With all the uninvited attention steered upon the continent’s various obstacles during the year, one thing has become evident; western media outlet race to condemn whatever the irregular phenomena are in the landscape but have a bias towards how to report them. Recently while conducting his usual BBC primetime show, HardTalk, host Stephen Sackur landed […]
No! The welfare state must grow.
Wesley Seale  Dec 11 2019
Interviewing a Chinese expert on China-Africa relations recently he mentioned some of the courses he was teaching. One particular course entailed examining a book by James Ferguson ‘Give a Man a Fish: reflections on the new politics of distribution.’ The expert explained that we all know the cliché: give a man a fish and you […]
Languages play a role in 16 Days Campaign and National Reconciliation
The government is urged to create more opportunities for South Africans to learn and use indigenous languages as a means of improving social cohesion in local communities. Recent inquiries looking into obstacles to social integration in the Western Cape Province have highlighted the importance of all population groups learning English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa to enable […]
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Gcobisa Ntshona  Dec 13 2019
Gender diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace are no longer just nice to haves. They are business imperatives. Research already shows them to be socio-economic imperatives, because where women and other minorities are empowered, societies are shown to become stronger and to achieve greater economic success. South Africa thankfully has a progressive Constitution which, […]
Taming Western Media: Barriers of Faith?
Sumona Bose  Dec 12 2019
With all the uninvited attention steered upon the continent’s various obstacles during the year, one thing has become evident; western media outlet race to condemn whatever the irregular phenomena are in the landscape but have a bias towards how to report them. Recently while conducting his usual BBC primetime show, HardTalk, host Stephen Sackur landed […]
No! The welfare state must grow.
Wesley Seale  Dec 11 2019
Interviewing a Chinese expert on China-Africa relations recently he mentioned some of the courses he was teaching. One particular course entailed examining a book by James Ferguson ‘Give a Man a Fish: reflections on the new politics of distribution.’ The expert explained that we all know the cliché: give a man a fish and you […]
The term “Crime Against Humanity” is highly charged politically and emotionally. The formal definition of this term is presented by the United Nations. It...
Interviewing a Chinese expert on China-Africa relations recently he mentioned some of the courses he was teaching. One particular course entailed examining a book...