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Har haft på att-göra-listan länge att kolla upp sydafrikanska bloggar. Min tillgång till Internet är något skakig men oftast kan jag till och med se på youtubefilmer om jag har lite tålamod. Så [...]

In my car I still have a cassette player where I play cassettes. Despite having cassettes from Miles Davis, Senzo, Peter Tosh and some local stars like Ras Sheehama I am an elite member of a [...]

The Basic Income Grant, better known by its acronym BIG, was piloted in Omitare. Through the BIG scheme which will ultimately be a national project, Namibians are entitled to a monthly stipend of [...]

Niclas Eriksson skriver i DN om att homosexualitet inte introducerades i Afrika av kolonialisterna, däremot kristen fundamentalism. Det har jag skrivit om tidigare på bloggen, med hänvisning till [...]

When Ghana played Uruguay it was a special day in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. The air was filled with a strange feeling of patriotism, strange because the country at the heart of the frenzy [...]

One of the unfortunate prejudices about Africa is the lack of time consciousness. In fact, you can hear people always claiming that they are on ‘African time’. Yes, it is a prejudice but in many [...]

Strange, just a few months ago the state-owned power giant was vying (and very strongly so) for an increase on the electricity charges. Fortunately widespread public outcry and protests subdued [...]

In Namibia there are the children of the liberation struggle and other children. Recently the void between the two ‘types’ of Namibian youth have decreased substantially. Since the beginning of [...]

Voices in colour, är en årlig utställning i Bulawayo. Under en månad  har de haft utställningen ”Blue pencil” på Art Gallery i Bulawayo. Det här är andra året i rad som de har en [...]

Exploateringen av människor var mitt tema den här helgen. Följde med aktivisten Berend Schuitema på ett möte med före detta gruvarbetare i Newlands utanför Mdantsane township. Män i [...]