The best way to learn In the cut and thrust of the deadline dominated media world senior journalists take for granted events that are often puzzling for their less experienced colleagues. And, because young people lack the confidence to bring the whole…
Madam C.J. Walker rides high after starting on the road to hair product sales in the early 1900s in St. Louis. View Enlarged Image In August 1917, Philadelphia hosted one of the most remarkable gatherings in American history. More than 200 representatives of the Madam…
King Mswati III of Swaziland has instructed the kingdom’s revenue authority to pursue people who live lavish lifestyles to ensure they are paying their tax. The King, who is sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, himself has 13 palaces, a private jet and…
Limited resources like water and grazing have led to increasingly frequent battles between agriculturalists and nomadic pastoralists. The stench from charred, decaying carcasses – both of people and cattle – was still fresh. The burnt remnants of peoples’ houses were the only…
The Democratic Nursing Organisatiion of South Africa (DENOSA) finds it unfair and as mischievous the submissions by private hospital groups to the inquiry into the Private Health high costs, especially when they attribute nurse salaries as the single high cost driver of…
Nominations for members of the new National Planning Commission (NPC) will soon open as the term of office of the current commission draws to an end. The term of office of the current NPC, which was established in 2009, will come to…
If you talk to Nigerians, you’re bound to hear an increasing chatter; a perception in Nigeria that the United States of America is currently waging a covert economic and cultural war on Nigeria. This is not even in the north – but…
I have had the privilege of engaging in Science and Technology system in three capacities in which I have served the Nation. Firstly I was a University teacher charged with the responsibilities of capacity building in Science and Technology at the tertiary…
