As participants in Siemen Energy’s Just Energy Transition (JET) Hackathon, high school students from Guateng, South Africa, have taken on the challenge to learn, innovate and lead society’s transition to a net-zero future Students from Curro Academy Parkdene hard at work. (Image source: Siemens Energy) Thabo Molekoa, managing director of Siemens Energy in South Africa, welcomed 28 top students from seven high schools to the challenge. He called the youth’s contribution to the development of “sustainable, affordable and reliable” green energy technologies “critical”, not only for the future of the planet but also for the stability of the global economy. …
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All in all, reactions to the murder of Ms. Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level home economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, have exposed Nigeria’s deepest political fractures and lingering questions over citizenship, national identity, and secularity. On May 12, following disagreement over a WhatsApp voice note deemed to have been blasphemous against Islam and Prophet Muhammad, a mob comprising some of the twenty-two-year-old’s schoolmates brutally clubbed and stoned her to death, after which they proceeded to incinerate her body. While the killing has been greeted by horror and almost universal condemnation across the largely Christian…
If you’re a schoolgirl in South Africa, be careful not to wear the colour pink. Because Pinky Pinky might come for you. This monster apparently stalks school bathrooms targeting misbehaving little girls, particularly those who wear pink. The creature has no gender and is a grotesque, pink, half-human half-animal, with one claw and one paw. Some describe it as a type of tokoloshe. If we know they aren’t real, why do we use monsters in stories? Instinctively, we know that monsters like Pinky Pinky aren’t real. But why do we keep using them in stories? Why does every culture on…
Mohamed Salah is helping to hope Liverpool win the Champions League for the seventh timeLiverpool will face Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday in a repeat of the clash from 2018 which saw the Spanish giants triumph.Egypt captain Mohamed Salah has said the Reds are out for revenge after Real confirmed their place in Paris.Salah suffered a shoulder injury which forced him off before half-time during that meeting four years ago in Kyiv. Senegal forward Sadio Mane equalised for Liverpool after they went 1-0 down, but Real eventually won 3-1.Twelve months on, the African pair helped Liverpool…
Micha Serraf 23/05/22 at 01:44 am by admin Micha Serraf When we landed 2020 About:He was born and raised in Zimbabwe and fled to South Africa when he was 9 years old. A fiction and performance-based photographer, Serraf aims for their work to be other-worldly yet familiar, soft and Afrofuturistic. Each body of work is the photographic documentation of a site-specific performance piece. With each location being a restricted no-access zone for various reasons. An example of this would be the South African National Defence Force Military Base. Katumba, 2020 Serraf has won multiple…
November 5, 2021 by Val Bowden Is Ethiopia safe now? No, Ethiopia is not safe to travel to at this time. It is not safe to even come to Addis Ababa at the moment. If you know me, you know I always recommend travelers to do my backpacking route–the Cape to Cairo route. This means you would normally pass through Ethiopia. However, this is not possible at the moment. I am not an overly cautious person. I backpacked for 7 months across Africa by myself. I fed a hyena out of my mouth in Harar. And I am the person who…
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We decided to put together our most popular tour packages, to give you an idea on the different possibilities and how best to make the most of your trip here.Many visit the country to go on a safari, some to climb Kilimanjaro, and others to relax by the beach. But what if you could combine these and do them all in just one trip?Here are our top 3 packaged holidays in Tanzania:Kilimanjaro Safari Zanzibar:This 18-day tour may need more time, but it is worth every penny! The essence of Tanzania can be experienced with this package. Discover the large plains…
People attempt to cross the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ugandan border with their belongings to seek refuge after clashes between the Congolese army and the M23, in Bunagana, 100 kilometers from the city of Goma in eastern DRC, on 2 April, 2022. Guerchom NDEBO / AFP Recent clashes between the army and presumed fighters of the March 23 Movement (M23) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced 37 000 people, two NGOs said on Friday. In a joint statement, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said people in dire need of aid…
Issued on: 27/05/2022 – 09:41 This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Kenya, donkeys disappearing off the streets in the rural areas are causing havoc for residents; some in Bamenda, Cameroon, are trying to improve waste disposal and recycling amidst the Anglophone Crisis, and in Malawi, one famous musician packed it in and went back to the village to preserve his culture for the community … and posterity. For this week’s podcast, Kenya correspondent Victor Moturi travels far and wide, speaking to water vendors and donkey owners…