Millennium Development Goals

Opinion: Mandela Day – Where Do We Stand Today?

By Tamira Gunzberg
Today Jul. 18 is Mandela Day, the annual international day in honour of the late Nelson Mandela, the first democratically-elected President of the Republic of South Africa.

Slum-Dwelling Still a Continental Trend in Africa

By Jeffrey Moyo
Nompumelelo Tshabalala, 41, emerges from her dwarf ‘shack’ made up of rusty metal sheets and falls short of bumping into this reporter as she bends down to avoid knocking her head against the top part of her makeshift door frame.

Activists Protest Denial of Condoms to Africa’s High-Risk Groups

By Jeffrey Moyo
Tatenda Chivata, a 16-year old from Zimbabwe’s Mutoko rural district, was suspended from school for an entire three-month academic term after he was found with a used condom stashed in his schoolbag.


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