Month: September 2023

Zoleka Mandela: Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies after a prolonged battle with cancer

Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of anti-apartheid heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died on Monday evening after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 43. Diagnosed with breast cancer at age of 32, she received treatment and was in remission…

Water brings unity and life to KwaMahlabathini

Durban – Water is life and the Cottonlands Primary School in KwaMahlabathini, Verulam, received a glass-and-a-half of life when a borehole was installed as an initiative of the non-profit organisation Arya Samaj last week. Arya Samaj is considered a monotheistic…

Gandhi Walk in Johannesburg revived after COVID-19 hiatus

The 35th edition of the annual Gandhi Walk in the mainly-Indian suburb of Lenasia in Johannesburg took place on Sunday after it was delayed for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two thousand people joined the new…

Opinion: For the G20 Delhi Declaration, the G7 Ceded Significant Ground on Ukraine

The New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration was successfully delivered by the G20 Summit, rescuing it from certain defeat. There was concern that the Summit wouldn’t produce a consensus document, much like the G20 meetings of the foreign, finance, and development ministers,…

Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95 in South Africa

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ANNOUNCES PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI, TRADITIONAL PRIME MINISTER TO THE ZULU NATION AND MONARCH I…