Generally speaking, why should Africans care about climate change? How should we explain this to the ordinary person? The reality of climate change has dawned on us for quite some years now. Particularly for our rural communities who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. Probably, someone in the urban centres such as Lagos, Johannesburg or Cairo may want to be academic about it because the only thing that they see is the erratic rain patterns, with no direct consequence on their daily lives, because after all, they get their water from the taps. But for rural communities across the…
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If Facebook has taught us one thing it is that sensational titles are crucial to being successful online. If this post were a video, the title would run something like this: ‘The Church Grew More Rapidly Than Ever Before, But You Will Not Believe How…’ However, I don’t believe that my caution in this post—that Satan can indeed grow the church—is irresponsible or sensational. In fact, Jesus seems to teach that very point, in Matthew’s Gospel. Satan hates Jesus’ Church. It should come as no surprise that Satan hates Jesus’ Church. And we can all think of ways that Satan…
Nigeria’s U-17 team got off to a flying start on Saturday at the WAFU B U-17 Championship as they hammered hosts Ghana 4-2 in their opening game of the regional tournament First half goals from Emmanuel Micheal who scored with a well-taken free-kick and Precious Williams saw the Eaglets race into a two-goal lead by half time. Coach Nduka Ugbade’s boys continued from where they stopped in the second half with Jubril Azeez and Light Eke adding two more goals. Though Abdul Razak Salifu scored a goal for Ghana just before the hour-mark and they also added another goal late…
Neo Matloga: Déjà Vu Stevenson Gallery Cape Town, until June 25 madireng, 2022 About:STEVENSON is pleased to present Déjà Vu, Neo Matloga’s first solo exhibition in Cape Town, his second with the gallery.Here, Matloga moves away from the cinematic, interconnected narratives that characterised his previous bodies of work. Instead, the artist’s new paintings are individual scenes that usher in a new chapter of formal experimentation. Matloga states:There’s nothing that brings these paintings together aside from the fact that they’re all living. I started mixing my ink with glue and different types of colours…
Sylvia Croese and James Duminy co-authored this paper on the co-production of urban expertise for SDG localisation, published in Urban Geography. ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are used as an entry point to consider issues and questions surrounding the forms of urban expertise that are required to achieve transformative and sustainable urban development. The article builds on the authors’ experiences as researchers working co-productively with South African municipalities through the African Centre for Cities, an interdisciplinary research hub at the University of Cape Town. Insights from the literature on urban policy mobilities are deployed alongside those from an emerging…
Remy Jungerman Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 2022 About:Visual artist Remy Jungerman will be awarded the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 2022. The jury praises the artist for the way he interweaves the cultures of the countries that define him: Suriname, the Netherlands, and the United States. By using geometric patterns and horizontals composed of panels varying of length, width, and colour, Jungerman creates a unique style and an extensive layering in his work. This form and connection of traditions offers the audience a new visual language that initiates a dialogue between…
Four clubs in South African football’s fourth tier are banned FOREVER after being found guilty of match fixing when crucial games in the race for promotion finished 33-1 and 59-1… with 41 own goals scored!Clubs in the South African fourth division collude to have crucial games fixedMatiyasi FC and Shivulani Dangerous Tigers were fighting for promotionMatiyasi sought to fix their game to avoid the Tigers being promoted When the Tigers found out this was the case, they sought to also fix their fixture By Julian Bovill For Mailonline Published: 07:10 EDT, 9 June 2022 | Updated: 07:59 EDT, 9 June 2022 A…
Issued on: 09/06/2022 – 11:08Modified: 09/06/2022 – 11:09 Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for the pain inflicted during his country’s colonisation of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but stopped short of formally apologising for exploitation, racism and acts of violence. “On the occasion of my first trip to the Congo… in front of the Congolese people and those who still suffer today, I wish to reaffirm my deepest regrets for the wounds of the past,” King Philippe said Wednesday, addressing a joint session of parliament in the capital, Kinshasa.“Even though many Belgians were sincerely committed to loving the…
Mogos Tuemay’s previous best result had been a fourth-placed finish in the 3,000m at the 2013 World Youth ChampionshipsDates: 8-12 June Venue: Cote d’Or Stadium, Mauritius Session times (BST, approx): 04:30-09:30 & 11:00-14:00Ethiopian newcomer Mogos Tuemay won the men’s 10,000m title on the first day of the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius.In the absence of big stars from the final, the 25-year-old won in a time of 29 minutes 19 seconds at Cote d’Or Stadium.Chimdessa Debele finished second to complete an Ethiopian one-two, with Kenya’s Abraham Longosiwa taking bronze.The other two finals to be staged on the opening day of…
She wants to raise the bar for Broadcast Journalism in Nigeria_ For thirteen years, Fola Folayan worked as a radio broadcaster in Nigeria; filling various roles as a content producer, presenter, and newscaster in different media organizations across the country. But she wanted more. She wanted to develop talent for the broadcast industry and in her own words ‘raise a generation of professionals who can function in the fast-changing media landscape’ The 21st century is already seeing fundamental changes in radio broadcasting. No longer are audiences limited to listening to the radio at the times and places dictated by the…