Here's this week's segment of the African Arty Beats with Channel Africa reporter Nhlanhla Mahlangu...

Here's this week's segment of the African Arty Beats with Channel Africa reporter Nhlanhla Mahlangu...

Africa Rise & Shine

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Arty Beat with Nhlanhla Mahlangu

Across Africa, many countries are exploring how technology can modernise elections, from biometric registration to electronic and even internet-based voting.

 In South Africa, the idea of introducing e-voting and i-voting is now under discussion, with electoral authorities consulting communities and traditional leaders about what this could mean in practice. But questions remain about infrastructure, digital skills, trust, and whether rural citizens could be left behind.

To help us unpack this debate, we’re joined now by Ambassador Professor Thabo Mpyane, President of the Sovereign Congress of African Leaders.​

Across Africa, many countries are exploring how technology can modernise elections, from biometric registration to electronic and even internet-based voting.
&nbsp;In South Africa, the idea of introducing e-voting and i-voting is now under discussion, with electoral authorities consulting communities and traditional leaders about what this could mean in practice. But questions remain about infrastructure, digital skills, trust, and whether rural citizens could be left behind.
To help us unpack this debate, we&rsquo;re joined now by Ambassador Professor Thabo Mpyane, President of the Sovereign Congress of African Leaders.​

Across Africa, countries explore tech to modernise elections

South African (SA) authorities are conducting a nationwide manhunt after armed assailants killed at least nine people and injured ten others in a late-night shooting at a tavern in Bekkersdal, a township about 46 kilometres west of Johannesburg, SA's largest city.

 Police say about a dozen gunmen, travelling in two vehicles, opened fire with multiple pistols and an assault rifle on patrons inside and outside the establishment in the early hours of Sunday, before fleeing the scene.

This is the second mass shooting at drinking establishments in South Africa in recent weeks, part of a broader surge in firearm violence that has alarmed communities and put pressure on police resources

To help us understand what is driving this wave of violence and the challenges facing law enforcement, Mike Bolhuis, Specialist Investigator.

South African (SA) authorities are conducting a nationwide manhunt after armed assailants killed at least nine people and injured ten others in a late-night shooting at a tavern in Bekkersdal, a township about 46 kilometres west of Johannesburg, SA's largest city.
&nbsp;Police say about a dozen gunmen, travelling in two vehicles, opened fire with multiple pistols and an assault rifle on patrons inside and outside the establishment in the early hours of Sunday, before fleeing the scene.
This is the second mass shooting at drinking establishments in South Africa in recent weeks, part of a broader surge in firearm violence that has alarmed communities and put pressure on police resources
To help us understand what is driving this wave of violence and the challenges facing law enforcement, Mike Bolhuis, Specialist Investigator.

SA launches manhunt after deadly Bekkersdal tavern shooting

On the 'Round Up' wrap segment of the show resident analyst Mighti Jamie speaks about some of the stories highlighted earlier as well as throw forward to the week ahead.

 

** The United Nations International Organisation for Migration, or IOM says people continue fleeing their homes in Sudan as fighting continues and over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan's Darfur in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, this is according to a report by the U.N. Human Rights Office

** Escalating clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo government forces and M23 rebels in South Kivu province have uprooted half a million people and pushed tens of thousands to neighbouring Burundi

** And Africa's biggest football showpiece is back - The Africa Cup of Nations kicked off last night, putting the continent's talent on centre stage. The competition brings together the continent's top nations, with established giants and underdogs all chasing the same dream: lifting the AFCON trophy.

On the 'Round Up' wrap segment of the show resident analyst Mighti Jamie speaks about some of the stories highlighted earlier as well as throw forward to the week ahead.
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** The United Nations International Organisation for Migration, or IOM says people continue fleeing their homes in Sudan as fighting continues and over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan's Darfur in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, this is according to a report by the U.N. Human Rights Office
** Escalating clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo government forces and M23 rebels in South Kivu province have uprooted half a million people and pushed tens of thousands to neighbouring Burundi
** And Africa's biggest football showpiece is back - The Africa Cup of Nations kicked off last night, putting the continent's talent on centre stage. The competition brings together the continent's top nations, with established giants and underdogs all chasing the same dream: lifting the AFCON trophy.

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