The Shadow of Teshie and the Modern Reality

Ghana stands at a critical psychological and economic crossroads. For decades, a dangerous culture of elite invincibility has plagued our Fourth Republic, where political actors treat public treasuries as personal fiefdoms and view accountability as a negotiable inconvenience. The ghost of our history still whispers a stark warning: in 1979, military leaders like Rear Admiral Joy Amedume were sent to the stakes at the Teshie Shooting Range over a 50,000-cedi loan, establishing a brutal but permanent standard for how severely this nation once viewed the betrayal of public trust.

Yet today, billions of taxpayers’ moneys vanish into uncompleted phantoms, while the perpetrators aggressively push for higher political offices. When former leaders flee into international legal networks to shield their wealth, and sitting leaders use administrative bureaucracies to defer blame, the message to the ordinary Ghanaian is clear: the law is a spiderweb that catches the weak but lets the powerful break through. If Ghana is to survive its current economic chokehold, we must permanently retire the culture of pampering political elites and replace it with a rigorous, absolute, and uncompromised enforcement of our laws.

Constitutional Safeguards vs. Administrative Lawlessness

The gap between Ghana’s constitutional text and political practice reveals a systemic failure of enforcement. The 1992 Constitution provides clear frameworks designed to curb the exact culture of impunity we see today. Specifically, Article 284 mandates that “A public officer shall not put himself in a position where his personal interest conflicts or is likely to conflict with the performance of the functions of his office.” Furthermore, Article 35(8) places an absolute obligation on the State to “eradicate corrupt practices and the abuse of power.”

Despite these clear constitutional directives, executive actors regularly bypass statutory limits. The transition of public accountability from a constitutional duty to a partisan negotiation compromises the integrity of our supreme law, reducing binding legal provisions to mere placeholders.

Institutionalized Failure: Failed Projects and Economic Data

To fully understand the gravity of this crisis, we must move beyond abstract terms and look directly at the quantifiable devastation wrought by uncompleted projects, botched concessions, and macroeconomic mismanagement:

• The Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam: Over $12 million was spent on mobilization fees for this project, yet the site remains a desolate stretch of clearing with no physical structures, epitomizing the phenomenon of paying for phantoms.
• The Saglemi Housing Project: A critical $200 million national asset left to rot in the bush due to political finger-pointing and shifting legal blame, while millions of Ghanaians face a severe housing deficit.
• The Power Distribution Services (PDS) Debacle: A botched concession agreement that cost the nation over $2 billion in canceled Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funding, destabilized the energy sector, and exposed deep vulnerabilities in public procurement integrity.
• The National Cathedral Strain: Millions of dollars in state funds funneled into the “world’s most expensive pit,” demonstrating how scarce public resources can be redirected away from vital infrastructure into stalled ideological projects.
• Macroeconomic Devastation: A catastrophic debt-to-GDP ratio that peaked above 90%, record-breaking inflation that gutted the purchasing power of ordinary citizens, a historic domestic debt exchange program (DDEP) that wiped out livelihoods, and multiple IMF bailouts that underscore total structural failure.

The Critical Lens: Analyzing the Mechanics of State Looting

To stop the bleeding, Ghanaians must look past political rhetoric and understand the specific legal and administrative gaps that allow state looting to thrive:

• The Illusion of the “Advisory” Shield: High-ranking political actors frequently escape accountability by claiming their roles are merely “advisory” or policy-driven, shifting blame to lower-level technocrats while benefiting from the political capital of massive, failed procurements.
• Procedural Foot-Dragging: Key anti-corruption institutions often move at a glacial pace, allowing accused officials a strategic window to hide, liquidate, or transfer illicitly acquired assets before formal court freezes take effect.
• Inter-Agency Friction: Jurisdictional infighting and legal technicalities between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Attorney-General’s department routinely stall high-profile cases, creating escape routes for the well-connected.
• International Jurisdictional Hiding: Elites treat foreign health trips, visa status adjustments, and international legal appeals against Interpol notices as a standard defensive playbook to physically and financially decouple themselves from Ghanaian justice.

Judicial Enforcement: Expanding Criminal Penalties and the Role of the Courts

Accountability cannot exist without consequences that deter future wrongdoing. The judiciary must transform from a passive arbiter of technicalities into an active defender of the public purse. This requires strict application and expansion of our criminal laws:

• Criminal Hand in the Purse: Public officials must face the full rigor of Section 179A of the Criminal Offences Act (Act 29) for willfully causing financial loss to the state. The courts must establish that gross negligence in signing bad contracts carries mandatory, non-custodial and custodial sentences ranging from 10 to 25 years.
• Mandatory Restitution and Forfeiture: Criminal convictions must be accompanied by mandatory asset forfeiture under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Act 1044). The state must seize not just the face value of stolen funds, but the appreciated value of properties, businesses, and foreign investments tied to illicit cash.
• Ending Technical Dismissals: The judiciary must stop allowing high-profile political actors to escape justice through prolonged preliminary objections and procedural delays. Courts should sit daily on grand corruption cases to ensure swift delivery of justice.

The Case of Executive Liability: Accounting for Eight Years of Governance

A critical test of Ghana’s commitment to constitutional accountability lies in the oversight of its highest executive offices. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, having served as the head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) for eight years, cannot separate himself from the financial decisions and procurement failures of the administration. Under the principles of joint cabinet responsibility and individual administrative accountability, no excuses can absolve a second-in-command from the economic outcomes of their tenure.

Ghana is not a banana republic where leaders can reap political capital from policy successes while disavowing systemic malfeasance, inflation, and ballooning public debt. If investigation by constitutional bodies establishes a prima facie case of financial criminality or gross negligence, statutory frameworks must prevent such actors from accessing the ballot paper.

In fact, given the economic ruin left in the wake of this administration, any attempt to run a multi-million dollar campaign insults the suffering of the Ghanaian worker. If the Vice President wishes to show true patriotism, he should immediately donate everything planned for his campaign machinery to charity—refunding the very health, education, and social safety nets gutted by his governance.

A Warning to the New Patriotic Party: A Deafening, Destructive Silence

To the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP): Your silence in the face of this manifest economic decay and unbridled corruption is absolutely deafening. By standing by, nodding along, and actively shielding actors who have weaponized the public treasury for personal and factional gain, you are complicit in the betrayal of the republic.

Do not miscalculate the patience of the Ghanaian electorate. This silence is not strategic; it is a moral abdication that will yield catastrophic political consequences. If the NPP continues to pamper criminality, defend failed projects, and insulate its elites from the laws of the land, the party is guaranteeing itself a permanent eviction notice. This institutional cowardice will sentence the NPP to more than 40 years in the political wilderness, as a generation of betrayed citizens ensures you never hold the reins of power again.

Concrete Recommendations: No Pampering, No Kid Gloves

Enforcing accountability requires turning our existing laws into weapons of active deterrence. We suggest the following structural reforms:

• Automatic Asset Freezing: Amend the OSP Act to trigger immediate, mandatory, and indefinite freezing of all domestic and international assets of any public official formally declared a fugitive from justice.
• Absolute Extradition Prioritization: Treat international legal evasion as an active threat to national security, utilizing full diplomatic leverage to fast-track the repatriation of officials fleeing local prosecution.
• Piercing the Policy Shield: Establish clear legal precedents that hold top-tier executive heads directly and financially liable for mega-projects under their direct supervision that fail due to gross administrative negligence.
• Claw-Back Provisions: Implement aggressive “claw-back” legislation enabling the state to seize the personal wealth of corrupt actors, ensuring that public losses are directly refunded by private assets.
• A “No-Saddle” Rule: Legislate a framework that debars any public official with active, prima facie cases of financial malfeasance investigated by constitutional bodies from contesting for any public office until cleared by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Restoring the Bite to the Sovereign Will

The trajectory of the Fourth Republic cannot continue on a path where public office is treated as a shield against criminal liability. Ghana’s democracy is fast losing its moral legitimacy when citizens are asked to practice austerity while political actors accused of draining millions live in state-funded luxury or international comfort. The days of treating high-profile corruption as an administrative misunderstanding or a partisan witch-hunt must end.

We do not need a return to the firing squads of Teshie to remember what accountability looks like; we simply need the courage to enforce our constitutional laws without fear, favor, or political pampering. If a politician abuses the public trust, the response must be swift, legally absolute, and financially devastating. True patriotism lies not in protecting the legacy of a political party, but in fiercely protecting the treasury of the Republic. The law must bite, it must leave a scar, and it must prove once and for all that no citizen is above the sovereign will of the Ghanaian people.

The Long Arm of Sovereign Justice—The Umaru Dikko Warning

The Ghost of Cremona Gardens: A Historic Precedent for Evasion

The historical archives of West African political accountability offer a stark, dramatic warning to those who believe geographical borders can permanently shield them from the consequences of economic devastation. In 1984, Nigeria’s former Transport Minister, Umaru Dikko—who had fled to London after being accused of massive corruption and the embezzlement of billions of dollars in public funds—was tracked down, drugged, and packed into a shipping crate at Stansted Airport under diplomatic cover, bound for Lagos to face trial. While the “Dikko Affair” triggered an international diplomatic standoff, its core message remains a permanent psychological reality: when a nation is pushed to the brink of economic collapse, its pursuit of justice knows no borders.

The Warning to Ken Ofori-Atta: You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide

This historical reality serves as an absolute, uncompromising warning to Ghana’s former Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. As the chief architect of an economic regime that oversaw unprecedented borrowing, the catastrophic hair-cutting of pensioners’ bonds through the Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP), and a record-breaking plunge of the Ghanaian Cedi, your accountability is not optional.

No amount of international maneuvering, relocation to global financial capitals, or reliance on high-powered corporate networks will grant you permanent immunity. The sovereign anger of a betrayed nation is an institutional force that outlasts political terms. By fair or foul means, through strict formal extradition treaties or the relentless deployment of international legal mechanisms, you will find yourself back in Ghana to answer for every signature, every contract, and every single pesewa lost under your watch.

The Inevitability of a Sovereign Accounting

Let it be known to all political actors who view foreign asset havens and international residency status as a standard defensive playbook: The law will find its voice.

• No Safe Havens: Sovereign nations reserve the right to deploy full diplomatic, economic, and legal leverage to compel the return of actors accused of grand economic crimes.
• The Transience of Protection: The political shields of today evaporate with the changing of regimes, leaving fugitives completely exposed to local and international arrest warrants.
• The Absolute Guarantee: The pursuit of the public purse is an institutional commitment that does not expire with time or distance.

The era of “kid-glove” diplomacy for political elites is officially over. The state will use every tool at its disposal to prove that no elite—no matter how deeply entrenched—can break the sovereign will of the Ghanaian people and escape without a scar.

✍️By A Concerned Retired Senior Citizen

For and on behalf of all Senior Citizens of the Republic of Ghana 🇬🇭

Teshie-Nungua
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Let me start with a number that should make every Ghanaian feel cautiously optimistic. Six point four percent. That is how fast our economy grew in the first quarter of 2026. That is slightly higher than the 6.2 percent we recorded in the same period last year. It is not a fluke. It is not a one-off. It is evidence of continued resilience and broad-based expansion across key sectors. The services sector is booming. Industry is recovering. Agriculture is growing, even with some painful contractions. And the government, according to the Ghana Statistical Service, is spending money. But not just anywhere. At the right places.

Let me break down the Accra Street Journal’s numbers from the first-quarter Gross Domestic Product estimates released by the Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu.

Non-oil GDP grew by 6.3 percent. That is crucial. It means our growth is not dependent on oil. It is diversified. That is a sign of a maturing economy. When oil prices fall, or when production dips, the rest of the economy can keep moving.

The services sector remained the largest contributor to economic growth, recording an expansion of 7.1 percent. This is where the excitement is. Information and communication expanded by a staggering 25.2 percent. That is not growth. That is a surge. Transport and storage grew by 13 percent. Trade activities grew by 7 percent. The digital economy is not coming. It is here. And it is pulling the rest of the services sector along.

The industrial sector also posted a strong performance, growing by 6.9 percent compared to 4.1 percent in the first quarter of 2025. That is a significant acceleration. Mining and quarrying expanded by 10.7 percent. Oil and gas production recovered with 7 percent growth. The extractive industries are back. And they are bringing jobs and foreign exchange with them.

Agriculture grew by 4 percent. That is modest but respectable. However, the headline hides a disaster within. The fishing sub-sector contracted by 18.5 percent. That is not a decline. That is a collapse. Our fisherfolk are struggling. The ocean is being overfished. The waters are being poisoned by galamsey. The canoes are ageing. The youth are leaving. This is not just an economic statistic. It is a humanitarian crisis unfolding along our coast.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 1.6 percent. That signals sustained economic momentum. The Composite Index of Economic Activity remained in growth territory throughout the quarter, with rates of 6.1 percent in January, 7.7 percent in February, and 5.4 percent in March. Activity is consistent. It is not spiking and crashing. It is steadily climbing.

Now, let me address the headline that everyone is talking about. The government is spending. Capital spending, specifically. The GSS data confirms significant capital expenditure in the first quarter. That means money is going into roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. Not into salaries. Not into consumption. Into assets that will generate returns for years to come. That is the difference between spending that grows the economy and spending that simply keeps it afloat.

Economists say the first-quarter performance provides a positive signal for Ghana’s economic outlook in 2026. Strong growth in services and industry is expected to support employment creation, investment, and revenue generation. The digital sector alone, growing at 25 percent, could be a game-changer. Every job created in tech supports multiple jobs in retail, transport, and real estate. The multiplier effect is real.

But let me also give you the warnings. The fishing sub-sector is in free fall. The government must intervene. Not with speeches. With policy. With enforcement against illegal fishing. With support for alternative livelihoods. With investment in aquaculture. The 18.5 percent contraction is not sustainable. If it continues, coastal communities will be devastated.

Accommodation and food services are also underperforming. That is surprising given the growth in trade and transport. It suggests that tourists and business travellers are coming, but they are not staying in hotels or eating out as much. Perhaps the hotels are too expensive. Perhaps the quality is inconsistent. Perhaps the marketing is weak. The government and the private sector should investigate.

Water and sewerage activities also need attention. Clean water is not a luxury. It is a necessity. And it is a prerequisite for public health and industrial growth. Without reliable water, factories cannot operate. Without proper sewerage, diseases spread. The sluggish growth in this sector is a bottleneck that will eventually constrain other sectors.

Dr. Iddrisu stressed the importance of sustaining macroeconomic stability, accelerating infrastructure development, deepening digital transformation, and promoting private sector-led growth. That is the right prescription. Stability attracts investment. Infrastructure enables productivity. Digital transformation creates new industries. Private sector-led growth is sustainable in a way that state-led growth is not.

The 6.4 percent growth is good news. But good news is not an excuse for complacency. The government must stay the course on fiscal discipline. The Bank of Ghana must keep inflation under control. The private sector must be empowered to create jobs. And the fishing communities must not be forgotten. An economy that grows at 6.4 percent but leaves entire communities behind is not a successful economy. It is an incomplete one.

The numbers are moving in the right direction. Now we need the policies to keep them there. And the compassion to ensure that no one is left behind. That is the challenge. And it is one that we must meet. The data says we are capable. The question is whether we have the will.

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Source Used: Accra Street Journal

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By Samira Larbie, GNA 

Accra, June 10, GNA – Stakeholders have called for increased investment in health workforce development, sustainable financing and stronger governance to accelerate Ghana’s attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). 

The call dominated discussions at the 2026 Annual Health Summit in Accra, where participants reviewed health sector performance and explored strategies to strengthen healthcare delivery nationwide. 

The appeal was made by religious leaders, parliamentarians and development partners at the opening of the three-day summit on the theme: “Building a Resilient Health Workforce to Accelerate the Attainment of Universal Health Coverage”. 

The Rev. Stephen Yenusom Wengam, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Ghana and Chairman of the opening ceremony, commended government and health sector leaders for promoting inclusive stakeholder engagement and pursuing reforms to improve access to healthcare. 

He described the summit as an important platform for assessing achievements, addressing challenges and identifying practical solutions to strengthen the health system. 

Rev. Wengam said Ghana had demonstrated a longstanding commitment to universal health coverage through the evolution of the country’s health insurance system into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). 

He praised the financing of the NHIS through tax revenues and government’s decision to uncap the National Health Insurance Fund, describing them as significant steps towards ensuring equitable access to healthcare. 

Rev. Wengam said achieving UHC meant ensuring that all people could access quality healthcare services without suffering financial hardship. 

He said the goal could only be achieved through strong health system governance, sustainable financing and a well-trained, adequately motivated and equitably distributed health workforce. 

Rev. Wengam expressed concern about persistent shortages of health professionals and their concentration in urban areas, noting that in some parts of the country one doctor serves more than 25,000 people. 

“This undermines equitable access to health services and calls for deliberate policies and incentives to ensure a more balanced distribution of the workforce,” he said. 

Rev. Wengam urged government to continue investing in primary healthcare, workforce development and community-based interventions while exploring innovative approaches to leverage private sector participation in the delivery of essential health services. 

Dr Mark Kurt Nawaane, Chairman of Parliament’s Select Committee on Health, reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to supporting policy, legislative and oversight measures required to translate the summit’s outcomes into improvements in healthcare delivery. 

He said workforce issues, including training, specialisation, equitable deployment, retention, professionalism and leadership development, remained central to achieving quality healthcare for all citizens. 

Dr Nawaane stressed the need to improve the welfare and remuneration of health professionals while maintaining professional ethics and standards. 

“The financial welfare of health professionals must be top-notch,” he stated. 

Dr Nawaane said Parliament was prepared to work with the Ministry of Health, professional councils and training institutions to review laws and regulations that hinder workforce distribution and career progression. 

Mr Dominic Farrell, Development Partners Lead and representative of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said Ghana was at a critical stage in its transition towards greater domestic financing of the health sector. 

He noted that external support for key health priorities, including vaccines and essential commodities, was expected to decline, making sustainable domestic financing increasingly important. 

Mr Farrell identified three immediate priorities as stronger coordination between government and development partners, harmonised financing of critical health services and clear multi-year financing plans aligned with national priorities. 

He welcomed government’s efforts to secure sustainable vaccine financing and address the risk of stock-outs of essential health commodities. 

On maternal health, Mr Farrell described recent increases in institutional maternal mortality as a serious concern requiring urgent intervention. 

He said targeted actions under the Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health and Emergency Response, together with expanded access to primary healthcare and essential services, would be critical to reversing the trend. 

Mr Farrell also highlighted the need for increased investment in health workforce recruitment, rural retention incentives and specialist training to address persistent staffing gaps and improve healthcare delivery nationwide. 

The summit brought together policymakers, development partners, health professional associations, academia and civil society to deliberate on strategies for strengthening Ghana’s health system.  

Stakeholders agreed that achieving a safe, sustainable and internationally compliant health system required continuous collaboration, investment in workforce development, stronger regulatory enforcement and increased public participation. 

GNA 

Edited by Kenneth Sackey 

Reporter: Samira Larbie  

[email protected]

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The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr Nii Moi Thompson, has warned that the excessive concentration of economic activities, population and investment in Greater Accra is worsening flooding and other urban challenges in the capital.

He explained that the Greater Accra Region currently contributed about 38 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and attracted approximately 86 per cent of the country’s foreign direct investment (FDI), despite occupying only about 1.4 per cent of the nation’s land area.

Dr Thompson described the situation as a “perfect storm” in which economic opportunities, investments and population growth had become heavily concentrated in a limited geographical space, placing enormous pressure on infrastructure and the environment.

Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Development in Accra on June 9, Dr Thompson stated that the region had become the most populous in the country, with a population density of about 1,680 people per square kilometre compared to roughly 300 people per square kilometre in the Ashanti Region.

“You cannot put the bulk of your population in the smallest land area. Greater Accra, even though it is the smallest region in terms of land area, is now the most populous region among the 16 regions.

“That is like the perfect storm, where every contradiction you can imagine has been put in this little space, and those are the consequences we see: the flooding, the collapsing buildings and everything,” he said.

Context

The country has experienced renewed flooding, particularly in Accra and its suburbs, where floodwaters submerge homes, disrupt transportation, damage businesses and displace residents.

The flooding has also coincided with a series of building collapses in Accra, specifically at Adentan New Site and Avenor, where rescue operations were mounted to save trapped occupants and fatalities were recorded.

The situation has reignited concerns about poor drainage systems, choked gutters, unregulated construction in watercourses and weak enforcement of urban planning regulations, which experts continue to identify as key drivers of the country’s recurring flood disasters.

Committee sitting

Dr Thompson appeared before the committee at a public sitting together with the Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, and senior officials from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and its agencies, including the Government Statistician, Dr Alhassan Iddrisu; a Director at MoF, Samuel Danquah Arkhurst; Director, Policy Coordination Monitoring & Evaluation at the MoF, Kwasi Adu; and a Deputy Controller and Accountant General, Emelia Boatemah Osei Derkyi.

Consequences

The NDPC chairman said the disasters highlighted the consequences of the excessive concentration of people, investments and economic activities in the Greater Accra Region.

He said the consequences of the imbalance were evident in the recurrent flooding, collapsing buildings, traffic congestion and increasing strain on public services in the capital.

Dr Thompson argued that the country’s development challenges were rooted in structural distortions that continue to worsen due to the absence of a long-term national development strategy capable of promoting more balanced regional growth.

He stressed that the NDPC was prioritising measures to address regional inequalities through a consolidated national development plan to encourage investment and economic opportunities outside Greater Accra.

Dr Thompson added that reducing the overconcentration of people and economic activities in the capital was critical to tackling flooding and ensuring sustainable national development.

Regional inequalities

He said recent multidimensional poverty data had exposed deep regional inequalities, noting that seven of the country’s poorest regions were located within the Savannah Belt despite the area accounting for about 54 per cent of Ghana’s land mass.

The development economist explained that the disparity highlighted longstanding structural imbalances in the distribution of economic opportunities and development resources across the country.

Dr Thompson stated that the increasing concentration of population, investment and economic activity in Greater Accra was a consequence of the absence of a coherent long-term national development strategy.

He stressed that the NDPC was prioritising a consolidated national development plan to promote balanced regional growth, reduce inequalities and attract greater investment to underserved parts of the country.

Report

Discussions at the meeting centred on the NDPC’s 2024 National Annual Progress Report.

The report was the 23rd edition of the Annual Progress Reports and the third assessment of the implementation of policies under the Agenda for Jobs II: Creating Prosperity and Equal Opportunity for All (2022–2025).

It was compiled through an evaluation of key indicators and targets used to monitor the performance of policy and programme interventions carried out under the national development framework during the 2024 fiscal year.

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Mexico do not possess the quality that they have had in previous tournaments, with fewer players plying their trade in Europe than in the past, but they still have some real experience throughout their squad — from Cesar Montes and Johan Vasquez at the back to Edson Alvarez in the middle of the park and a bit of depth up top, such as Raul Jimenez, Santiago Gimenez and Julian Quinones.

A potential future star of world football is 17-year-old attacking midfielder Gilberto Mora, who is already carrying the weight of expectation that any young starlet does heading into a debut World Cup — especially for the hosts and the football-mad Mexican public.

South Africa are also dominated by a heavy domestic-based squad, with plenty of Mamelodi Sundowns players involved off the back of them winning the CAF Champions League last month. Those Sundowns stars have already performed admirably on a global stage, too, with an eye-catching attacking intent at last summer’s Club World Cup.

Bafana Bafana lack the pedigree and recognisable names of the Mexicans but with Chicago Fire defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi seeking to establish himself as a more widely known name and some experience in the final third, such as Lyle Foster and Oswin Appollis, Hugo Broos’ usually attacking, or at least passing, style could see them become the neutrals’ favourite this summer.

The pressure of home advantage may initially work against Mexico and some nerves wouldn’t be a major shock, and so the South Africans could punish them early on at Estadio Azteca. However, familiarity with home conditions and a likely raucous host crowd should see El Tri get off the mark in Mexico City.

Our Score Prediction: Mexico 2-1 South Africa

Who is the favourite to win, Mexico or South Africa?

Mexico are the favourites to get off the mark with a win against South Africa. You can follow the betting odds live with The Sporting News.

MORE: How to bet on the World Cup — a beginners’ guide to odds, markets

How to watch Mexico vs. South Africa: Live Stream, TV Channel for World Cup opener

Here is how to watch Mexico vs. South Africa in the opening game of this summer’s World Cup:

• Date: Thursday, June 11
• Venue: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
• Time: 8:00 p.m.
• TV channel: ITV
• Live stream: ITVX

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Myjoyonline.com brings you the front pages of the various newspapers across the country.

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The government has awarded China Communications Construction Company the Ksh375.4 billion ($2.9 billion) contract for the upgrade and expansion of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) under the recently established National Infrastructure Fund (NIF).

The award of the tender to the Chinese state-owned firm comes months after President William Ruto announced that construction works would begin in June 2026, following the government’s receipt of seed capital for the NIF from the privatisation of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).

According to reporting from Bloomberg, the award to CCCC marks a return to large-scale infrastructure financing through Chinese contractors after the cancellation of a previous concession deal with India’s Adani Group two years ago.

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Thousands of migrants shelter in a Durban park after being driven from their homes ahead of a June 30 expulsion ultimatum.

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