Diezani Allison Madueke: The queen of graft

Diezani Allison Madueke’s position as one of the most prominent women on the global stage seemed assured.

If boasting about institutional academic prowess is anything to go by, Diezani brandishes Cambridge degree and a portfolio of senior government positions in her native Nigeria. She is also the first female President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cartel.

Such was her influence that in 2015 British government placed her top of a list of former recipients of the Chevening Scholarship for future leaders of foreign states. The Chevening Scholarship will this year embrace our Tshepo Maphanyane amongst others.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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