Stories about South Africa from January, 2006
South Africa: Condoms in the classroom
Mzansi Afrika comments on the debate taking place in South Africa over whether condoms should be available in classrooms …”The main argument, surprise, surprise, was from the whole moralistic religious...
South Africa: Afrikaans usage
Moral Fibre from South Africa, reports on a row over the Afrikaans language between opposition parties and a military judge who complained about the use of the language in an...
South Africa: Stereotypes
South African blog, The Hope Flower points to a piece written by” Caine Prize winner Binyavanga Wainaina on stereotypes about Africa. “
We Love Cooking!
#1: All Indian food does NOT taste the same! From the UK, We all live downstream explains this popular belief that find its roots in the lack of adventurous spirit...
South Africa
South Africa comments on an interview with PW Botha and writes “please make these stupid people shut up“.
South Africa: Arts blog
African Voices and Visons is another new African blog, this time from South Africa. The blog is written by a young female documentary filmmaker. The focus so far on the...
South AFrica: Anger over poor housing
African HOUSEIT reports on street battles in Mabopane, outside Pretoria. Township residents battled with police as “they vented their anger over about poor services, and housing delivery”.
South Africa: not an earthquake
Mszansi Afrika asks why the tremor in Johannesburg is being reported as an earthquake which was 3.2 on the Richter scale. Anything under 3.5 is “generally not felt but recorded”....
African Union: Sudan withdraws
The Fish Bowl points to a report in the London Independent that Sudan is withdrawing from the candidacy to chair the African Union after five countries withdrew their support.
South Africa: Africa source II
Linuxchix Africa reports on Africa Source II recently held in Kampala, Uganda….”Africa Source II focussed on how technology, in particular Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can be integrated into...
South Africa: reflections of a poet
South African poet blogger, the Imperfect Poet, reflects on his ability and evolution as a poet and writer….At the heart of this epiphany is that, for me to comfortably call...
Global Fusion: Creating Delicious Food One Meal at the Time!
#1: Madrid Fusion My colleague Chef Elena was in Spain with three other Panamanian chefs, for the world famous "Madrid Fusion" one week event, held in the beautiful city of...
South Africa: 4 years in London
One Afrikan celebrates 4 years of living in London.….”If anything, the past 4 years have been something of a pilgrimage, and with any pilgrimage (not that I’ve done one mind)...
Mixed musings from Southern Africa
There's never a dull moment in South African politics. It's January and we already have our first political scandal of the year. Every political scandal gets a name – most...
South Africa: housing crisis
African HouseIT posts on a report on South African Housing crisis in the Western Cape.
SouthAfrica: Retraction by Global Fund on HIV funding
South African blog, Idland posts on the retraction of a $40M grant that was coming to town to prevent mother-to child transmission of hiv by the Global Fund because of...
South Africa: Citizens Media
South Africa writes on the rise of the citizens media in South Africa. Although he praises the inclusiveness of this new media he is also concerned over the credibility of...
African Music Roundup
World Music. Lazy term. Music out of Africa is so rich it deserves it’s own full section in any major music store. but I could argue with the marketing department...
South Africa: infected blood
South African blog, Childish – Kodachrome Maybellene posts on a worrying report that blood donated in the Western Cape is not subject to the same standards of control as in...
South Africa: photo blog
Arty Miss Lavinia is a photo blog set up by Lavinia Live
Zimbabwe: living in South Africa
This is Zimbabwe reports on a visit to a city in South Africa where many Zimbabwean refugees have settled.
