New York City’s African Fashion Week 2010 presented, Ghana’s 54 Kingdoms. Th designer incorporatd men’s and women’s clothing into the mixtakes its motto “Identity Through Fashion” to heart with its mix of fancy and sporty clothing–there’s something for everyone in this line.
Conde Nast has turned down Cameroonian photographer Mario Epanya’s ambitious proposal for an African edition of Vogue. “DEAR ALL,” Epanya said on his Facebook page:”The Wait is over. Condé Nast said NO to an African license of VOGUE. So this is the last cover. Enjoy, but it’s a beginning of something.” Though we feel that “Vogue Africa” was an idea whose time has come, perhaps there is something to the criticism of the idea in the first place. Does African fashion need Vogue to validate it?
By Novell Zwangendaba – JOHANNESBURG – Charges against South African journalist have been dropped. A Hawks prosecutor has declined to press charges against Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi Wa Afrika, saying he has no case to answer. The prosecutor in the case against Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika on Thursday said there was no case against him, the newspaper’s lawyer said. “The prosecutor has said he [Wa Afrika] has no case to answer and that they can’t prosecute,” Sunday Times lawyer Eric van den Berg told Sapa by phone. This was said at a meeting between Van den... Continue Reading
MOSCOW – South-African President Jacob Zuma has today concluded his official visit to th Russian Federation, below is his official address: His Excellency President Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media; We have just concluded successful official talks between our two delegations. We are satisfied and pleased with the cordial and fruitful manner in which the talks have been conducted. This has confirmed that this was a meeting between two historical friends. The relations between South Africa and Russia date back to the solidarity and friendship during our struggle for liberation. South Africans and... Continue Reading
This week’s edition of the prestigious International Journal of Nature which has been published today has described the fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth discovered by a Wits scientist, Zubair Jinnah, in 2008 . The fossils were discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, and the unusual creature is changing the picture of animal life at 100 million years ago in sub-Saharan Africa. “I discovered the specimen which has an articulated skull, vertebrae and limb elements, whereas previously discovered material found by our research team of the same species in previous years was of isolated or incomplete elements,”... Continue Reading