EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: Most competitive process yet to elect new AU chair
Donald Trump fails in the final presidential debate, and Busisiwe Mkhwebane expresses disdain for her predecessor Thuli Madonsela
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world The race to replace Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in the African Union Commission’s top position is picking up, with more candidates having thrown their names in the hat. Voting is due in January. Southern Africa is expected to be backing Botswana’s foreign minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi. This has been described as the most competitive process yet to elect the chair of the AU commission. Africa spoilt for choice as five candidates campaign to lead AU Commission Donald Trump was undone by a simple question, one that would not have been a speed-bump for a nominally prepped candidate. Instead he crashed and burned — "a fatal one-car crash by a driver parking in his own garage". Five takeaways from the final debate of 2016 Quartz magazine cracked the hidden message in the Ralph Lauren-designed pantsuits Hillary Clinton wore in the three presidential debates against Donald Trump. They matched the colours of the US flag. Hillary Clinton’s pa...
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