Photojournalist Tawanda Mudimu takes a look at the lives of ordinary South Africans living in a peri-urban settlement in Woodford, Kwazulu Natal. After harvesting corn in commercial farms, the villagers collect shelled maize cobs for use as fuel for cooking in their homes. Although they live in an area with access to electricity, their homes are not connected, and they use wood and other fossil fuels for cooking.
Photo Essay: The recent upsurge in cases of xenophobia against foreigners living in South Africa has failed to deter immigrants from seeking economic opportunities in Africa’s richest economy. Migrants are seen going about their business on the South African side of Maseru border post, which separates South Africa and Lesotho. By Tawanda Mudimu
PREDICTING the outcome of the World Cup tournament is considered one of the toughest risks a sports journalist can make as it puts one’s credibility on the line.
Bafana Bafana and Argentina’s Diego Maradona have one thing in common, they are both headed for disaster in the upcoming World Cup tournament. The World Cup hosts go town telling everyone how stylish they beat Thailand and how good they have become.
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s police force is getting ready for the World Cup tournament in the face of al-Qaeda threats and increased internal tensions over the assassination of white supremacist movement leader Eugene Terreblanche. While the threats have not been verified, police are staying vigilant.
Krakow, Poland- On 29 March 2010 at exactly 10am GMT, Errol Tapiwa Muzawazi, a 26-year old Zimbabwean national will lead a group of 8 students and doctors on an extensive 7-month academic expedition across 21 African countries. The road trip by a 1991 Nissan Patrol will cover over 20 000km and will reach to African cities, towns and villages where the traveling researchers aim to make interviews and run questionnaires on Africa and its image at home and abroad.
SOUTH Africans have come out in bright colours to mark 100 days before the start of the world’s biggest soccer showcase, World Cup 2010, which will begin in June. Hundreds of people took to the streets in Johannesburg in a ceremony aimed at welcoming tourists and fans to what will be the hub of sporting action and tourism for the next few months. At least 10 million people are expected to travel to South Africa for the soccer showcase.
RUSSIAN world champion figure skaters Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin will do a virtually unchanged version of the “Aboriginal dance” that has offended Australian indigenous groups in today’s original dance section of the ice dancing competition in Vancouver.
Feb 21 2010 | Posted in
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“Good morning and thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends, many in this room know me, may have cheered for me, worked with me or supported me, now everyone of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of you simply and directly i am deeply sorry for my selfish and irresponsible behavior I have been engaged in. People want to know how i could have been so stupid and selfish.
Feb 19 2010 | Posted in
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On the eve of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations soccer final, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) caused a stir by announcing that Togo will be banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations and fined $50,000 because of their withdrawal from this year’s tournament held in Angola.
Feb 1 2010 | Posted in
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