African Renaissance, a dream deferred

We observe the current world disorder where international law, as articulated in the UN Charter, is no longer upheld by great powers, especially the US under Donald Trump.

- Oscar Van Heerden

President Cyril Ramaphosa was ambushed by US President Donald Trump at the White House last year.

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The nonexistence of an international rules-based order means Africa must ask: What is to be done?What we have observed in the postcolonial era is a continent where individual countries still get abused by former colonial powers and exploited by great powers from the East and the West.

In my opinion, Africa will remain divided because the settler colonialists (Europeans in the main) have caught on to a simple fact: Africans can be divided if you offer them money and/or power, preferably both.

We have experienced this phenomenon during our state capture years.

The Gupta family did not possess some higher intelligence; instead, they realised that the root of all evil and control is money and power, aptly facilitated by former president Jacob Zuma and his ilk.