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The Greatest Defense Against Poverty

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Is there a correlation between broken homes and poverty? Do the two go hand in hand? Can the strengthening of the home decrease poverty in a society? The answer to all of these questions is yes.

In 2014, the Institute for Family Studies ranked countries by how likely children are to live with two parents, from 94 percent of children in Jordan to just 36 percent in South Africa. None of the top 20 countries with the highest percentages of two parent homes are found in the top 50 of nations with the highest percentage of their population below the poverty line. In other words, it is nealry impossible to find poor countries with a high percentage of two-parent homes.

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“Let us Live and Strive for Freedom”

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–– Tim Cantrell

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Right now in South Africa is one of those rare moments of national unity where black and white, rich and poor are all sporting their Springbok colours as we cheer on our rugby team’s heroic attempt at another world cup.

When we begin each game singing our national anthem (originally a Xhosa Christian revival hymn), it climaxes with that rallying cry: “Let us live and strive for freedom in South Africa, our land!” But where does human freedom even come from in the first place? Many believe freedom originates in the state or superpower nations or must be delivered by dictators, coups, or liberators.

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A Foreign Politician Gives Hope to South Africa’s ANC

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In September 2023, at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington D.C, Congressman John James examined the current status of the United States/South Africa relationship. His speech shows that American officials are keenly aware of some of South Africa’s disastrous policies. 

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TARIF: Israel Up In Flames

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Today is Tuesday, October 10th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by DAVID DE BRUYN and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Israel Up In Flames

Last Saturday, October 7th, marked the beginning of a new war in Israel. Hamas terrorists from Gaza used drones to drop bombs on border posts, neutralising the first line of defence. That was followed by over 2200 rockets that were fired into Israel, overwhelming Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, some rockets hitting Tel Aviv. The third phase of the attack was thousands of terrorists who breached the border fence and came into Israel in cars, trucks, and motorcycles.

Just five kilometres from the border, about 1000 young Israelis were attending an all-night rave. The terrorists surrounded them and opened fire, murdering over 260 young people. Others were rounded up and taken back into Gaza as hostages. Other groups of terrorists went into southern Israeli towns, and went house to house, either murdering people on site or taking more hostages.

When Israel’s first responders arrived on the scene, they too, were targeted. Policemen, firefighters and paramedics were shot at and murdered when trying to protect innocent civilians. 

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TARIF: Choosing Between an iPhone 15 and Your Family

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Today is Tuesday, October 3rd, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Yamikani Katunga and presented by Paul Schlehlein

Choosing Between an iPhone 15 and Your Family

In our world of ever-developing devices and novel announcements, this time of the year has come to be coined as ‘Tech-tember and Tech-tober.’ Annually in September the biggest and most successful company in the world, Apple Inc.–which has surpassed a market cap of $3 Trillion– attracts global attention with the fanfare that covers the release of their latest phone. 

With the hype bubbling around the brand-new iPhone 15, MyBroadband, a top African blog, reported the cost in terms of the average worker’s salary. According to their research, a South African employee must save 27 days’ pay to afford the lowest-priced iPhone 15. With South Africa being the third-highest peak of the African economy in terms of GDP, one can only imagine comparative challenges in countries like Malawi, Zambia, and Senegal which are less than a tenth of the size of South Africa’s economy.

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TARIF: Why South Africa Needs Savers

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Today is Friday, September 22nd, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Why South Africa Needs Savers

According to Business Tech in May 2023, South Africa saves at a shockingly low level compared to its market peers. 

You can determine savings rates by subtracting the consumption costs from your income and then dividing it again by your income. For example, if you make R10,000 a month and spend R9,000 that month, your savings rate is 10%. 

Countries like Brazil, South Korea, the United States, the Eurozone, and India all have savings rates above 10%. South Africa’s savings rate is 1%.

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TARIF: The Holy Ghost Bartender’s Africa Tour

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Today is Friday, September 15th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

The Holy Ghost Bartender’s Africa Tour

Rodney Howard-Browne through Revival Ministries International has returned to his homeland for a 2023 Africa Tour. The popular charismatic preacher and evangelist has pastored in the United States since the 1990s, though he and his wife were born in the 1960s in South Africa and Zimbabwe, respectively. 

Revival Ministries is publicizing heavily his preaching tour and has cast the net wide on the continent. In just the months of September and October 2023, Howard-Browne will visit most of the major cities in southern Africa, including Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ekiti, Nigeria; Nairobi, Kenya; Lilongwe, Malawi; Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, South Africa; Manzini, Eswatini; Swakopmund, Namibia; Lusaka, Zambia; Kampala, Uganda; and Gaborone, Botswana. 

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TARIF: Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

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Today is Friday, August 25th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

A recent article in the Guardian tells of a gynaecologist in Benin and the journey that led her to push for abortion rights in her country. As the story goes, a young pregnant lady had come to her for the abortion of her unwanted baby. At the time, most abortions were illegal in the country of Benin, so the young gynaecologist urged the girl to keep the baby. 

Some days later the doctor saw the young girl again and discovered that she had performed a secret abortion, most likely through pills or bleach or some other “unimaginable and inhumane method”. Not only was the baby dead. The mother was near death herself. 

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TARIF: The Broken Window Fallacy in Africa

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Today is Tuesday, August 22nd, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

The Broken Window Fallacy in Africa

South Africa is 5th in the worldwide Crime Index. Somalia is #12, Nigeria is #14, with three more African countries filling out the top 20. But is this really bad news? Perhaps there’s a silver lining. Doesn’t crime create jobs?

If there was less crime, security guards would lose their jobs. Without significant theft, steel manufacturers and welders would have no work because citizens would have no need for burglar bars on their doors and windows. The profits of businesses that sell razor wire, security cameras, stun guns, and padlocks would plummet. Brick masons who build security walls would lose their livelihoods. Couldn’t we then say that crime is beneficial at least in creating jobs? Couldn’t we say crime brings financial good to a country?

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TARIF: No Satellite Internet For South Africa Because of Racial Quotas

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Today is Tuesday, August 8th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by David de Bruyn and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

No Satellite Internet For South Africa Because of Racial Quotas

Elon Musk’s company Starlink, provides high-quality internet service via satellite to most places on earth. Many African countries have signed agreements with Starlink including Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Mozambique. It is likely that most of the African continent will have issued licenses to Starlink by the end of 2024. But not South Africa.

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TARIF: On Spanking Your Child in Africa

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Today is Friday, July 28th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

On Spanking Your Child in Africa

Last month in June, South Africa’s highest court upheld a ruling that the corporal punishment of children at home violates a child’s rights and is therefore unconstitutional. This ruling was in agreement with the 2017 Constitutional Court decision that sentenced a father for severely spanking his 13-year-old son for watching a pornographic film on an iPad. The father argued that he as the parent has the right to discipline his son. The court disagreed.  

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TARIF: South Africa’s Systemic Racism

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Today is Friday, July 7th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga

In May of this year, 2023, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020. This bill amends the EEA, the Employment Equity Acts of 1998, which demands that employers have an equity plan reaching numerical goals for certain designated groups. This came two months before the recent landmark case in the United States, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, whereby the US Supreme Court considered race-based college admissions to be unconstitutional.

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TARIF: South African Hate Speech Bill – Father’s Day

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Today is Tuesday, June 20th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Mark Christopher and presented by Yamikani Katunga

South African Hate Speech Bill

As we consider current events in light of a biblical worldview, much always captures our attention on any given day. One news item that has long been in the South African news and should be of concern to the Christian community at large is The Prevention and Combating Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (Hate Speech Bill). This bill is close to completion and not far from being approved by parliament and signed by the president into law. 

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TARIF: Economic Freedom – African Roadways and Gospel Avenues – Fake Physicians

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Today is Tuesday, June 13th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga

Economic Freedom

Each year the Heritage Foundation gives a comprehensive analysis of the economic freedom and policies of 184 sovereign countries worldwide. Factors include trade, investment, property rights, and government intervention. These statistics are important because they show which national governments exert coercion and constraints on the liberties of their people, thus hindering their prosperity. 

This index uses a 1-100 scale, with 100 being the most free. The five countries in 2023 with the highest economic freedom were Singapore at 83.9, Switzerland at 83.8, Ireland at 82, Taiwan at 80.7, and New Zealand at 78.9. 

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TARIF: 100 Kids and A Dozen Wives – SA Unemployment – Kenyan Winner

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Today is Friday, June 9th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga

100+ Kids and Twelve Wives

A Ugandan villager named Musa Hasahya Kasera has finally realized the biblical principle to be true: “Whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). 

At 68 years old, Kasera now has 12 wives, over one hundred children, and over 500 grandchildren. He says he can’t remember many of his kids’ names and sometimes even forgets the names of his wives. He no longer can provide for them and regrets the decision he made to take so many wives. Polygamy is legal in many African countries, including Uganda. 

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THE AFRICA REVIEW IN FIVE: Tunisia To Tax The Rich, SA Security Guard Succeeds, and Baptism Bombing

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Today is Tuesday, June 6th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Tim Cantrell and presented by Yamikani Katunga

Tunisia To Tax The Rich

The president of Tunisia, Kais Saied proposed increasing the amount of tax charged to the wealthiest people of the nation. 

This comes after Tunisia secured an agreement in principle for a 2 billion US dollar loan from the IMF but refused to concede to the conditions attached which involved restructuring its indebted public companies and eliminating subsidies on some of its basic goods. 

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