Drained but proud: how it felt to organise South Africa’s first democratic election in just 4 months

Drained but proud: how it felt to organise South Africa’s first democratic election in just 4 months

By Kealeboga J Maphunye, University of South Africa South Africa’s historic 27 April 1994 national election marked the end of more than three centuries of colonial and apartheid rule. The period leading to the election was one of heightened political tension, with opponents of change working hard to derail the process through deadly violence. Political scientist Kealeboga Maphunye asks Mandla Mchunu, first deputy secretary of […]

May 22, 2024 19

Africa

Lagos’ slum dwellers are excluded from decisions that affect them. 3 ways to change that

By Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, Crawford University Lagos is a city of two halves: money dripping in the corridors of corporate offices, and stagnant water dripping in the slums that are home to over 20 million. Residents of informal settlements grapple with the daily challenges that come with inadequate infrastructure, limited access to essential services, and social exclusion. Social exclusion means being excluded from participating wholly in the […]

April 22, 2024 12

World

Development finance: how it works, where it goes, why it’s needed

By Abdul Latif Alhassan, University of Cape Town and Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects that have social, economic and environmental outcomes. These include improved infrastructure, better waste management and sanitation, financial inclusion, clean energy and sustainable agriculture. The goal of development finance is to create positive social, economic or environmental outcomes through […]

April 17, 2024 41

World

NGO Approvals by a UN Committee Could Finally See ‘Long-Overdue’ Reform

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a little-known but powerful body that approves NGOs’ accreditation to the UN, is mired in politics and nearly dysfunctional. One organization, for example, promoting the rights of Dalits globally, took 15 years to get its acceptance. Now, a reform proposal by Costa Rica and the United Kingdom could upend the process for the better. Here, Dalit women taking part in a campaign preventing violence against […]

March 6, 2024 6

Oshiwambo

Oimbuluma moSA yatalika yashuna pedu kashona.

Omuvalu wovanhu vefike po 6,945 okwa lopotwa vadipawa mo South Africa oku fika moshititatu fimbo shomudo woneudo, oku shiyelekanifa nomuvalu wovanhu vefike po 7,004 ovo vadidilikilwe vadipawa moshilongo mefimbo lafaafana. Oshikondo sheameno moshilongo South Africa oshati, oshili yoo sha didilika omuvalu washonopala moimbuluma yayooloka omo mwakwatelwa omadipao, ominyeka doyeendifo ngaashi omatruck noihauto osho shatalikila meenghendabala domupondo daetwapo okudja kopolifi. Oo eli ominister yoPolice moSA Bheki Cele, okwati omuvalu oo waya […]

November 18, 2023 12 3