The Story of the African Continent has always been distorted to suit the needs of different people. For Europeans it was to justify their desire to colonize people who they described as savages and sub-human people and therefore needing to be civilized.…
Thulani Madondo
Congratulations to Thulani Madondo who has been nominated as a CNN Hero for 2012.
Madondo was nominated as a 2012 CNN Hero for his work with the Kliptown Youth Program (KYP), which provides meals for children, support with school fees, after-school care…
In the law of unintended consequences Zuma’s missteps continues to strengthen Malema, Malema rises to the occasion to fine tune his message to the South African disenfranchised. The Police force opened fire on striking miners at Lonmin mine in Marikana, something reminiscent…
Odetta Ntezicimpa came to New Zealand in 1999 as a refugee from Burundi. At that time the country was far from being the melting pot as it is becoming. The first barrier that she encountered was a language barrier as she spoke…
For Woodlands resident David Olowokere, one of Nigeria's sons, having a master's degree in engineering just wasn't enough for his people back home. So he got a doctorate. His wife, Shalewa Olowokere, a civil engineer, didn't stop at a bachelor's, either.…
Growing up in rural Zimbabwe I was always told that there were plans for rural electrification. This excited my minds as a young person who didn’t want freedom from smoke and candles and an end to looking for firewood. In retrospect the…
Many people go to the western countries and turn their back on their home countries. Some after many years think of that place that they once called home and decide that it is time to give to the place that molded them…
When I grew up in Africa it seemed as though there was a military coup in one African country or the other and corruption stories were galore. There was no shortage of some dictators looting the coffers of the nation and leaving…
Herman Chinery Hesse has been called the 'Bill Gates of Africa' but we would like to believe that he is his own man. An African with the opportunity to develop software that caters to the needs of Africans and African business. He…
A few days ago I read an article about a stampede that occurred at a South African University as parents were in line to register for the remaining 800 spots at the university. This was a testament to the hunger for a…