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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 820: Politicians, profiteers and the charade of democracy ------------------------------ 04 May 2017 CONTENTS: 1. Features <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> 2. Announcements <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> ------------------------------ *Features* ------------------------------ Museveni at a point of no return <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/museveni-point-no-return>*He is insensitive to a failed decentralization policy, patronage and horizontal inequalities*Vick Lukwago Ssali <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9799>Typical of Africa’s big-man “liberators”, Yoweri Museveni is unlikely to handover power to another leader. He has reached a point where he believes he alone is qualified to rule Uganda. Contrary to his self-glorification, Museveni is not in power because Ugandans love him. Rather, he has carefully manipulated national politics to enable him to rule for life. WEF-Africa hosts a turf battle between Zuma and ‘white monopoly capital’ <https://www.pambazuka.org/economics/wef-africa-hosts-turf-battle-between-zuma-and-%E2%80%98white-monopoly-capital%E2%80%99>Patrick Bond <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3429>At a time US and South African presidents Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma personify controversies over crony capitalism, corruption, populist rhetoric and self-serving economic strategies, will big business calm down the politicians – or just egg them on? Zuma’s not junk, he’s just lost our marbles <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/zuma%E2%80%99s-not-junk-he%E2%80%99s-just-lost-our-marbles>Douglas Schorr <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9369>Zuma shouldn’t be president, that’s obvious. But that he is *the problem* and that to replace him with Gordhan or Rhamaposa is the answer, is totally misguided. The problem reaches back to Zuma’s predecessors and to economic policy as a whole. Zuma is a symptom, not the cause. Mistaking consequence for cause <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/mistaking-consequence-cause>*Zuma and the real story of the capture of the ANC and the state*Dale T. McKinley <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5252>The continuity of corporate capture, of corruption, of the arrogance of state and executive power, of the demobilisation of the grassroots, is crucial to understanding what Zuma has done and will continue to do. And this rot did not start with the rise of Zuma to the throne. It is deeply rooted in the politics of the ruling ANC party post-apartheid. French elections: Will the Republic stand? <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/french-elections-will-republic-stand>Juan Sui <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/juan-sui>The idea of Le Pen becoming president is a frightening prospect to millions in France and elsewhere. But voting for Macron can only mean accepting France as it is today, with all that many people find unacceptable, and in opposition to the interests of humanity. What is needed instead is to seek to use this situation and the turmoil that it is creating to begin to work for a revolution to topple French imperialism and support revolution everywhere. America’s war-fighting footprint in Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/america%E2%80%99s-war-fighting-footprint-africa>*Secret U.S. military documents reveal a constellation of American military bases across the continent*Nick Turse <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8112>A set of previously secret documents, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, offers clear evidence of a remarkable, far-ranging and expanding network of outposts strung across the continent. In official plans for operations in 2015 that were drafted and issued the year before, Africa Command lists 36 U.S. outposts scattered across 24 African countries. Report: World Bank fuels land grabs in Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/land-environment/report-world-bank-fuels-land-grabs-africa> Various <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8643>The World Bank Group has indirectly financed some of Africa’s most notorious land grabs, according to a report by a group of international development watchdogs. The World Bank’s private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is enabling and profiting from these projects by outsourcing its development funds to the financial sector. Revival of the ACP group to negotiate with the EU: Hopes & challenges <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/revival-acp-group-negotiate-eu-hopes-challenges>Yash Tandon <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5272>The stand taken by the African, Caribbean and Pacific nations to speak with one voice in negotiating trade agreements with the Europe is an exciting development. The ACP group must not be in any hurry to make commitments. They must also ensure wide involvement of their own citizens and resist any manipulations by a fragmenting Europe that still retains colonialist influence in the global South. The G20’s Compact with Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/economics/g20%E2%80%99s-compact-africa>*Some disastrous recipes for sustainable development*Patrick Bond <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3429>The Compact does not have the right balance between public and private financing but is heavily prone towards the private side. A fair Compact should include a strong rules-based binding framework that much more clearly points to the important roles that the state has to play in ensuring sustainable investments, human rights and environmental protection as well as attracting investors (especially domestic) through infrastructure aimed at meeting the needs of the citizenry. Artificial intelligence: Socioeconomic, political and ethical dimensions <https://www.pambazuka.org/ict-media-security/artificial-intelligence-socioeconomic-political-and-ethical-dimensions>Jon V. Kofas <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/jon-v-kofas>Human beings treasure uniqueness. But instead of turning inward to develop their creative potential and build positive character traits, they turn outward to science and technology. If the ancient Greeks created a pantheon of anthropomorphic deities to reflect the superego, why shouldn’t our generation create robots even if many people feel threatened by them in this embryonic phase of androids walking down the street next to humans and difficult to distinguish? Gods and heroes are a timeless human illusion and the AI industry is willing to oblige for a price. Film review: ‘Footprints of Pan-Africanism’ <https://www.pambazuka.org/arts/film-review-%E2%80%98footprints-pan-africanism%E2%80%99>Ama Biney <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6058>The film conveys the spirit of the period immediately after independence, when Africans at home and in the Diaspora were united by the single purpose of working for socio-political transformation of the African people. The challenge of building pan-African unity and prosperity remains for the present generation. Western Sahara: Seizure of a cargo of phosphate rock destined for New Zealand <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/western-sahara-seizure-cargo-phosphate-rock-destined-new-zealand>POLISARIO Front <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/polisario-front>The Saharawi people and their representative organizations, including the democratically elected SADR government, have long protested the illegal mining and export of high quality phosphate rock from an area of Western Sahara which has been under armed occupation by Morocco since 1975. The trade has continued despite the commitment of the United Nations in 1991 to ensure for the people of Western Sahara a self-determination process, something otherwise achieved throughout Africa. ------------------------------ *Announcements* ------------------------------ Radical transformations in Africa today: interventions from the left <https://www.pambazuka.org/announcements/radical-transformations-africa-today-interventions-left> An opportunity for activists and scholars to contribute to a series of three linked workshops in Africa. Each two-day meeting will debate current challenges and prospects for Left analysis and action. We are seeking both key speakers and offers of papers, with a plan to publish a selection in the Review of African Political Economy. *Deadlines for abstracts:* . Accra meeting – June 2017 . Dar es Salaam – November 2017 . Johannesburg – January 2018. 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