Four Ugandan legislators Thursday night landed at Entebbe International Airport empty-handed after armed men in South Africa waylaid them and three parliamentary staff on arrival for an official visit. The attackers snatched their passports and personal effects. One lawmaker was reportedly stripped during the robbery at KariBou-Inn Guest House located in a Johannesburg suburb. South … Read more
One of the big questions from the Rio Olympics is whether it matters what flag or nationality an athlete performs under. In other words, what should we do about the Kenyans who have been running under passports of convenience from other countries? The most popular of such countries would appear to be Bahrain, under whose … Read more
New Cape Town City new Ghanaian recruit Joseph Adjei says he’s settled in well at the club. The 20-year-old joined the South African side from Wa All Stars last week. And the towering centre-back says he’s settled in well. “I’ve been here almost four weeks. I’ve settled in really well, I’m coping with the training … Read more
The non-stop flight from the Tamale Airport to Medina in Saudi Arabia on August 19 is neither the airport’s maiden international flight, nor the first time Muslim pilgrims have been flown from the northern regional capital to the Arab country for the hajj, Mustapha Hamid, spokesperson for New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo, … Read more
The word in Twi that comes closest to defining “hubris” for me is tirimudƐ. For the benefit of readers who do not speak Twi, the word literally means “to entertain sweetness inside one’s own head”! The meaning becomes clearer when the word, a compound noun, is broken up into its three component words – tri … Read more
“There are two things over which you have complete control, and authority—your mind and your mouth” (Molefi Kete Asante). “People educate each other through the mediation of the world” (Paulo Freire). The Chichidodo bird is a Machiavellian political animal Dodo…what a bird? They say it is extinct. They say it means sluggard. They say the … Read more
Is it in his Kiss? Oh, yes. Osculation, the scientific term for kissing, in many ways says everything about your compatibility with your mate and the health of your relationship. We asked scientist and journalist Sheril Kirshenbaum, author of the new book, The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us, to tackle some … Read more
By 6:30 a.m. on 24 June, less than 12 hours after a successful referendum on Brexit (Britain’s exit from the European Union), South Africa’s currency, the rand, took the first blow. It plunged by almost 8% from R14.33 to R15.45 against the US dollar, its steepest single-day decline since the 2008 financial crisis. Brexit sent … Read more
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on April 4, 1939, in Witbank, South Africa. He began singing and playing piano as a child. But at age 14, after seeing the film, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, where Kirk Douglas portrays American Jazz trumpeter, Bix Beiderbecke, he took up trumpet, given to the young Hugh by Archbishop … Read more
South Africa has denied a visa to his Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, for the third time in five years, one of his representatives said on Thursday, intensifying speculation about the extent of Beijing’s sway over Pretoria. The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India and is at loggerheads with China over … Read more
Talented Photographer Ilan Godfrey, in a photoseries called “For Legacy of the Mine”,explores the human cost South Africa’s monolithic mining industry, tracing the threads of exploitation and oppression that run through the country’s lucrative mineral trade. Pivotal in the nation’s emergence as a global industrial leader, the diamond, coal, and gold mines carry with them … Read more
August was an exciting month for a number of African companies, with a batch of funding rounds, acquisitions and new product offerings. Funding and acquisitions International voice messaging company Kirusa acquired Ghanaian instant messaging (IM) app provider Saya Mobile. Saya Mobile provides services specifically for African consumers, but Kirusa has now acquired the technology, intellectual … Read more
Military groups in the Southern African country of Lesotho have surrounded government and police buildings and gunfire has been heard in the small mountainous southern African kingdom. The Prime Minister, Tom Thabane fled to South Africa on Friday and during an interview said that the army had taken over government buildings but he planned to … Read more
US President Obama, today met with over 50 African leaders, discussing issues such as investment, poverty, terrorism, corruption and deadly diseases. Almost 50 African heads of state attended the gathering focused on how to build democracy and raise investment in the continent, which is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies and an … Read more
Unione Calcio Sampdoria are lining up a bid for Evian defender Jonathan Mensah in a bid to bolster their rear ahead of the new season. The Ghanaian defender has improved in recent seasons with the French Ligue 1 side since arriving from Granada in the summer of 2011 playing 27 games as Evian survived relegation … Read more