{"id":62,"date":"2012-01-31T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=62"},"modified":"2012-01-31T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T07:39:00","slug":"cmon-africa-you-are-on-the-spotlight-au-summit-in-addis-ababa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"C’mon Africa, you are on the spotlight (AU summit in Addis Ababa)."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/a>Am I the only one who is a bit puzzled by the on-going eight-day AU summit in Addis Ababa\u2019s political mayhem?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nReally, are we fooling ourselves in thinking that the African Agenda will ever be taken seriously at any global platform? I mean, didn\u2019t both candidates fail to secure the two-thirds majority?  So, how come the other candidate gets to \u201cwin\u201d?  <\/span><\/div>\n
\nIs this a boxing match?<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFor as long as Africans continue to display a united sense of illogic  when we are on the spotlight, we will forever be known to be excellent at nothing but smiling, dancing and ululating!<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI am not saying that South African Foreign affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma should have been given the seat.  But neither should Mr Ping! <\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe current Deputy Chairperson, Kenyan Mr Erastus Mwencha should have been nominated as the interim Head, no?  <\/span><\/div>\n
\nSurely the elections could have been conducted in a manner that showcases Africa\u2019s capability to follow stringently brilliant processes.  I mean, why waste time and effort if there are no clear cut measures as to who the winner is and who the loser is, or is there?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAg, there ain\u2019t nothing much to write home about here…..the writing is on the wall!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Am I the only one who is a bit puzzled by the on-going eight-day AU summit in Addis Ababa\u2019s political mayhem? Really, are we fooling ourselves in thinking that the African Agenda will ever be taken seriously at any global platform? I mean, didn\u2019t both candidates fail to secure the two-thirds majority?  So, how come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}