Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this: The African Commission has adopted the final draft of a protocol that will protect the rights of persons living with disability Crazymedia/ShutterstockThe African Commission has drafted a new protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights that emphasises the importance of the right of people … [Read more...] about Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What’s been done to fix this | The Conversation
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A military coup is afoot in Zimbabwe. What’s next for the embattled nation? | The Conversation
A military coup is afoot in Zimbabwe. What's next for the embattled nation?: President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace have become increasingly divisive figures in Zimbabwe. Reuters/Philimon BulawayoNobody is safe from the rages of Zimbabwe’s First Lady, “Dr. Amai” Grace Mugabe. There was the young South African model Grace lashed with extension cords. 93-year-old President … [Read more...] about A military coup is afoot in Zimbabwe. What’s next for the embattled nation? | The Conversation
Volunteer tourism: what’s wrong with it and how it can be changed | The Conversation
Volunteer tourism: what's wrong with it and how it can be changed: Madonna with her adopted son, David Banda, at an orphanage, 40 km from the capital Lilongwe April 19, 2007. Siphiwe Sibeko/ReutersVolunteer tourism, or voluntourism, is an emerging trend of travel linked to “doing good”. Yet these efforts to help people and the environment have come under heavy criticism – I … [Read more...] about Volunteer tourism: what’s wrong with it and how it can be changed | The Conversation
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What’s your Next?: This October saw Smile 90.4FM partnering with South Africa’s largest financial services group to bring The City of Cape Town the Standard Bank Business Breakfast 2017 at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Key note speakers Anant Singh, Dion Chang and Nick Mallett kept guests captivated with their stories of inspiration and motivation – challenging … [Read more...] about What’s your Next?
What’s at stake in South Africa’s new finance minister’s first budget | The Conversation
What's at stake in South Africa's new finance minister's first budget: ReutersThere’s a great deal hanging on South Africa’s 2017 medium term budget policy statement. Three factors are at play: there is political turmoil around the governing African National Congress, the country’s economy is performing poorly and this is the first budgetary … [Read more...] about What’s at stake in South Africa’s new finance minister’s first budget | The Conversation
