Category: People
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti: Africa’s Top Medic
The first woman elected as the Regional Director for Africa for the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Matshidiso was born in the late ‘50s in Johannesburg,
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Tales of African Hair
In fact, hairdressers were as popular back then as they are today. There was great demand for their services, though the braiding process was often time consuming, and sometimes complex. However, different African ethnic groups boasted of an array of hairstyles. But what was popular across the continent were braided hairstyles, such as cornrows and braids. Still, there was so much skill…
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Modern Medicine’s Egyptian Roots
Much more can be said about the premier of medicine in Egypt, and the successes of then – but the practice was not without errors.
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Cage Aquaculture and Lake Victoria’s Dwindling Stock
In addition to the economic factors, the government of Kenya previously paid keen attention to the Lake Victoria resource. Policies such as the ban on fishing activities between April and August each year allowed the lake to restock, since this is usually the breeding period. There were even zones where fishing activities were prohibited, like…
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Brothers, Please Spare Us These Fashion Faux Pas
To start off, let’s agree that men always want to feel comfortable in whatever they put on and hope it makes them look good.
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Johannes Albertus Myburgh: South Africa’s Towering Surgeon
And so the day to perform the first renal transplant in South Africa came. Ready with his team which included American transplant expert Prof Thomas Strazl, the procedure began. It was a demanding process; failure was not an option.
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Human Rights In The Time Of Covid-19
The unprecedented virus leaves us with several questions including whether we are supposed to talk of human rights when confronted with a pandemic
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Love By Any Other Name
However, the violence meted against the LGBTQI+ community in Kenya cannot go unnoticed. Whether physical or emotional, members of this community are easy targets for attacks by sanctimonious people. This violence is often camouflaged in religious claptrap, with the perpetrators condemning queer people to eternal hellfire.