Is the fall of the Rhodes statue significant?
This is the first image that comes to my recollection whenever the name Cecil John Rhodes is mentioned. While the imposing figure of a...
DARE YOU TO MOVE… and, THINK – for yourself.
Friday the 23rd of October 2015. I don’t think I’ll forget that day or the week that I lived afore, easily.
I climbed into my...
Ransom for the Chibok Girls
In April, militant group, Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 girls from a boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens of the girls escaped, but...
Obama Speaks to Young African Leaders (YALI)
On August 4, US president Barack Obama celebrated his 55th birthday. On the eve of this event, Obama spoke to a group of young African leaders.
The...
The Great(est) Gatsby
Last night I ended up on the streets of Gatesville in Cape Town, South Africa, enjoying a steak masala gatsby at a restaurant called...
Dear Africa
I have not met many people in life who do not want to be better. Everyone has some desire for themselves and their environment...
It’s not Trump I’m afraid of…
I must admit, I did not think US presidential hopeful Donald Trump would come this far in his bid to occupy the White House.
I...
Is Joe Biden the greatest hype man of all time?
“Biden, the greatest hype man since Flavor Flav”.
That’s what a recent picture I came across on Facebook read.
And since my recent post on Barack...
ANCHORING AUTHORITY
The joy of social media is that as soon as I got home last night, President Zuma’s decision to replace David van Rooyen with...
Blue Planet Blues
I don’t need to tell you that the world is a very uneven, unequal place.
Unfair too. Take a look at this interesting but...