Africa Day Call to Action on South Sudan:
Africa Day Call to Action on South Sudan:
On Africa Day Thursday, about 3,000 young African leaders appealed to African heads of state to rescue South Sudan's 2015 peace agreement. The Archbishop Tutu fellows said in a letter to the leaders that the conflict in South Sudan poses serious national security threats to neighboring countries.
Biggest exhibit of human-like fossils goes on display in South Africa:
Professor Lee Berger gestures during an exhibit of the largest collection of fossils of close human relatives ever to go on public display in South Africa, at an area named “The Cradle of Humankind,” northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko A Police officer looks at the picture during an exhibit of the largest collection of fossils of close human relatives ever to go on public in South Africa, at an area named “The Cradle of Humankind,” northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 25, 2017.
A South African Artist’s Self-Portraits Excavate the Traumas of Apartheid:
On March 9, 2015, at the University of Cape Town, the student and activist Chumani Maxwele walked over to a bronze statue of the nineteenth-century British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes and flung a bucket of human excrement at the monument. It was the first in a series of rebellious acts that became known as the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, which would later inspire the student-led protest movement Fees Must Fall on campuses all across South Africa.
Africa Day: Nigeria displays rich culture in S/Africa, says Consul General:
Nigeria`s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Godwin Agada, says the country`s rich culture, food and attires were on display at a cultural event to mark Africa Day in South Africa.
.com | Students protest against rape culture:
Students from a number of universities in Gauteng have protested against gender-based violence, and a culture that tolerates rape, by stopping traffic on Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg. The demonstration on Wednesday organised by the South African Students Congress to draw public attention to violence and crime experienced by students, not only at nearby Wits University, but also at other learning institutions in the province.
#AfricaDay: Malema speaks out against xenophobia:
EFF leader Julius Malema lashed out against xenophobia saying those that fuelled such attacks should not call themselves Africans if they could do not embrace fellow Africans. He said the main enemy and threat to Africans was capitalism, and said what united the continent was the land and economic issue.
Ian Gabriel’s Vodacom best loved ad – voted by the people who choose to buy your product or not:
Lest we forget, the reason that the ad industry creates ads is for consumers. Vodacom “Summer” directed by Ian Gabriel of Giant Films for Ogilvy Johannesburg has been rated as the best liked ad by South Africa in the latest Kantar Millward Brown Best Liked Ads survey.
Financial Mail announces top analysts for 2017:
Standard Bank SBG Securities repeats its top ranking for research, with RMB Morgan Stanley, Peregrine Securities and ABSA Capital maintaining their top positions for equities dealing, derivatives dealing and fixed interest securities dealing respectively… The annual Financial Mail Top Analyst Awards in association with IRESS and the JSE took place on Wednesday, 24 May at the Empire Conference and Events Venue at Times Media's new purpose-built headquarters, Hill on Empire in Johannesburg. The Awards recognise South Africa's top analysts in the institutional stock broking industry.
Net1 Founder to Retire After South African Welfare Controversy:
Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc.'s founder, Serge Belamant, will retire early after a storm of controversy over a contract it holds in South Africa to distribute billions of dollars of welfare payments to 17 million people. Belamant, who founded the company 27 years ago, will quit at the end of the month rather than retiring next year to allow changes at the company and partly due “to the views expressed by certain of the company's shareholders,” Net1 said in a statement.
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