest leaders on the continent. Someone very ungrateful, clearly,
Speaking of whom, what do you get considering he brought his country
for the president who has everything? together – very close together! – during
A world free from term limits, maybe? the pandemic. Do they even understand
Unlimited supplies of teargas? Or how challenging it is to stage a referendum
something personal: new hats for these days? Especially with all those
presidents Museveni and Kiir, and a protesters getting in the way all the time.
Lacoste scarf for Mnangagwa.
Bah, humbug
Sanction clauses Covid-19 or not, some people hate it when
The mail in Mali must be pretty good, Christmas revs its engines too early. The
because its leaders got their present early, authorities in Tanzania must fall into
courtesy of Ecowas, which has lifted its this category – they banned opposition
sanctions against the jolly junta. In return, candidate Tundu Lissu from campaigning
the generals gifted freedom to 12 people for seven days. Maybe they thought heThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 23
Grinch: A protester in a
Mugabe mask spreads
Christmas cheer
torture. (Photo:
Nehanda Radio)
was going door to door because he was to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon
out carolling? And then his convoy was of war.
blocked by police in a stand-off that And we do mean “efforts”. Peace
lasted nine whole hours. We know time is isn’t passive, it requires action, no
broken, but that does seem like too many matter the time of year. Protesters in
hours. Even for a carol service. Namibia demanded action this week -
Eschewing grinchiness, France’s government action, over gender-based
National Assembly has voted to return violence, sexual assault and femicide.
26 artefacts — beautiful statues, really Their demonstrations were sparked by
— which form the “Trésor de Béhanzin” the discovery of the body of Shannon
plundered from Benin during the colonial Wasserfall, a young woman who
escapades/atrocities of the 19th century. disappeared six months ago. We hope her
And they want to give a sabre and spirit will find peace, and her family and
scabbard — believed to have belonged community justice.
to the West African soldier-scholar and So while our would-be and would-still-
emperor Omar Saidou Tall — back to be presidents ask Santa for an electoral
Senegal. Re-gifting or restitution, would edge or a get-out-of-the-ICC-free card, or
you say? Either way, if other colonisers do their best to improve their ranking on
want more than a lump of coal in their the naughty-nice league table, they should
stocking, they should pay attention. think about whether their own actions are
in line with the peace and goodwill their
The first Nobel the angels did sing citizens deserve.
All right, so it’s too early for Christmas, Wouldn’t it be something if, on the
but it’s never too early for peace on earth first day of Christmas, your president
and goodwill to all. The Nobel Peace Prize, gave to thee: freedom, justice, truth and
for example, was awarded just yesterday to accountability?
the World Food Programme for its efforts Happy October, everyone. ■The Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Analysis Page 24
Silicon Valley internet companies invest heavily to
curb the impact disinformation and
needs to hate speech in European or Northern
American democracies – but not when it
be more comes to Africa, Asia, or Latin America.
The big difference today is that
responsible multinational companies stand to lose
out if they ignore their responsibility to
in Africa protect human rights. My organisation,
Internet Without Borders, has been
tracking the link between the rise of
Julie Owono hate speech and online disinformation
in African countries and the increase in
I n November 2019, Twitter founder
Jack Dorsey announced his intention
to spend six months on the continent
Internet shutdowns.
We find that the less Facebook and
Twitter diligently moderate dangerous
in 2020. The statement surprised many content, the more states resort to
but was no doubt influenced by the well- censorship and Internet shutdowns. In
known slogan: Africa is the future! turn, shutdowns mean smaller profits. Just
In reality, things are much more as worryingly, they also threaten to draw
complicated. Yes the digital future is down an Internet curtain, creating a world
Africa…but only provided that the leaders in which citizens will be denied access to
of Silicon Valley take responsibility for the these platforms because of the role they
negative impact of their products. play in facilitating violence.
In recent years the tech world has If Silicon Valley companies don’t do
become obsessed with accessing Africa’s more to reduce the harm done by their
potential 1.3-billion consumers. For products, they will not be the only ones
social media, this is a matter of survival losing out. ■
as the craze for their product is slowing
in Europe and North America. This new
scramble for Africa is reminiscent of
the not so distant times when Western Julie Owono is the Executive
companies pillaged the continent for raw Director of Internet Without
Borders and a Member of
materials, with no benefit to Africans the Facebook Oversight
Board. This piece is part
themselves. Contemporary relationships of a series on Decoding
may be less overtly “colonial”, but they #DigitalDemocracy in Africa
that you can read now at
remain deeply unbalanced. Private www.democracyinafrica.orgThe Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Report Page 25
The Continent is continuing its coverage of the human rights violations committed
against activists, organisers and opposition politicians in Zimbabwe. This week,
we have translated Kudzai Mashininga’s feature on the abduction of Tawanda
Muchehiwa into Ndebele. We are publishing this alongside an analysis of the
situation by political scientist Chipo Dendere, written in Shona.
Ukuthunjwa lokuhlukunyezwa
okubuhlungu okuvezwe yi-camera
Kudzai Mashininga
U Tawanda Muchehiwa omunye
wezizalwane zeZimbabwe ezinengi
ezithunjwe zahlukunyezwa ngamadoda
angaziwayo njalo ehlomile
Uthunjiwe, wahlukunyezwa wabuya
wangaphathwa njengomuntu.
Nxa sikhangela kutshaywa kabuhlungu
okuke kwenzakala eZimbabwe ensukwini
ezedluleyo, uMuchehiwa angazithatha
njengomunye wabantu abalenhlanhla.
Akafani lo Itai Dzamara (umeli kumbe
umlweli owazinikela kwezombusazwe),
owanyamalala ngomnyaka ka2015,
olokhu engaziwa ukuthi ungaphi kuze
kube lanamuhla. Tawanda Muchehiwa
UMuchehiwa yena singathi ubele
nhlanhla ngoba usaphila njalo akafani 30 Ntulikazi ekuseni ilanga elalilandela
loHopewell Chin’ono (intathelizindaba) ilanga lapho okwakuhlelwe ukuthi abantu
l ab anye ab an e ng i ab ab ot s hwe batshengisele bephikisana lohulumende
nguhulumende, yena engelacala okumele okwakuzaqala emadolobheni amakhulu
athonisiswe. kusiya kwamancane elizweni leZimbabwe.
Indaba yesifundi sokuthapha indaba UMuchehiwa wayephakathi kwemota
lomsakazo oleminyaka engamatshumi eyayimi phandle kwesitolo se-hardware
amabili lambili (22 years) waqalisa mhlaka koBulawayo, isigodlo sesibili njalo laphoThe Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 26 okugcwele abebandla eliphikisayo. Matabeleland okwakumele kwenzeke Kusenzaka kuMuchehiwa, abazawakhe mhlaka 31 Ntulikazi, yena uyalandula uAdvent lo Amandlenkosi Mathuthu lokho. babephakathi esitolo. Bambuza ngomalumake uMduduzi O wayesemoteni loMuchehiwa Mathuthu ongumhleli (editor) weZimlive, ngomunye webandla le MDC Alliance, iphephandaba lebulenjini elake lakhupha okulibandla eliphikisayo elaziwayo izindaba ezazichaya ubugwelegwele ngokusemthethweni. Dukuduku, izimota (corruption) okuthiwa benziwa ezinengi zathutsha eceleni kwakhe. nguhulumende. Owesilisa omude owayeqoke iyembe Ng a l e s o s i k h at h i u Mat hu t hu eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (light blue) w ay e c at s h i l e n g e mv a k o k u b a wehla kwenye yezimota wavula isivalo ababethunywe nguhulumende bamlande sikaMuchehiwa ngolaka, wamemeza endlini yakhe, lakhathesi ucatshile. ngesiShona esithi “wasungwa” kusitsho Izithunywa zikahulumende zamethusela ukuthi: “usubotshiwe” Engakaboni ukuthi zisithi zizambulala njalo zamkhombela kwenzakalani, uMuchehiwa wayesefakwe ngovolovo ekhanda, zamtshela ukuba izankosi wadonswa wakhutshwa emoteni zazizamlengisa besezilahlela umzimba ayekuyo. wakhe emfuleni owawuseduzane. Wahlohlelwa kwenye, eyasuka UMuchehiwa wabezwa bekhuluma ngesiquku, izihlobo zakhe zathwalwa e c i ng we n i , w a c ab ang a u kut h i ngenye imota zasiwa enkambeni babekhuluma lomkhulu wabo bembuza yamapholisa. ukuthi benzeni ngaye. Ngemuva Ngemva kwesikhatshana uMuchehiwa kwamalanga amathathu, sekusiya kuhola bamsusa bamusa kweyinye imota yohlobo letshumi ebusuku (10pm) mhlaka 1 lwe-Ford Ranger emhlope elenombolo Ncwabakazi, ababemthumbile bamthatha ezithi AES 2433 bemusa endaweni bayamtshiya phambi kwangakibo. engaqanjwanga. Bamtshela ukuthi angene kubandla le Ngahlukunyezwa kabuhlungu Zanu-PF, elubusayo. Bathi kuye engenza ngabantu ababethunyiwe (agents) njalo asebenzise iplatform yakhe ku-social ababebahlanu okwamalanga amathathu media ukutshengisa ukusekela kwakwe alandelanayo,” watsho etshela abe Mail ibandla elibusayo, bazamlungisela & Guardian. iuniversity scholarship lomsebenzi “Babengitshaya besebenzisa izigodo ngemva kokhetho lomnyaka ka2023. lenswazi, bengitshaya ikakhulu ezibunu “Ngiyesaba ukuphila impilo ngendlela langaphansi kwenyawo ngaze ngalimala efaneleyo eZimbabwe ngoba ngiyazi izibunu lezinso.” okungenziwa libandla elibusayo,” Ababemthumbile babecabanga watsho uMuchehiwa Imuli yami iyesaba; ukuthi uMuchehiwa nguye owayehlela yethukile kodwa iyathokoza ngoba ukutshengisela kokuphikisana ngiphenduke ngiphila. Basebelahle lohu lumende koBu l awayo l as e ithemba. Ngemva kwamalanga amathathu
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 27 basebecabanga ukuthi angisaphenduki.” owomdlali ohlekisa uzulu uSamanta Indlela yokuhlukunyezwa Kureya owaziwa ngokuthi nguGonyethi Indlela abantu ababotshwa ngayo owathunjwa endlini yakhe kaziphathi kuhle abanengi. eZimbabwe ngoNcwabakazi ngomnyaka ophelileyo inkokheli ezinengi ezamabandla ngamadoda ayehlomile bamtshela ukuthi aphikisayo, labazinikela umsebenzi “usemncane ukwenza uhulumende wokulwela lokumela uzulu labakhuluma inhlekisa” bamnathisa amanzi esewage besola uhulumende bayathunjwa bembamba ngamandla. okungacaciswayo njalo bahlukunyezwe UPeter Magombeyi, owayekhokela bengakakhululwa. inhlanganiso yamadokotela eye- Kube kuvamile ngesikathi sombuso Z i m b a bw e Ho s p i t a l s D o c t o r s kamuyi umongameli uRobert Mugabe, Association wakhokhela ukutshengisela kodwa sekubuye kwajula kumbuso kwabodokotela abancane ngoMpandula kamongameli uEmmerson Mnangagwa. ngomnyaka ophelileyo. Ngemva Ihofisi ye-United Nations ebona kwesikhatshana sokutshengisela ngezamalungelo oluntu iOffice of the wathunjwa endlini yakhe eHarare. High Commissioner for Human Rights Kwathi ngemva kwamalanga amahlanu ithi kulendaba ezingu 49 ezokuthunjwa wayalahlelwa kwelinye idolobho elincane lokuhlukunyezwa eZimbabwe ngo2019 elingaba ngamakilomitha angu 18 usuka kodwa akuzange kuhluzwe lutho ukuze eHarare, edakisiwe njalo esezinhlungwini. labo abakwenzayo bajeziswe. “Ukuqopha umhlamuki ovukela Abesifazane abathathu umbuso ngokuthula, okuhlanganisela abazinkokheli zebandla inkokheli yabatsha lokubandezela eliphikisayo inkululeko yokuziveza ngokufaneleyo Ummeli wePalamende (MP) uJoana kuyindlela yokwephula umthetho Mamombe, uCecilia Chimbiri loNetsai wamalungelo abantu.” watsho ummeli Marowa babotshwa ngamapholisa we UN. ngoNkwenkwezi lonyaka bebotshelwa Eminye imizekeliso ihlanganisela ukutshengisela ngesikhathi lapho ilizwe
The Continent ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Page 28
livaliwe (lockdown). esengeniswa njalo kwenye imota
Bathathwa enkambeni yamapholisa emhlophe eyoloho lwe-Ford Ranger
ngamadoda angaziwayo ehlomile elenombolo ezithi AES 243 ikhanya kuhle.
njalo, batshaywa bahlukunyezwa Onozindaba beZimbabwe benelisa
ngezemacansini amadoda la abalahlela ukuyidinga leyomota. Abanikazi bayo yi
eceleni komgwaqo ngemva kwelanga Impala Car Rental njalo yabiselwa mhlaka
elilodwa. Bathe sebesiya bikela amapholisa 6 Ncwabakazi isife isuspension. Umnini
basebesetheswa icala lokuqamba amanga. we Impala Car Rental, uThompson
Uhulumende walandula waphinda Dondo, wathi yena uzaveza okunengi
wathi kalalwazi ngokuthunjwa kwabo ngokugcweleyo emapholiseni kuphela.
kodwa ugcona ibandla eliphikisayo “Imuli yethu isivezile ukuthi
esithi yilo eliqamba amanga ngendaba amapholisa aphathisa ekuthunjweni
zokuhlukunyezwa kwabantu. “Ibandla kungela kuthandabuza. Ummeli wami
elithile alisathembekanga ngenxa u-advocate Nqobani Mpofu, loMduduzi
yemikhuba yalo yokugcona amanye Mathuthu basebenza gadalala ukuze
amabandla,” kwatsho uNick Mangwana, ngithole ukuqhutshwa komthetho
isikhulumeli sikahulumende, wengezelela okufaneleyo,” watsho uMuchehiwa.
ngokut hi: “Ukuq amb a amanga “Ngithemba umkhulu weImpala
ngokuthunjwa kutshabalalisa wonke kumele azwisise ukuthi njengomuntu
amathuba okuphumelela kwenotho ow aye t hu nj iwe e m ote n i y ab o,
yelizwe” ngilelungelo lokubakwazi lab o
Ukut hunjwa ku kaMuchehiwa abangithumbayo. Akumelanga babavikele
kwathathwa ngama-CCTV cameras. kumbe bathi bazatshela amapholisa wona
Impikitsha (footage) yakhona ungani aphathisa ekuthunjweni kwami. Kusobala
iluvilibana kodwa ayiphici. ukuthi labo bafuna ukuthi bazifihle
Njengoba wayechasisile, imota yakhe bangaveli kuloludaba,” “Umbiko wami
igombolozwe ngezinye ezinengi. kumhlaba wonke jikelele ngowokuthi
Uyadonswa esuswa kuyo ngumuntu umbuso kaMnangangwa usuvuse impi
wesilisa ogqoke iyembe eluhlaza labahlali beZimbabwe. Amafasitela
angeniswe ngenkani kweyinye imota. alokho okufunwa ngabantu asevaleka
Enye i-CCTV footage itshengisa ngokuphangisa.” ■The Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Analysis Page 29
matatu. VaMuchehiwa vakazosiyiwa
Mamiriro vakandwa pakati pehusiku musi wa 1
Nyamavhuvhu panguva iyo mapurisa
akaita zvinhu akanga akomekedzwa nedare redzimhosva
kuti auye navaMuchehiwa kudare mukati
muZimbabwe memaawa makumi manomwe nemaviri.
Hurumende yakaramba kuti ndiyo yakabata
vaMuchehiwa. Vebepa nhau re ZimLive
Chipo Dendere vanoti vane mafirimu anoratidza kupambwa
kwavo zvinodurikidza zvakataurwa na
M umwedzi yapfuura hurumende
yeZimbabwe yasunga vatapi ve
nhau vazhinji vanodarika gumi. Vatapi
nyakupambwa.
Vamwe vatapi venhau varikurohwa
pamwe nekupwanyirwa michina yavo
venhau vanosanganisira vaHopewell nemapurisa. Nomusi wa 20 Gunyana
Chin’ono varikusungir wa kutaura mutungamiri weZinasu vaTakudzwa
nezvenyaya dzekubiwa kwemari uye Ngadziore nevatapi venhau vakarohwa
chiokomuhomwe chavanoti chiri kuitwa zvakaipisisa nevanhu vasina kuzikanwa
nevari muhurumende. apo vachiratidzira pedyo nemahofisi
Magweta anomiririra hurumende vanoti ekambani yeImpala Car Rental. Kambani
zvinyorwa zvavaChin’ono nevamwe vatapi iyi ndiyo ine motokari inonzi yakashandiswa
venhau ndezvekunyomba vakuru venyika pakupambwa, kwava Muchehiwa muna
uyezve vanyori vanokodzerwa kusungwa. Chikunguru.
VaChin’ono nemutungamiri weTransform Mutapi wenhau Godwin Mangudya,
Zimbabwe, vaJacob Ngarivhume, vapihwa akapwanyirwa muchina wake wekutapa
mukana wekubhadhara mari yechibatiso manzwi. Mutori wenhau anoshanda
nedare repamusoro mushure mekugara akazvimirira achitora nhau dzemifananidzo,
mujeri kwenguva inoda kusvika mwedzi James Jemwa, akatorerwa camera yake.
miviri. Vamwe vatori venhau vakarohwa ndi
Mumwe mutapi wenhau, Mduduzi Thomas Madhuku wekambani ye263chat,
Mathuthu, arikutsvagwa nemapurisa. Bernard Mpofu, uyezve Munashe Chokodza.
Vatadza kuvabata vaMathuthu, zvinonzi Hurumende yavaMnangagwa inenge
hurumende yakatumira vanhu kune irikutevera mutsoka dzavaMugabe
muzukuru wavo Tawanda Mucheiwa. pakudzvanyirira vanoda kubudisa chokwadi
VaMuchehiwa vakanyora vachirondedzera muZimbabwe. Kunze kwevanotapa nhau
nyaya yekupambwa kwavo musiwa vachishandira bepa nhau rehurumende
30 Chikunguru muguta reBulawayo. mamwe mapepanhau mazhinji anoti
Vakakandwa mumotokari yemhando zvakaoma kushandira muZimbabwe. ■
r we Ford Ranger ndokunorohwa Chipo Dendere anoita nezvematongerwo
nekushunguridzwa kwemazuva enyikaThe Continent
ISSUE 24. October 10 2020 Sport Page 30
New look:
Mosimane
is the first
South African
to coach in
Egypt’s top
flight
Pitso, pride and prestige
South Africa’s greatest coach takes the helm of
Egypt’s Al Ahly, the continent’s most successful
club – and both have plenty to play for
Luke Feltham His Mamelodi Sundowns’ 5-0 win was
the biggest loss the eight-time African
P itso Mosimane and Al Ahly are a
fascinating marriage. One of Africa’s
finest coaches meets its biggest giant; an
champions had endured in 77 years and
triggered a massive inquisition at the
club. In the short time since then, much
ambitious, uncompromising tactician at has changed and Al Ahly stands on the
the helm of a ruthless, unyielding club. precipice of an historic treble.
One way or another we’re going to see an Now, Mosimane has been asked to
explosion – the Red Devils are banking finish the job. He will have no shortage
on being able to steer the blast in the of supporters back home hoping he can
direction of their enemies. do just that, including South Africa’s
There’s some irony in the fact that it President Cyril Ramaphosa, who cheered
was Mosimane who helped expose the the move as a cause for national pride.
true extent of the footballing decline in “It is also a recognition of the talent
Cairo so violently a little over a year ago. and capability that resides within ourYou can also read
