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16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence: What is your role?

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

It is that time of the year again when everybody from politicians to grassroots people will be talking about violence against women! I was chanced to visit one of the victim empowerment centres in Gauteng this week and I was surprised to find blood stained towels left by a survivor of domestic violence who had [...]

9/11: Where were you? I remember….

Monday, September 12, 2011

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It was a bright Tuesday I remember, when I switched on the television to watch whatever was showing after I was done with my house chores. And there it was ….breaking news on DW television The Twin Towers had been bombed. As a-wanna-be journalist then, I quickly remembered the bombings of US Embassies in Nairobi [...]

A toast to the tough sisters!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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These are my babies. These are my children. I will take care of them even if their father doesn’t help, my downstairs neighbor declared when I paid them a courtesy call to see her newly born grandchildren. Her daughter was barely 15 when she fell pregnant. I was furious because she had run from school [...]

South Africa Celebrates Women’s Day for the 17th Time

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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August 9 in South Africa marks a day in 1956 when thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the oppressive pass laws in Apartheid South Africa. Their slogan “wathint’ umfazi, wathint’ mbokodo” (when you strike a woman you strike a rock) was one of the acts that led to [...]

Google wants more African content online

Monday, August 1, 2011

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In this interview with ITNewsAfrica, Brett StClair, Head of Mobile, Google South Africa, talks about the evolution of mobile media in Africa and the exciting times ahead for Google on the continent. ITNewsAfrica.com: What are the most recent developments in mobile media on the African continent? Brett StClair: The mobile Internet continues to see [...]

Major progress towards Millennium Development Goals, but the most vulnerable are left behind, UN report says

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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Since they were first adopted, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have raised awareness and shaped a broad vision that remains the overarching framework for the development activities of the United Nations. At the September 2010 MDG Summit, world leaders put forward an ambitious action plan — a roadmap outlining what is needed to meet the [...]

The Optimists Creed

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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At ChangeWaves, we always want to ignite, rejuvenate or strengthen waves of change in different areas of our societies through ICTs. But the work we do can sometimes seem daunting and we always appreciate it when friends and colleagues share inspirational stories with us, like this optimist’s creed that was shared with us recently. I hope [...]

A note to my mother

Monday, May 9, 2011

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I remember lying in bed one morning, singing a song I liked but whose lyrics I didn’t know well. I substituted the real words with my kid-ish words that didn’t make sense to anyone myself inclusive. “Won’t you go to school today,” my mother, Ms. Jesca Mawewe Wekono asked as she fastened her headscarf (My [...]

Memorable Speech: Idi Amin Dada addresses the Queen of England

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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I don’t know if I run the risk of being sermoned by any security operatives from Uganda or not but this speech by Idi Amin is a an award winning one in any comedy factory. I know the man’s English was bad, but was it really this bad? Please someone tell me this is not [...]

Living and existing

Monday, December 13, 2010

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While rewatching Tyler Perry’s 2008 movie The family that preys, I heard something that I hadn’t heard before. When the rich Charlotte Cartwright (played by Kathy Bates) asks her less fortunate friend Alice Pratt (played by Alfre Woodard) if she is living or existing! Alice’s response is one that many people including myself can identify [...]