Celebrating Africa month

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Africa month colloquium

African solidarity for Africa's people


By: Palesa Chidi


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In celebration of Africa month and 25 years of democracy, the department of arts and culture hosted yet another Africa month colloquium.

This programme takes place in a lot of places during Africa month. on the 31st of May, the colloqium was held at the Ditson Museum in Pretoria. The theme of the discussion was: Afican solidarity for Africa's people. A networking and discussion session on imaging and imagining Africa. 

The discussion was led by CNBC's business anchor and producer, Fifi Peters. The likes of  Prof: Sipho Seepe, Prof Zodwa Motsa, Prof Chris Malikane and Dr Andre Gouws were key speakers. They got to give factual information and also their views on Africa's economy.
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Visa, Trade and a lot of economical factors were discussed. Prof Zodwa Motsa stated that she is unimpressed with the whole visa situation because she feels that it causes a lot of division among the africans. She said that in Africa is dividing instead of uniting. In South Africa, we let people from Europe freely in our country but a Tswana person from the North West will not allow a Tswana person from Botswana to stay freely in South Africa.

 Africa is enriched with so many minerals but do not gain any income from it because Africans do not own Africa. Prof Motsa gave an example saying that South Africa produces a lot of platinum but we take it to other countries for it to be cleaned and re-branded and then we buy it from them at a much higher price.

 The discussion was of paramount importance as a lot pressing issues in Africa were addressed. It accommodated everyone. From the elderly to the high school children and all of them have benefited from the discussion.

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