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Greatest AfricansAfricaJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest Africans“South Africa belongs to all the people who inhabit it by RIGHT and NOT by MIGHT” – A.P Mda (1955)Early YearsAs a young boy, Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda listened attentively as his grandmother related tales of how his family trekked from their home in the Qumbu region of the Transkei to where he was born in the Hershel district of the Leso...
“Cause those that tell the truth are always on the run...Oh God.” – Lucky DubeEarly Life Lucky Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in Mpumalanga on August 3rd 1964. His mother, Sarah, considered his birth after a few unsuccessful pregnancy attempts so fortunate that she named him “Lucky”. She was the only breadwinner in the famil...
Graca Machel is a politician par excellence from the country of Mozambique for which she has internationally been recognized by the receipt of numerous awards. She is also the widow of bygone African struggle icons in Samora Machel and latterly Nelson Mandela.
Al-Hilal Club has been the light of Omdurman and the people of Sudan for over seven decades. As the country’s most dominant team since its formation in 1930, the Crescent has won over 20 leagues titles. The club was formed with the purpose of uniting locals and creating intellectual friendship after the 1926 revolution. Founded at the...
“We take our stand on the principle that Afrika is one and desires to be one and nobody, I repeat, nobody has the right to balkanise our land.”Mangaliso Robert SobukweEarly years and educationMangaliso Robert Sobukwe was born on the 05 December 1924, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape (then known as the Cape Province). His father was worke...
Ivory Coast has been on the verge of civil war on many occasions. Violence, brutality and force has been witnessed on the streets in some of the country’s biggest cities and towns. When a country is tested, lives are at risk and the futu...
By losing Gaddafi, Africa may also have lost Libya. His crime was Gaddafism: an ideology advocating a strong, united Africa, which prioritised the interests of the indigenous masses over the interests of the foreign corporate bourgeoisie.