mountainish: Friday Sunrise

mountainish:

Friday Sunrise

visitheworld: Cape Point promontory near Cape Town, South Africa (by bb_productionz).

visitheworld:

Cape Point promontory near Cape Town, South Africa (by bb_productionz).

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The Katse Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (eventually to include 5 large dams in remote rural areas) is a concrete arch dam on the Malibamat’so River in Lesotho. The potential of the project was identified by the South African Civil Engineer Ninham Shand as a possible means to supplement the water supply to South Africa.

The Katse Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (eventually to include 5 large dams in remote rural areas) is a concrete arch dam on the Malibamat’so River in Lesotho. The potential of the project was identified by the South African Civil Engineer Ninham Shand as a possible means to supplement the water supply to South Africa.


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oasis-in-a-desert: Lions Head // Cape Town, SA

oasis-in-a-desert:

Lions Head // Cape Town, SA

updownsmilefrown: Couple at a cafe, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1961 by Ian Berry

updownsmilefrown:

Couple at a cafe, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1961

by Ian Berry

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afrikanwomen: Professor Tebello Nyokong is a researcher of a ground-breaking cancer diagnosis and treatment. Born in 1951 in Lesotho, this South African Professor has achieved international acclaim for her groundbreaking work in harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-ups. She is currently undertaking research on a new cancer diagnosis and treatment methodology called ‘photo-dynamic therapy’, which is intended as an alternative to chemotherapy. Through her international reputation, Professor Nyokong has contributed considerably to enhancing the reputation of South African science. Many international scientists have been drawn by her work to visit South Africa, and her laboratory has hosted postdoctoral candidates from around the world. In 2009 Professor Nyokong won the Africa-Arab State L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science and was named by UNESCO as one of the world’s top five exceptional women scientists. In addition to working on photo-dynamic therapy, Professor Tebello Nyokong, continues to train chemists, particularly women, in the skills needed to keep South Africa at the cutting edge of scientific development. “I work very hard and do not give up easily even when things are tough. I tend to take setbacks in my life as a way of working even harder. I actually get challenged by doing the ‘impossible.”  (—source)

afrikanwomen:

Professor Tebello Nyokong is a researcher of a ground-breaking cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Born in 1951 in Lesotho, this South African Professor has achieved international acclaim for her groundbreaking work in harnessing light for cancer therapy and environmental clean-ups.

She is currently undertaking research on a new cancer diagnosis and treatment methodology called ‘photo-dynamic therapy’, which is intended as an alternative to chemotherapy.

Through her international reputation, Professor Nyokong has contributed considerably to enhancing the reputation of South African science. Many international scientists have been drawn by her work to visit South Africa, and her laboratory has hosted postdoctoral candidates from around the world.

In 2009 Professor Nyokong won the Africa-Arab State L’Oréal-Unesco Award for Women in Science and was named by UNESCO as one of the world’s top five exceptional women scientists.

In addition to working on photo-dynamic therapy, Professor Tebello Nyokong, continues to train chemists, particularly women, in the skills needed to keep South Africa at the cutting edge of scientific development.

“I work very hard and do not give up easily even when things are tough. I tend to take setbacks in my life as a way of working even harder. I actually get challenged by doing the ‘impossible.” 

(—source)
dynamicafrica: Avon is Becoming Increasingly Popular in South Africa for More Than Just Beauty-Related Reasons Last year, Avon’s global sales were up a mere 1%, but in South Africa they were up almost 30%. So what’s the secret to the success of South Africa’s “Avon Ladies”? “Everyone loves Avon,” says Nelli Siwe, trying to convince me above the sound of passing traffic in the heart of Soweto, South Africa’s most famous township. She and her colleague have set up a tray of beauty products at a busy crossroads in the township, hoping to target Soweto’s less affluent residents. Alongside them are women combing and braiding hair on a makeshift salon of plastic chairs, a mother sitting in the dirt with her baby on her back selling spinach from a cardboard box and a man selling cheap sunglasses. Two out of every five women on the planet have bought something from Avon in the last year - and Siwe is one of thousands of black women rushing to make those sales. What’s the appeal? When she is not studying forensic investigation at one of Johannesburg’s universities, Siwe is an Avon Lady. Fighting crime and peddling body lotions may seem worlds apart. But selling Avon products enables Siwe to pay her tuition fees, rent and transport costs. And, she says, it enables her to be independent - she does not have to depend on a husband or family members for financial support. “I am old enough to have money and, as a woman, I shouldn’t have to ask other people every time for money,” she says. For 126 years since being founded in the US, Avon has marketed itself around the world, with great success, as a company for women. In South Africa, the harsh legacy of apartheid’s racism and sexism endures and the country’s unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world. One in four working-age people are unable to find a job and black women are often at the bottom of the economic pile. So Avon’s allure is perhaps unsurprising. It offers women without formal qualifications, often single mothers who don’t receive maintenance, a stab at financial independence. (read more)

dynamicafrica:

Avon is Becoming Increasingly Popular in South Africa for More Than Just Beauty-Related Reasons

Last year, Avon’s global sales were up a mere 1%, but in South Africa they were up almost 30%. So what’s the secret to the success of South Africa’s “Avon Ladies”?

“Everyone loves Avon,” says Nelli Siwe, trying to convince me above the sound of passing traffic in the heart of Soweto, South Africa’s most famous township.

She and her colleague have set up a tray of beauty products at a busy crossroads in the township, hoping to target Soweto’s less affluent residents.

Alongside them are women combing and braiding hair on a makeshift salon of plastic chairs, a mother sitting in the dirt with her baby on her back selling spinach from a cardboard box and a man selling cheap sunglasses.

Two out of every five women on the planet have bought something from Avon in the last year - and Siwe is one of thousands of black women rushing to make those sales. What’s the appeal?

When she is not studying forensic investigation at one of Johannesburg’s universities, Siwe is an Avon Lady.

Fighting crime and peddling body lotions may seem worlds apart. But selling Avon products enables Siwe to pay her tuition fees, rent and transport costs. And, she says, it enables her to be independent - she does not have to depend on a husband or family members for financial support.

“I am old enough to have money and, as a woman, I shouldn’t have to ask other people every time for money,” she says.

For 126 years since being founded in the US, Avon has marketed itself around the world, with great success, as a company for women.

In South Africa, the harsh legacy of apartheid’s racism and sexism endures and the country’s unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world.

One in four working-age people are unable to find a job and black women are often at the bottom of the economic pile.

So Avon’s allure is perhaps unsurprising. It offers women without formal qualifications, often single mothers who don’t receive maintenance, a stab at financial independence.

(read more)

Mamphela Ramphele talks on African subject mentality. (by toxnaija)

On the sidelines of the awards ceremony, I spoke with the South African academic and Mo Ibrahim board member, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, on the paradox of Africa’s vast natural resources and the poverty level of its people.

”Africans are always waiting for another person to help them, even expecting God to come down from heaven to turn around our lives. We need to shed the toga of slaves or subjects to the elite.”

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prepaidafrica: How Silicon Cape is fostering a supportive ecosystem for startups in South Africa The Silicon Cape Initiative has grown to become a champion for technology startups in South Africa since its launch on October 8, 2009 in Cape Town. Founded by two South African tech entrepreneurs, Justin Stanford and Vinny Lingham, Silicon Cape is an ecosystem for technology startups based in the Western Cape of South Africa. It aims to attract investors while promising to foster the creation and growth of world-class startup companies. The initiative aims to create an environment that can easily compete with other similar hubs around the world, including the Silicon Valley, by planting a seed to promote the concept of the Silicon Cape as the up-and-coming ‘Silicon Valley of Africa’.

prepaidafrica:

How Silicon Cape is fostering a supportive ecosystem for startups in South Africa

The Silicon Cape Initiative has grown to become a champion for technology startups in South Africa since its launch on October 8, 2009 in Cape Town.

Founded by two South African tech entrepreneurs, Justin Stanford and Vinny Lingham, Silicon Cape is an ecosystem for technology startups based in the Western Cape of South Africa. It aims to attract investors while promising to foster the creation and growth of world-class startup companies.

The initiative aims to create an environment that can easily compete with other similar hubs around the world, including the Silicon Valley, by planting a seed to promote the concept of the Silicon Cape as the up-and-coming ‘Silicon Valley of Africa’.

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