Posts tagged South Africa

Veteran South African actress, and activist Lillian Dube who has graced the TV screen since the 1980s has been awarded with an honorary doctorate degree by the Tshwane University of Technology, DTech (Honoris Causa) Drama & Film Production. In a remarkable and inspirational tale, the woman who once worked as a tea lady in a furniture factory was honoured for her outstanding contribution to South African performing arts. Congratulations on the award.

The transformation of Chad’s Zakouma National Park by Rian Labuschagne is a rare success story that the 2017 Tusk Awards for Conservation in Africa recognized and honoured. The fifth Tusk Award finalists were honoured at a gala ceremony in Cape Town in South Africa recently.

Today, a monument “Arch for Arch” will be unveiled in Cape Town, South Africa in honour of one of the country’s beloved freedom fighters, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, coinciding with The Arch’s 86th birthday.

Zimbabweans worry about withdrawal of refugee status.

The family of South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius is taking legal action against cable channel Lifetime over “Blade Runner Killer” a film about the athlete’s murder of his late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The movie was made without the consultation of the Steenkamp and Pistorius families. Pistorius was convicted of murder and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for the crime.

A Zulu heritage museum, in Durban, South Africa, the Umkhumbane Cultural and Heritage Museum was awarded the Grand Prix in the Africa Architecture Awards. The continent’s inaugural architecture awards is a welcome celebration and recognition of Africa’s architecture creatives.

South African actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated for the 2017 International Emmy Award for the best performance by an actress. She is the only African nominated. Congratulations Thuso, the whole continent is rooting for you.

The South African arm of the international auditing firm KPMG has been exposed for its role in supporting the Gupta-Zuma state capture project.

Using an unaccountable police force to enforce hardship on the poor and protect the corrupt has created a situation that is not only deadly for citizens but fatal for South Africa’s democracy.

Like its counterparts all over the world, Africa’s elite political class desires power not so much to serve the people but to access the privileges of public office demonstrating the moral bankruptcy that exists in our leadership.