Hats off to finest Prof William Gumede for hitting the nail on the head with his analysis of Africa's orchestrated demise. An excellently articulated opinion in Sowetan (April 18) was most insightful and deserves to be decorated in golden frames and be affix on the walls of AU, African parliaments, uUniversities and schools.
Neighbours of a Mpumalanga man who is on the run following the murder of his wife and attempted murders of their two children have told of how the couple's eldest child called for help following the incident.
By admitting that he "was duped" in being conferred with an honourary doctorate from a bogus university, Zwelinzima Vavi should be congratulated for honesty and integrity because virtually none of such conferees would so publicly acknowledge it.