Arts and business for education, social and environmetal sustainability

This past weekend has seen us through one of South Africa’s well acclaimed arts festivals and one of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s  most prominent, the Witness Hilton Arts Festival. Amongst all the visual and performin... Read more »

S.A. issues arrest warrant for Julius Malema

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 21 (Reuters) – South African authorities have issued an arrest warrant for ANC renegade Julius Malema, President Jacob Zuma’s most vocal critic and a key backer of a wave of wildc... Read more »

Rhino poaching needs to be addressed from all possible angles

Recent reports indicate that 100 rhinos were killed at Kruger National Park over the past two months, bringing the total number of poached rhinos this year to 381. Clearly, something needs to be done to save So... Read more »

61 Migrants die as their boat sinks off Turkey

At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians, more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey’s western Aegean coast on Thursday, official... Read more »

Black people are still not free in South Africa

Many black people in South Africa are still silently enduring oppression and racism both in academia and the corporate world. In 1994 Madiba said, “Never, never and never again shall it be that this beaut... Read more »

ANC Congratulates Zuma on honorary degree

Smanga Kumalo — The ANC congratulated President Jacob Zuma on Friday after he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of International Relations by the Peking University.“This acknowledgement goes a lon... Read more »

Igesund to coach Bafana Bafana

Moroka Swallows head coach Gordon Igesund took the reigns as Bafana Bafana’s new head coach. A South African born, Igesund was appointed on Saturday afternoon after competing for the position with fellow ... Read more »

SACP calls for expropriation of land without compensation

It is a generally known fact that in South Africa there are farmers who own more than one farm or excessive land. The South African Communist Party (SACP) has called for the expropriation of their extra farms/l... Read more »

Painting of Zuma with his genitals exposed causes controversy

A painting of the South African president Jacob Zuma, which explicitly shows his genitals, has caused  great controversy in South Africa. The painting was created by Brett Murray, a white South African citizen... Read more »

Tropical cyclone Irina kills 65 in Madagascar

Tropical cyclone Irina killed 65 people in Madagascar and left thousands of people homeless, reports The Herald Sun. The storm also caused heavy rains floods in Northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Swaziland... Read more »