Urban Culture Meets Nostalgia
Don Design reimagines loungewear in epic urban culture collab Visionary South African hip-hop creative, Don Design, has delivered a loungewear fashion capsule range inspired by one of the biggest lockdown search trends, the tie-dye, which has evolved from its original counter-culture roots into a designer artistic expression. Super-fresh, expressive and optimistic, along with the right […]
How the State Can Combat Spatial Inequality in Cape Town
By Anneline Turpin, Attorney at the Legal Resources Centre Civil society organisations call for the release of under-utilised military land for low- income housing. On 7 December 2020, civil society organisations* submitted a joint proposal to President Cyril Ramaphosa calling for the urgent release of three large and exceptionally well-located parcels of unused or under-used […]
Master KG & Ndlovu Youth Choir Set To Perform Live At Africa Rising From Robben Island For Free Global Livestream Concert
On Sunday 25th April, ‘Jerusalema’ hitmaker Master KG, and the soul-stirring Ndlovu Youth Choir, will be performing live on Robben Island for Africa Rising and the Live Love non-profit, along with international personality Maps Maponyane as Master of Ceremonies. The performance will be LIVE streamed for free and audiences will have the opportunity to win […]
New Collective Of Thought Leaders Exposes African Opportunities
“Bound Together, Not By Bricks And Mortar” Collective of professionals create Pan-African agency to enhance continent’s reputation and shine a spotlight on African excellence globally. African Brand Architects was born to empower businesses within Africa and for Africa through innovative marketing and business development solutions. A collective of divergent thought leaders in the marketing and […]
Doctors Who Take A Leave Of Purpose Are Giving Back To South Africa’s Most Vulnerable Communities
When ophthalmologist Dr Sachin Bawa chose to spend a few days in 2019 volunteering at Tintswalo District Hospital, a 423-bed public hospital located in Acornhoek in Mpumulanga, it was because he wanted to give back to one of South Africa’s more vulnerable rural communities. Since then, he has returned to Tintswalo twice more, and will […]
93.7% Of Global Businesses See Cloud As Critical To Meeting Immediate Business Needs Amongst Pandemic Uncertainty
NTT’s Hybrid Cloud Report reveals the main drivers behind hybrid cloud adoption Dimension Data representing NTT Ltd. within the MEA market, a global technology services company and Dimension Data parent, has released its 2021 Hybrid Cloud Report, which highlights the critical need for business agility, and the role hybrid cloud has had on helping businesses achieve this. Before […]
The Deposed Leader Who Had a Home Zoo
When Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore, fled a 2014 uprising to Ivory Coast, he left behind a private zoo of exotic animals including, Lions, Ostriches, Hippos And Hyenas. The animals were starving to death until a nonprofit stepped in to rescue them and this year reopened the zoo to the public. SOURCE: VOA
Creating an Archive System for Africa’s Rites and Rituals
The Bagisu people of eastern Uganda boast of special places where they gather to perform cultural rites, among them imbalu, a male circumcision ritual. These sacred spaces can exist in the form of groves, rivers, thickets or even playgrounds. Although some of these places were made sacred through the consensus of elders, their existence is […]
Sierra Leonean Medics Raise Issues Faced by Children Under 5 in a Pandemic
With medical resources diverted to the pandemic, years of progress in children’s healthcare are under threat. At Ola During children’s hospital, the only one of its kind in Sierra Leone, Nellie Bell has to fight disease and chronic shortages. As well as lacking a working X-ray machine, the 42-year-old doctor is constrained by the lack […]
Court Throws Out Nigerian Bid to Make Oil Firms Pay
An Italian court has acquitted energy groups Eni and Shell of $1.1-billion corruption charges related to an oil exploration deal in Nigeria in the biggest corruption scandal in the industry. The long-running case concerns the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of a giant offshore oilfield in Nigeria estimated to hold nine billion barrels of […]
