Africa

Finally Home: South African Al-Qaeda hostage Stephen McGown was released after 6 years

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvAugust 3, 2017August 3, 2017 813 0

Stephen McGown was captured by the Al-Qaeda in Mali 6 years ago when he was on a trip in Timbuktu. He was finally released and is back home in South…

Google CEO announces plan to train 10m people in Africa with online skills

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJuly 31, 2017August 1, 2017 354 0

Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed plans to train 10 million people in Africa with much needed online skills. He revealed the plans at recent conference.   Sundar Pichai, the Google…

Watch: Huge Elephant puts Wild Dogs in their place and shows the cops who’s boss!

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJuly 26, 2017July 26, 2017 650 0

An African Elephant came raging out the bushes scattering a group of playful Wild Dogs then it turned its sights on a police vehicle before backing down.   Beryl Venter…

A man opened his heart to a stray, and landed up building an entire sanctuary in his back garden

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJuly 20, 2017July 20, 2017 275 0

Ismael Mungaya met a stray dog that changed his life. Quickly he started saving more dogs, turning his parents garden into a sanctuary for strays.   Ismael Mungaya’s story started…

Wife of late race car driver, Gugu Zulu completes climb up Kilimanjaro in his honour

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJuly 19, 2017July 19, 2017 2,466 0

Letshego Zulu summited Mount Kilimanjaro in honour of her late husband, Gugu Zulu who sadly passed away after attempting the same climb in 2016.   The late Gugu Zulu was…

An inspiring post by a South African volunteering for Operation Smile

by Nicola Joe Bruns@nicolajoeeJuly 4, 2017July 4, 2017 372 0

Nicola Joe Bruns went from producing CapeTalk Radio to capturing the life changing procedures done by Operation Smile in the DRC, her story is inspiring!   In the early hours…

A man is walking across Africa for charity, doing good deeds along the way

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJuly 3, 2017July 3, 2017 1,128 0

Jo Cooper has set off on a trip walking across Africa, starting from Cape Agulhas to Uganda.. all to raise funds for education in rural Africa!   Jo Cooper has…

Forbes Woman Africa emerges victorious amongst 400 global publications at the 2017 Tabbie Awards.

by Brent Lindeque@BrentLindequeJuly 2, 2017 157 0

Forbes Woman Africa, Africa’s leading business, finance and lifestyle magazine for women, has gained international recognition at the 2017 Tabbie Awards in Cleveland.   The awards featured more than 400…

A fantastic organisation is transforming the lives of newborn babies in South Africa!

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJune 28, 2017June 28, 2017 280 0

Orange Babies has focused it’s attention on preventing the transfer of Mother-to-child HIV and helping care for newborn babies and orphans in South Africa!   The concept of Orange Babies…

Google Translate can now translate 2 more South African languages accurately!

by Tyler Leigh Vivier@tylerleighvJune 27, 2017June 27, 2017 4,025 0

Google Translate can now accurately translate Xhosa and Zulu thanks to a new neural translation machine. Meaning translations will be more accurate!   Xhosa and Zulu have always been options…