insert_link Oshiwambo Dingaan Thobela, ata lika ali nale enyakwa moudano weengonyo mo SA okwa xulifa. Ova South Africa no va holi voudano wee ngonyo, ota va lili enyakwa kwa li nale moudano wee ngonyo Dingaan Thobela, oo amana oweenda waye onghela. Thobela ota ku lopotwa axulifa mepipi lomido 57 sha etififwa kouyehame ina utumbulwa kutya owa shike. Enyakwa momudani wee ngonyo kwa li nale ota ku lopotwa le li tuwa laxulifila monele yalo omo ha lidi tai hangwa mo Johannesburg , konima eshi ova pambele […] todayApril 30, 2024 20
insert_link Oshiwambo Okuna ashike omwedhi gumwe aa South Africa yaka hogolole momahogololo gopashigwana South Africa ota ningi omahogololo gopashigwana mo 29 May,ngoka ga talikako taga kala ga kwata miiti muule woomvula. Aantu ya konda poomilion 27 okwa tegelelwa yaka hogolole. Notaya indilwa ya hogolole opaalamende ompe,ndjoka tayi ka ulika omupresitend. Eyambidhidho lyongundu tayi pangele o ANC ndjoka ya kala koshipundi okuza pehulilo lyepangelo lyokatongotongo mo 1994 otali ende tali shuna pevi. Omapulapulo oguulike yili moshiponga shoku kanitha omawi ogendji mopaalamende loshikando shotango. todayApril 29, 2024 23
insert_link Africa Margaret Busby: how a pioneering Ghanaian publisher put African women’s writing on the map By Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, University of the Witwatersrand Published in 1992, Daughters of Africa is a groundbreaking volume of writing by women of African descent. It was followed by an expanded second edition, New Daughters of Africa, in 2019. The mind behind the books is pioneering Ghanaian-born publisher, writer and editor Margaret Busby. She became the first Black female publisher in the UK at 20 when […] todayApril 29, 2024 10
insert_link South Africa How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa By Jonny Steinberg, Yale University Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous political figures – Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela – and their role in the country’s struggle for democracy. It’s also a book that shatters countless myths about the couple and the liberation struggle that have been formed in popular […] todayApril 29, 2024 18
insert_link South Africa Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society – expert By Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch University South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore, South African police crime data shows that South Africans experience above average levels of robbery, assault and rape. The 2022/23 Victims of Crime survey, which surveyed a representative sample of 42,746 South Africans, showed that the population had […] todayApril 29, 2024 11
insert_link Africa South Africans uncertain about two-pot retirement system The two-pot retirement system comes into effect on 1 September 2024 in South Africa. It allows people to withdraw a portion of their retirement funds before reaching retirement age. The rest will be preserved to sustain them post-retirement. However, many South Africans remain concerned as to how it will work and its impact. We asked Local Pension Fund Expert Arthur Kröhnert for his opinion on the matter. todayApril 23, 2024 27
insert_link Africa Planting trees in grasslands won’t save the planet – rather protect and restore forests By Susanne Vetter, Rhodes University Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Many of these tree planting projects target Africa’s rangelands (open grasslands or shrublands used by livestock and wild animals). They include agroforestry initiatives such as the Great Green Wall in the Sahel, or commercial timber plantations that double as carbon offset projects. […] todayApril 23, 2024 19
insert_link Business / Economics MeerKAT: the South African radio telescope that’s transformed our understanding of the cosmos Some of the satellite dishes that make up the MeerKAT. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) By Ed Elson, University of the Western Cape South Africa’s Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country’s provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned for its wide open spaces. In the heart of this landscape, near the small Northern Cape town of Carnarvon, the South African […] todayApril 23, 2024 13
insert_link South Africa South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast By Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Thabo Leshilo, The Conversation Five years after his momentous election as South African president, Nelson Mandela stepped down after one term in office in 1999. Thabo Mbeki, his deputy, took over the mantle of the post-apartheid transition. Mbeki would lead the country for the next nine years, a period of relatively high economic growth which enabled South Africans to begin to […] todayApril 22, 2024 35
