TAN – The Afro News

Tullow Oil Ghana

By David Colhoun The Afro News Vancouver  : A continent riven by conflict and poverty, Africa faces many challenges but it also possesses the potential to transform and enrich itself in the coming decades. There are of course many obstacles to overcome, and challenges to face, but through effective use of the inherent natural riches she possesses the possibilities are staggering. Read the full story

The White Lion

By Ariadne Sawyer, MA. Afro News Reporter. The White Lion is a remarkable coming of age story with a surprising twist; the coming of age of a lion! Filmed on location near Johannesburg, South Africa, the film takes the viewers on a visual feast of the scenery and an auditory delight as we are able to not only see the amazing animals but hear them as well. Read the full story

Remarkable Rose Landers with her granddaughter, Marion

When I met Rose Landers at As the Spirit Moves: Connecting Through Art and Conversations, a National Congress of Black Women Event at the downtown campus of SFU on February 20, she was 101 years and three weeks old. She was born on February 1, 1910 in Cape Town, South Africa, right by Table Mountain. To all appearances Rose could be Desmond Tutu’s mother. Read the full story

Math Cool for Kids

As part of the Shuttleworth Foundation, Hip2be2 (Hip to be Square) launched in 2002 with an aim of getting South African high school students interested in the subjects of math and science. Read the full story

South Africa -Mexico 1-1 World Cup 2010 Open Game

The host South Africans team have prove he can stand to defend the world cup the are dream start at the 2010 World Cup until Mexico equalized late in the match, and the two teams played to a 1-1 draw in the opening game of the tournament in Johannesburg this morning Friday 11 June 2010.

Siphiwe Tshabalala name will go down in history book in Africa and The world cup after he scored the opening goal of the tournament in the 54th minute for the hosts. Rafael Marquez tied the game for Mexico in the 78th minute.

Katlego Mphela had a glorious chance to put South Africa back in front in the 89th minute, but his shot hit the post.

The world and the fun of soccer  are waiting for big suprise .

A celebration of the musical diversity of South Africa, Soweto Gospel Choir

FEATURED ARTISTS Miriam Makeba • Soul Brothers • Soweto Gospel Choir • Phinda • Mahube • Bholoja Blk Sonshine • Steve Dyer • Johannes Kerkorrel • Kaya • Nibs van der Spuy • Zoro

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Gary Reed of Kamloops

Gary Reed of Kamloops won the silver medal at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece before a crowd of 27,500. David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya took the gold in 1:44.85 after a tactical 53.0 second first lap of 400m. Rudisha leads the world in 2009 with his 1:42.01 clocking this season. Gary was lying in 7th spot with 200m to go but delivered a tremendous closing finish to pass world champion, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi of South Africa and Olympic champion, Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia. Reed improved on his 4th place at the 2009 Beijing Olympics and equaled his 2007 silver medal at the World Championships with his 1:45.23.

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Written by Dr. Charles Quist-Adade

In this four-part article, Dr. Charles Quist-Adade traces the historic links between Continental Africans and their cousins in the Diaspora and argues that distance-physical and temporal (time) should unite rather than divide peoples of African descent notwithstanding their cultural differences. He asserts that no man or woman of African descent will be free or will be able to walk chest up anywhere in the world unless African is politically and economically successful.

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