By Nobukhosi Ngwenya An article published a few months ago outlined how an organisation called Project Prevention was gearing to set up shop in South Africa. The project pays drug addicts and alcoholics to get sterilised. Barbara Harris, Project Prevention founder, would use the phrase “long-term birth control” instead of “sterilisation”. Let us call a […]
One Young World
One Young World is a UK-based not-for-profit that gathers together the brightest young people from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections and develop lasting solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues.
At the annual One Young World Summit, the most valuable young talent from global and national companies, NGOs, universities and other-forward thinking organisations are joined by world leaders, acting as the One Young World Counsellors.
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Why being a child of Africa is the greatest privilege I know
By Elsabe van Vuuren Around the world there is a sentiment of feeling sorry for Africa and her children. In Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt and London I often came across big containers for dumping donations on the street. And each time the container featured a sorry looking picture of African children, their eyes hollow and numb. […]
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Africa: Past Dreams and My Future
by Ajarat Bada It is 06.30 on a Monday morning and the routine remains the same for my sister – an engineering graduate who walks through the streets of Lagos in search of employment with her CV in hand. At this point, any job will do! It is 7.30pm and we are still […]
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Youth: The problem or the solution?
By Sam Bradley Economists have noticed a funny phenomenon. As countries change from developing to developed, so the demographics of the country also change. Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America have high fertility rates and high infant mortality rates. Lots of children are born, but many die at a young age. Conversely, developed […]
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1976: The struggle continues
By Amukelani Mayimele I often hear people complain about how there is no hope, how the world has many problems and can never change. The question is: has it ever occurred to them that they should do their part in changing the world? Could it be that people have chosen to settle for what is […]
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Education as the practice of freedom 35 years after Soweto Uprisings
By Gcobani Qambela Thursday the 16th June 2011 marks the 35th year since the historic series of student-led Soweto Uprisings which started on the 16th of June 1976. An estimated 20 000 students from most of Soweto’s schools started on this day to protest against Bantu Education and the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974. These […]