Recently, South African Member of Parliament and opposition EFF leader, Julius Malema addressed the Oxford Union and was very candid about his approach to issues in his country. He has become the voice of the new generation of African leaders in the…
The tragedy of Marikana is troubling but not surprising for the South African government. Perhaps its a testament to the fact that you can change the race of government but not the policies and ideologies of that government. This article provides a…
Stansly Maponga made history when he became the first Zimbabwean American to play in the American National Football League (NFL). Zimbabwe is the small Southern African country with the highest literacy rate in the whole of Africa surpassing South Africa and Nigeria…
Missionaries saw the voyages to Africa by their governments as an opportunity for them to spread the teaching of the Christian faith. They used some of the British Empire's resources and then in turn the empire coerced them to use their teaching…
Reports coming out of Zimbabwe are that the Mugabe regime is back in the business of abductions and opposition party intimidation. In times past the party subjected to these brutal tactics was the Movement for Democratic Change which has grown more media…
The trade that existed among the people south of the Zambezi around AD915 was between neighboring tribes. Muslim traders had trading centres in the north and east Africa then expanded their trading activities to the south of the Zambezi region. The Muslim…
In an interview with CNN's Pierce Morgan, former Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz recently called South Africa "A Failed State" because of racial problems, murder rate and rampant crimes while discussing the Pistorius murder trial.
South Africa has an estimated population of 52…
In America football is like a religion and the Superbowl is a national event gathering as much as 111 million viewers just to give you an idea of the audience and its influence. One American so called preacher thought he would impress…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013)
Before the Accolades
Nelson Rolihlahla was born in 1918 in Mvezo, a tiny village in the district of Mtata, capital of the Transkei. He was part of the Thembu who also form the Xhosa nation. His father Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa…
Moira decided to quit her job when she had her first baby. She grew up in a metropolitan city in Southern Africa with parents who both earned a living and contributed financially to the economic well being of their family. Her mother…