BALLITO, SOUTH AFRICA
2014 IS OVER; plenty happened around the world this year – the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the rise of the vicious ISIS, the FIFA Football World Cup…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
LAST WEEK, I drove to Johannesburg central business district, to pick up my brother at the taxi rank. I parked my car meters away from where he waited…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
ABOUT THREE YEARS ago, if I’m not mistaken; NewsNow, a South African international news magazine published by News24 was terminated. It would no longer be found on newsstands across the country.…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM contradicts the core values of Ubuntu? That’s what one of my friends on Facebook said this week.
What is Ubuntu? Does Ubuntu mean allowing every…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THIS WEEK, the World Health Organization announced that more than 2800 people have been killed by Ebola in West Africa. More than 5000 cases have been reported since…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IN 2012, I CREATED a blog (phumlanimajozi.wordpress.com). The intent at the time, was to pen and publish my thoughts on issues concerning economics and international politics. Between that year and…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT’S NOT TOO LONG AGO, that I saw the General Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC), Gwede Mantashe, on television, saying the ruling party must remind the…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THREE WEEKS AGO, I moved into a new complex in Northgate, Randburg. Before I moved, I had to find someone who could help me transport my belongings to…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
NARENDRA MODI, THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, emerged victorious last week; in world’s biggest democratic elections. It was a conclusive victory by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE WORLD HAS BECOME A BETTER PLACE, in many aspects; be it the economy, healthcare, access to education, human rights etc. Unsurprisingly, it’s only after the Cold War…