German tourists were afraid and exhausted: ambassador
German Ambassador Martin Schäfer says he has noncompliants about the treatment of 13 German tourists now in quarantine after a 12-hour ordeal in Johannesburg. He asks that the public understand their fear and apprehension at their ordeal a foreign country. Martin Schäfer presages his remarks about the tourists by saying we are all together in […]
Song is preferred weapon in fighting COVID 19
While we are urged to fight COVID 19 by sitting on the couch, at least four African A-listers have chosen music as their preferred weapons. They include a pop star-turned MP and a football-champion-turned President. ends intro The list of battle hymns will doubtless grow as it does in times of turmoil. But right now […]
Will the fight against COVID 19 silence the guns in Africa?
Some separatist rebels in Africa are heeding the call by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a worldwide ceasefire to enable authorities to fight the COVID 19 pandemic. The jury remains out on whether the African Union’s determination to silence the guns this year will be actualised. Anglophone rebels of the Southern Cameroons Defence […]