By Steven Rogers
On June 30th 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the Johnson Memorial Hall of the University of Cape Town, at the same spot that Robert F. Kennedy delivered his now famous “Ripple of Hope” speech nearly half a century ago. These two American politicians that have inspired the world in so many ways and are separated by so many generations, and world events, have been inseparably allied with the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.
Rainy season at Kroo Bay
I live in Kroo Bay
It has been a terrible night and day
The pitter-patter of the rain
Has brought us so much pain
Our kids can’t go to school
Our rooms look like a pool
Scooping water all night
This is certainly not right
Some say we have been stubborn
Refusing to somewhere else move on
But where else can we afford it?
When to landlords all our savings we’ll forfeit
Resettle us government we are a part of this nation
By Saa Matthias Bendu
There is a fierce dirty war going on in Kono district currently. It is not a war involving military weapons. Rather it is a personality conflict between Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana and Minister of Local Government Finda Diana Konomanyi. But it is a war that no less atrocious. Both of them are natives of the district. Both are staunch members of the ruling All People's Congress party. And, obviously, both are very senior members of government.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
