By Martin Chemhere, in Johannesburg – One of South Africa’s leading ladies, ANC stalwart and politician, the one-and-only Winnie Madikizela Mandela is being celebrated through a new range of signature collection launched by the country’s fashion outfitters, the Johannesburg based Vukani Range Collection recently. Dubbed the Winnie Mandela Signature Collection (WMSC), it is being popularized through an online competition called Proudly South African Online Competition – Vukani Range Creation. The competition aims to encourage South Africans to buy local products and promote home-grown industries. Winners stand a chance of winning an autographed pillow (pictured) from Winnie Madikizela Mandela, created by... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, August 21st 2010 |
Dear Editor, I am ***** ********, and was a volunteer for the fifa world cup. I would first like to extend my gratitude towards the FIFA world cup organising committee for giving me and others a wonderful and great opportunity for working as a volunteer in helping with the organisation of the tournament. I understand and am aware that a volunteer is not supposed to get any rewards or benefits in return, but I am very disappointed with the committtee that was in charge of us as volunteers. We were promised that we would get a stipend payment FOR THE... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 20th 2010 |
JOHANNESBURG , 19 August 2010 (IRIN) – A cheap and effective filtering device developed by a South African university could provide safe drinking water to millions of people, drastically reducing the incidence of waterborne illnesses such as cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases. The device resembles a teabag in both size and shape, and was invented by microbiologists, scientists and polymer researchers at the University of Stellenbosch in Western Cape Province. It is being patented and commercial production could start as soon as the end of 2010. The biodegradable teabag is filled with active carbon granules, while the sachet – made... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 20th 2010 |
By Janine Erasmus – South African film Themba: A Boy Called Hope, directed by Pretoria-born Stefanie Sycholt, has scooped the Unicef Child Rights Award at the 2010 Zanzibar International Film Festival (Ziff). Sycholt received the prize from Unicef Germany board member Anne Luetkes at the film’s Cologne premiere on 1 August 2010. Every year since 2004 international child rights organisation Unicef has presented the award to a film that it feels best represents the struggle to uphold children’s basic rights in the Eastern and Southern African region. The film also took the Golden Dhow award for the festival’s best feature... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 20th 2010 |
By Emeka Umejei (Lagos) – Diaspora committee of the Nigerian Federal House of Representative has demanded for justice over murder of Theophilus Anoliefo , a Nigerian in Johannesburg allegedly by South African Police recently. Chairman of the committee, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa described the murder as another sad story involving Nigerians in the Diaspora and demanded for justice as means of averting extrajudicial killing of foreigners in South Africa. “This is another sad story involving Nigerians in Diaspora and Justice must be done to avert further extrajudicial killings to foreigners in South Africa,” Dabiri Erewa charged . According to Dabiri –Erewa,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, August 19th 2010 |
