Monthly: October 2013

To grade twelve learners, we live in a competitive world


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

MY YOUNGER BROTHER, ALONG WITH MORE than 700 000 candidates, writes his matric exams this year.  I called him prior his first paper, to wish him only the best and…

Address the core issues in DRC President Zuma


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA WILL TRAVEL TO the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, on a state visit. Hearing these news on Friday, I remembered an opinion I read in Foreign Policy few months…

Terror in Africa – a threat to the entire world


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

THE TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT TOOK PLACE at Westgate Mall, in Nairobi last month shocked the whole world. It’s a pity because even though these incidents happen almost every day, we…

America likes to shoot itself on the foot


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

THIS WEEK THE US SENATE FINALLY came up with the bill that ends the government shutdown that lasted for weeks. It’s hard to understand why the US puts itself through…