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Winning Cape Town restaurant serves up more than a good brownie

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The award is almost sweeter than the brownies they serve. Cape Town cafe Brownies & Downies is the winner of the SAB Foundation’s Disability Empowerment award for 2017.

“We are very excited. The day after we won the award it was hard to stay focused‚” said manager Wade Schultz. “All the trainees and everyone were dancing and cheering in the store.”

The restaurant was crowned this month and with it came R1-million for having come up with a way to improve the employment of disabled people. Read More

News of the Day: September 27, 2017

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Cosatu strikes take over downtown Durban today in the spirit of anti-corruption, anti-state capture, and of course political advancement for the upcoming ANC elections.

According to this Sunday Times article, (https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017-09-27-cosatu-gets-moving-on-its-ambitious-national-strike-against-state-capture/), Cosatu is marching for the president to appoint a judicial commission to look into state capture, and for the proceeds of state capture to be funneled into projects for helping the poor.

However, according to an article by Mercury, (https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/cosatustrike-durban-march-gains-momentum-11373968), many Cosatu affiliates at the marches have been seen wearing shirts supporting Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidential campaign today.

It is probable that the accumulation of Cosatu’s and the general public’s discontent with state capture naturally flows hand in hand with Cyril Ramaphosa’s political platform. In that case, today’s events are more than just political presence at a march to promote an upcoming election, but perhaps the surfacing of a widespread discontent with the current state of the economy which transcends political, and even trade union lines.

 

News of the Day: September 26, 2017

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With the African National Congress national elective conference only a few months away, can the ANC rally behind whoever is elected? Can the party prevent factional splits until December arrives?

After continued criticism of the president, and a vote of no-confidence in August, former MP Makhosi Khoza has chosen to resign from the ANC. Is Khoza an outlier in the ANC constituency or the manifestation of a greater discontent within the ANC as a whole?

Come December the ANC will have at least six individuals contending for party leader. By the end of the conference one individual and one faction will rule the ANC. From there the ANC will be tasked with reuniting, opposing factions conceding to the majority, and the possible replacement of President Zuma. Failure to reunite could cost them their first loss in South Africa’s 2019 general election.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/zapirocartoon/goodbye-anc/

 

 

 

Opening of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

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This past week we had the opportunity to watch the opening of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa at the Silo Hotel in Cape Town. School Groups, art curators, politicians and historical leaders were all in attendance, including Nobel Peace Prize Winner Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu’s presence energized the whole crowd and it was amazing to see him speak for what may have been his last public appearance.

This museum will be the largest contemporary African Art museum in the southern hemisphere and is built for the preservation of African culture. The celebration was filled with music, laughter and a whole lot of hope for the future of African art.

 

 

Photo of the Day: September 17, 2017

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In Mozambique we had the opportunity to learn more about the liberation movement FRELIMO, meet the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique Nyeleti Mondlane, and explore the beautiful city of Maputo.

Out of the Office

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Our team will be in Mozambique for the remainder of the week and will not be able to make new posts. See you all next Monday!

Our team will be in Mozambique for the remainder of the week and will not be making any new posts. See you all next Monday!

Meet The New Journalists

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Meet the new journalism team that will be holding down the fort until December. From left to right, Annie Butler, Samantha Tafoya, Imraan Buccus, Mandela Namaste and Olivia Decelles.

White, Black, Purple or Green: Talking to Children about Race

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You might not want your child to necessarily watch Sarafina when they are three or read Biko to them at that time, there are age-appropriate ways of introducing complex topics to a child and, as [a] parent, it is important to do that with race, gender and everything.                          – Blogger on motherhood Nokulinda Mkhize

Bongekile Macupe takes a deeper look into the difficulty, but importance of talking about race to children. Bloggers, Parents, Professors, and Psychologists offer their perspectives on when and how you should talk to your children about race.

Read full story here: You Can’t Not Talk to Kids About Race

Cato Manor Sunset

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The sun is setting and thunder is cracking over Cato Manor, but Gogo and I are sitting on the embankment basking in the breeze the storm brings. I grab my camera to try and capture the beauty of this sunset, but the moment was too complex to fit into a picture. It was the warm wind blowing off the ocean, the smell of firewood being burned as the informal settlements begin preparing dinner, and the mothers and grandmothers of the neighborhood laughing back and forth across clothes lines as they hurry to save their laundry from the incoming downpour. But all of those things couldn’t be translated into a few pictures.

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