It is a Wednesday and a day we celebrate Africans doing great things to tell an African story and reshape the continent. This morning we speak to Anne Githuku-Shongwe, she is a Director at UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa. She ha sspent over 20 years advocating and doing research on African women empowerment and gender equality, focusing in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Anne Githuku-Shongwe has been honored with several awards for her work in the different positions she has led in Africa. and she joins us today to tell her story and what inspired the career choice...

It is a Wednesday and a day we celebrate Africans doing great things to tell an African story and reshape the continent. This morning we speak to Anne Githuku-Shongwe, she is a Director at UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa. She ha sspent over 20 years advocating and doing research on African women empowerment and gender equality, focusing in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Anne Githuku-Shongwe has been honored with several awards for her work in the different positions she has led in Africa. and she joins us today to tell her story and what inspired the career choice...

Africa Rise & Shine

Rise & Shine

Profile on Wednesday: Anne Githuku-Shongwe, she is a Director at UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa 

The transatlantic slave trade, which took place between 1500 and 1866 and saw approximately 12.5 million Africans forcibly transported across the Atlantic, with an estimated 2 million dying during the Middle Passage, has now been formally declared a crime against humanity by the United Nations General Assembly.

The landmark resolution, adopted yesterday, also calls for reparations as part of global efforts to acknowledge and redress the profound historical injustices inflicted on African people and their descendants.

Professor Thulasizwe Simpson, Associate Professor in the Department of Historical & Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, notes that the scale and brutality of the transatlantic slave trade remain among the darkest chapters in human history, with long‑lasting social, economic and cultural consequences still felt across the globe.

Sisi Segalo has more on the story.

The transatlantic slave trade, which took place between 1500 and 1866 and saw approximately 12.5 million Africans forcibly transported across the Atlantic, with an estimated 2 million dying during the Middle Passage, has now been formally declared a crime against humanity by the United Nations General Assembly.
The landmark resolution, adopted yesterday, also calls for reparations as part of global efforts to acknowledge and redress the profound historical injustices inflicted on African people and their descendants.
Professor Thulasizwe Simpson, Associate Professor in the Department of Historical &amp; Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, notes that the scale and brutality of the transatlantic slave trade remain among the darkest chapters in human history, with long‑lasting social, economic and cultural consequences still felt across the globe.
Sisi Segalo has more on the story.

UN declares transatlantic slave trade a crime against humanity

Here's this week's segment of the African Arty Beats.

Here's this week's segment of the African Arty Beats.

Arty beat | March 27

South African consumers are showing resilience in their daily financial management, with the Nedbank NedFinHealth Index reporting improvements for the third consecutive year.

The index indicates that while households are becoming steadier in managing their spending, borrowing and saving habits, many still hold concerns about the future, particularly when it comes to long‑term financial planning, retirement readiness and broader economic uncertainty.

Nhlanhla Mahlangu reports.

South African consumers are showing resilience in their daily financial management, with the Nedbank NedFinHealth Index reporting improvements for the third consecutive year.
The index indicates that while households are becoming steadier in managing their spending, borrowing and saving habits, many still hold concerns about the future, particularly when it comes to long‑term financial planning, retirement readiness and broader economic uncertainty.
Nhlanhla Mahlangu reports.

Profile on Wednesday: Anne Githuku-Shongwe, she is a Director at UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa

In 1 playlist(s)

Rise & Shine

Social links

Recent clips