My heart belongs to Africa

Fun in the cold: Journalists enjoying the beach in Grahamstown
Fun in the cold: Journalists enjoying the beach in Grahamstown

For a long time I have always said and believed that I would never leave my rural yet beautiful country for any place in the world.

I always believed that my heart belonged to Botswana and only Botswana, but that paradigm dissipated the day I stepped into Grahamstown, a multi-cultural town situated about 110 kilometres northeast of Port Elizabeth, a week and a half ago.

The rugged town with its distinct Victorian architecture nestled on the shoreline of the Eastern Cape with its Xhosa and Zulu-speakers, is a marvel to explore.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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