Good morning, everyone! I’m dreading tomorrow. I’m dreading tomorrow. The thought that this should come to an end. I’ve just been sending a message back to our elders in Zambia, just so that they can turn from brown to green. You know green is the colour for envy, as they see what is happening here. They are praying for us, something that I always treasure is belonging to a team of elders. Well, if you have your Bible with you, please turn to 1 John and this time we are looking at chapter 4. This morning, as soon as I…
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Rwanda will host the 8th edition of the continental annual youth gathering projects in which a total of 1000 participants from Africa and the rest of the world are expected. The event will feature a range of plenary round-tables, youth labs, exhibitions, training sessions, exchanging networks, lounges and pop-up events, among other things like opportunities to network and directly exchange with governments and business leaders. The summit organized by the government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Youth and Culture in collaboration with the Youth Connect Africa Hub, the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) and other partners of Youth Connect Africa Summit…
Are you the one who always loves sprinting into action and is never still? I was once like that a few years ago too! Consider that life is a marathon, which can be run in a slow and steady pace in order not to crash and burn from too much momentum. On this blog, I talk about living vibrantly through fashion, beauty and lifestyle but it is also best achieved by slowing down in life to enjoy your existence, relishing the moments that take your breath away and completely basking in the overall awesomeness. This type of inner work is…
Last Updated on August 10, 2022 by adminAre you looking for authentic African wildlife & cultural tours at your own pace? A small group or tailor-made tour to Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi would be incomplete without a trekking gorilla experience.Things to know about gorilla trekkingA Gorilla Trek is a highlight of all trips done in Uganda and Rwanda. Indeed mountain gorillas are the key reason why so many people visit these 2 countries. Find information on gorilla viewing in the wild. This post shows how to secure a permit, as well as plan such gorilla treks. Gorilla trekking is described…
Mthokozisi Ntumba was 35 years old when he was shot to death with rubber bullets by the police on March 10, 2021. Ntumba was leaving a doctor’s appointment at a clinic in Braamfontein and was hit during a South Africa Police Service’s (SAPS) public order policing unit confrontation with students from the University of the Witwatersrand, who were protesting fee increases and historical debt. In the trial of the four police officers accused of firing on the protesting students, which led to Ntumba’s death, evidence was presented by an investigating officer with the police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directive…
Donald Trump thought it was full of “shitholes” and countries with names such as “Nambia”. Barack Obama, for all his eloquence and family ties to Kenya, was underwhelming when it came to defining a practical strategy towards Africa — a continent that always slipped behind other regions in the list of priorities. You have to go back to George W Bush, particularly his principled stance in fighting the Aids epidemic, or Bill Clinton, with his Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, a preferential trade pact, for an American leader with a compelling offering. If the US has been relatively low key,…
When one asks people in Marikana how things have changed over the last ten years many say, “nothing has changed.” Indeed, the material conditions of everyday life in the Nkaneng shack settlement fit this statement. Yet, the further the conversation goes the more one realizes how many things in fact had to change for things to remain the same. One important element through which we can understand the afterlives of Marikana is the way in which the massacre and subsequent events have underpinned this process. One major change that underlies this was the acquisition of Lonmin by Sibanye Stillwaters in…
With the most recent negotiations between representatives of the Nigerian Federal Government and representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) having ended in a stalemate, all bets are off as to the likely outcome of a strike action by the academics that has been in force since February. This is the union’s second strike in as many years, the previous strike in 2020 having lasted for nine months. Since the inauguration of the Nigerian Fourth Republic in 1999, ASUU has gone on strike sixteen times for an aggregate total of 1,404 days. Within that period, the union’s…
Nigeria qualified for this year’s Women’s Basketball World Cup but were withdrawn from the tournament in AustraliaBasketball can overcome off-court problems that have “plagued” the game to supplant football as the number one sport in Nigeria, according to the vice president of NBA Africa.The West African country withdraw its teams from international competition in May at the behest of the government, which intended to dissolve the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) and appoint an interim committee to oversee the management of the game.That decision was reversed a month later but the change of direction came too late for the women’s national…
The New African Urban University partnership is developing a research agenda to strengthen the role of African universities to advance just and sustainable urban transitions in African cities. It is based on the assumption that universities must play a role in addressing the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda, in particular, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 to make cities inclusive, safe, sustainable and resilient. This partnership engages with the promise and potential of African universities to support the steering of just and sustainable urban transitions. By fostering a more global and inclusive understanding of systems changes required by African…