Jan Bornman

5 days ago | allafrica.com | Jan Bornman

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June A new production is tackling one of the most pressing issues in South Africa - xenophobia. Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June. It challenges audiences to examine their personal biases and highlights the systemic failures that allowed xenophobia to remain unchecked for nearly two decades. The timing of the play coincides with the recent xenophobic violence in Addo in the Eastern Cape this week.

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Jan Bornman

A new production is tackling one of the most pressing issues in South Africa – xenophobia. Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June. It challenges audiences to examine their personal biases and highlights the systemic failures that allowed xenophobia to remain unchecked for nearly two decades. The timing of the play coincides with the recent xenophobic violence in Addo in the Eastern Cape this week.

3 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Jan Bornman

The Supreme Court of Appeal will on Tuesday hear the Department of Home Affairs’ appeal against an interdict protecting ZEP holders. The interdict was granted in June 2023 in a case brought by the Zimbabwean Immigration Federation (ZIF). Home Affairs argues that the ZEP system was always meant to be temporary and that the minister could decide to end it. But the ZIF says that terminating the ZEP will cause irreparable harm to hundreds of thousands of people.

1 month ago | africasacountry.com | Ann Kingiri |Matthew A. Schnurr |Jan Bornman |Claire Nasike

In October 2024, Dr. Qu Dongyu, the General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) took the stage at the World Food Prize to deliver the keynote address. Dr. Qu’s talk revolved around the question of what “the future hold[s] for agrifood systems and food culture.” Key to this future, he suggested, was the “genetic revolution,” and specifically genome editing; a collection of technologies that allow scientists to alter genetic code through direct intervention.

Feb 24, 2025 | geeska.com | Halkano Boru |Jan Bornman

“Africa must unite or perish.” – Kwame NkrumahThis declaration by Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, powerfully captures the essence of Pan-Africanism, a movement dedicated to fostering solidarity among African nations. In light of the recent electoral divisions within the African Union, where tensions have surfaced between Francophone and Anglophone countries as they sought to choose a new chairman, this call for unity is more important than ever.