Bridge Afrique MagazineSouth Africa’s medical fraternity is mourning the death of renowned academic and cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi. Mayosi, who was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, was 51-years-old. He was a National Research Foundation A-rated scientist. Mayosi’s family issued a statement after his death in which they described his battle with depression and ...
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Introducing…DEINDE FALASE…Say my name, say my name…
RE: Say my name, say my name: Confronting the xenophobic impulses of upwardly mobile black South Africans. “I’m not an African, I’m a South African”, a drinking buddy proudly exclaimed recently. The setting was an upscale bar in Johannesburg’s swanky Maboneng district. Five of us were seated at a table, I was the only “African” (non South African, and Nigerian, ...
Read More »South Africa needs to box clever in its David versus Goliath duel with Trump
Recent actions by US President Donald Trump’s administration are severely straining relations with South Africa’s new government led by President Cyril Ramaphosa. And relations between the two governments are likely to worsen. The first blow was last month’s threat by Trump’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley that countries unwilling to tow the US line would be punished. According to a list ...
Read More »Why it’s wrong to blame South Africa’s woes on Mandela’s compromises
If he were alive today, Nelson Mandela would probably be puzzled to find that it has become popular among South Africans frustrated with the pace of change to join former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in casting him as a villain. The charge against Mandela, who became South Africa’s first democratically elected President on May 10 24 years ago, ...
Read More »Durban – South Africa
Durban, a coastal city in eastern South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, is known for its African, Indian and colonial influences. Refurbished for soccer’s 2010 World Cup, the seafront promenade runs from uShaka Marine World, a huge theme park with an aquarium, to the futuristic Moses Mabhida Stadium. The Durban Botanical Gardens showcases African plant species The Indian ...
Read More »Second edition of Bridge Afrique on South Africa
Grab a copy of our SA Edition to enjoy mind blowing Interviews with the GMD/CEO of ADRON HOMES & Properties Ltd and other VIPs across the Globe… The Second Edition In both form and content, the second edition of BridgeAfrique Magazine, which is currently circulating globally, is a significant improvement on the first. Its special coverage and projection of ...
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