Stories written by Stanley Karombo

DR Congo Waits for a Less ‘Shy’ UN

By Stanley Karombo
As the first of South Africa’s troops are expected to begin arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations intervention force at the end of April, governance experts have welcomed the world body’s new mandate in the Central African nation.

Educating Mothers to End South Africa’s Newborn Deaths

By Stanley Karombo
A young mother – who only wants to be identified as Karren – beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand’s Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in Hillbrow, South Africa. 

South Africa Deployment to DR Congo Opposed

By Stanley Karombo
Kholekile Dlamini has been devastated by the death of her son Xolani Dlamini, a South African National Defence Force soldier who died in the Central African Republic. Like many South Africans, she had not even been aware of the SANDF deployment to the resource-rich nation.


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