Nairobi, Kenya – September 13, 2025 —The Best Western Meridian Hotel in Nairobi was transformed into a dazzling cultural stage as the Miss Heritage International Kenya Grand Final 2025 unfolded from 6 p.m. until late into the night. Beyond the glamour of gowns, crowns, and camera flashes, the evening celebrated something far deeper: Kenya’s living heritage, the essence of unity, and the preservation of cultural identity for generations to come.Hosted under the banner of Ubuntu Synergies Limited, this year’s pageant affirmed its mission to showcase Kenya’s diverse traditions through vibrant pageantry. At its heart lies the Pageant of Heritage Kenya,…
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Located a little over an hour out of Cape Town, Darling in the Western Cape is a small town along the West Coast that has uncovered its epic potential. While this little town is a popular destination in September and October due to the breathtaking wildflower display and festival, there is so much more to Darling that makes it worth a visit throughout the year. Since our focus has been to explore Cape Town and the surrounding areas for our #SundayStrolls posts on Instagram, this was the furthest we’d travelled in a while, especially given that we wouldn’t stay overnight.…
12 Sep 2025 PREVIEW Summit pledges on cutting the cost of capital, boosting fair trade and investment were popular, but delegates want quantity as well as quality THE NACALA CORRIDOR: From the Indian Ocean to the Copperbelt One of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s last diplomatic forays before his resignation on 7 September was his hosting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama from 20-22 August. In Ishiba’s own lights, the TICAD summit could be marked as a success, against a harsh geopolitical backdrop, with 33 African heads of government or state…
By Patrick Schuster At the recent Urban Land Justice Gathering 2025 organised by Ndifuna Ukwazi and partners in Cape Town, research from the MPhil in Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism programme’s City Research Studio 1 formed part of an exhibition of collective work produced by students and residents of urban occupations Cissie Gool House (CGH) in Woodstock and Singabalapha in Observatory, Cape Town. Building on off earlier collaborative work with CGH by Suraya and Andreas Scheba of the City Occupied Collective, students and scholars from Sociology, Architecture, Geography and Urban Studies partnered with these occupations in knowledge production. As a…
World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 – Women’s 1500m Final – Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – September 16, 2025 Gold medallist Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women’s 1500m final REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Read 2 minutesFaith Kipyegon arrived at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo as the undisputed queen of middle-distance running, and on Tuesday her star rose higher with another gold. The Kenyan great captured her fourth World Championship gold in the women’s 1500m, winning in 3:52.15 ahead of her compatriot Dorcus Ewoi (3:54.92), who found a final late surge to win silver. Australia’s Jessica Hull (3:55.16) finished…
Nigerian footballer Chimzulam Collins Nwoburuoke has ended his trial spell with South Africa’s Orlando Pirates and is set to join newly promoted Betway Premiership side Durban City FC in KwaZulu-Natal. The 22-year-old central defender, who previously trained with the Soweto club, is finalising terms with Durban City after returning to the side where he initially trialled in August. “Chimzulam Collins Nwoburuoke has stopped training with Orlando Pirates. He is on his way to join Durban City,” FARPost journalist Tshepo Rabothe confirmed. “At the moment, it’s just small details that need ironing, and the deal will go over the line. He’s…
These days, as you wind through Salasala in Dar es Salaam’s northern suburbs, you can buy gas canisters from the shiny red Oryx franchise shop, branded dog food from the supermarket, or malt whisky from the imported liquor store. When I first visited the area with my friend Alex 13 years ago, we had stopped to pick up a few cartons of imported South African juice at a small concrete box of a grocery store, it’s standard, limited wares stacked on shelves that lined the shop and surrounded the vendor, who sat behind a glass-fronted cabinet displaying stacks of eggs…
The king of South Africa’s large Zulu community has challenged a professor and cultural expert to a stick fight, saying he had been insulted, along with the entire Zulu nation.King Misuzulu kaZwelithini issued the challenge to Prof Musa Xulu in front of thousands of people who had gathered at his newly built royal palace for the annual Reed Dance.”We are angry and we will do anything to protect and preserve our cultures,” he said, according to the Timeslive news site.Prof Xulu told the BBC he took the king’s personal challenge as a joke, however he said he was worried for…
The Moroccan team celebrates being crowned champions in first place during the 2024 African Nations Championship, CHAN, Final match between Madagascar and Morocco at the kasarani Stadium in Nairobi , Kenya on 30 August 2025 ©Djaffar Ladjal/BackpagePix by Austin Ditlhobolo Sunday Sep 14, 2025. 15:00 Moroccan football legend Karim El Ahmadi has revealed the Atlas Lions’ next target after their success at the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN).The North African side were crowned champions after defeating Madagascar 3-2 in the final played at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 30.Having retired from professional football in 2022…
Over the past year, a wave of mass protests has swept through the capitals of some African states. From Nairobi to Lagos, Accra to Dakar, angry protesters have marched to the sound of exploding tear gas shells and live bullets to rail against hunger and inequality while demanding an end to IMF austerity. From June to August this year, the movement rose again with tens of thousands exploding onto the streets in Kenya, while hundreds of activists turned up at an anniversary event in Lagos, Nigeria to reflect and map out next steps.Provoked by deep economic frustrations and lack of…