Nelson Mandela: The Man, The Legacy!
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others” – Nelson Rolihlala Mandela The history of the African liberation...
Tag: Identity politics
Virginia Town Girds For KKK March
Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan will march in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who oversaw Confederate...
S.Africa’s ‘White Zulu’ Johnny Clegg Bids Fans Goodbye
After nearly four decades of foot-stomping music that challenged South Africa's apartheid regime and promoted racial reconciliation, Johnny Clegg -- aka "the White Zulu" -- is heading out on his...
S.Africa Apartheid-Era Police Custody Death Case Opens
A policeman who was with a South African anti-apartheid activist when he fell from a 10th-storey window in the 1970s could be questioned over the fatal incident, a new inquest into the death heard...
South Africa Confronts Apartheid-Era Custody Deaths
The brutal death of anti-apartheid campaigner Ahmed Timol was allowed to go quietly unsolved in the interests of South Africa's democratic reconciliation. But now more than 45 years after he fell...
Rev. Al Sharpton, Mimi Alemayehou, Beverly Bond, and More To Be Honored At the FACE List Awards
Pan-African Media Company Face2Face Africa has officially announced the honorees for the 2017 FACE List Awards taking place on Saturday, July 15th in New York City. Dubbed the pan-African achievement...
AASU Commemorates Soweto Youth Uprise
In 1953, the then Apartheid Government in South Africa introduced the Bantu Education Act which was designed to train Africans to be fit only in black community or for certain forms of labour...
S.Africa Struggles As Protests Rage Over Post-Apartheid Failures
The piles of stinking rubbish are growing, running water and electricity are scarce. In Ennerdale, public anger over the failures of post-apartheid South Africa has reached boiling point, exploding...
Black Africa! Stop Stealing Someone’s Hard Work!
Some African elites are making relevant impact in parts of the world Black African leaders and their societies must stop stealing someone else’s hard work! It has become the habit of most...
South African Town Hit By Riots After White Farmers Get Bail
Riots have hit a small town in South Africa after a magistrate granted bail to two white farmers accused of murdering a 16-year-old black boy. Anger erupted in the maize producing town of Coligny,...
Israel Extends Remand of Teenager Accused of US Bomb Threats
An Israeli court on Thursday extended the remand of an Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, police said. The...
AID GHANA Donates To Autistic Children To Mark Autism Awareness Month
A community empowerment group, AID Ghana, has made donations of various items including stationery, learning and teaching materials and toiletries to the Autism Awareness Care and Training (AACT), to...
Jewish Teen Arrested For US Bomb Threats ‘has Tumour’
An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats that led to concern and a backlash in the United States has autism and a brain tumour, his lawyer told a court...
‘My Worst Day’ With Peace Hyde Featuring SA Billionaire Herman Mashaba
The 5th episode of the flagship Forbes Africa TV show, “My Worst Day with Peace Hyde” is finally here and it features South African Hair Care billionaire and Mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba....
Despite Mounting Threats, American Jews Stay Calm
On Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, a mixed community where Jews and Muslims interact with ease, sits a Jewish center for the elderly. Last week, the center was the victim of a bomb threat -- one of...
Time To Pass Affirmative Action Bill Is Now!
GHANA yesterday joined the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD is marked globally to raise awareness and support for gender parity on March 8 every year and beyond,...
Strikes and Protests Around the World
US congresswomen have walked out of work, joining women around the world who are going on strike as part of International Women’s Day. The move by House Democrats is part of a “Day Without a...
Let Peace, Calm Prevail In South Africa.
Reports that at least 18 Ghanaians have been rescued by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, as xenophobic attacks on immigrants in that country worsen are most alarming, to say the...
18 Ghanaians Rescued From Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
Eighteen Ghanaians in Pretoria, South Africa, have been rescued to safety after attacks on immigrants by some locals. Communication from Ghana’s Mission in South Africa said the 18 were rescued...
18 Ghanaians Rescued From Xenophobic Attacks In Pretoria
Eighteen Ghanaians in Pretoria, South Africa, have been rescued to safety after attacks on immigrants by some locals. A communication from Ghana’s Mission in that country, said the 18 were rescued...