As the year comes to an end, it’s high time candidates reap what they sow; the lazy gaze at the roof, expecting answers for the examination questions, while those active are writing. In recent times, some candidates and sympathizers cast blame of their failure on the National Ministry of Education[Read More…]
OpEd
If I were to copy someone’s struggle, I would copy that of my father
By Malek Arol Dhieu My heart is very strong. I’m fathered by someone who lost his parents at age 3. He was surviving on God’s mercy. Any time any material disappeared from the house, no one other than him could be accused. Any time food was brought and given to[Read More…]
I WAS AFRAID
By Ustaz Mark Bang I was afraid of being rejected Until I learned to never reject myself I was afraid of being abandoned Until I learned to never abandon myself I was afraid of the opinions of others Until I learned that they held no more weight than my own[Read More…]
A new version of hunger on top of the old one
At around 2 AM, a noise woke me up from sleep. Outside my room, I saw a throng of people with torches around a man. I opened the gate, went to them and inquired what the matter could be. They told me they are begging a man to return home.[Read More…]
Go back to school
By Ustaz Mark Bang If there are those who seek to get rich before acquiring credentials, then their future is in danger. One has to ask her/himself this question. How is South Sudan’s tomorrow going to reflect, my friend? It’s going to be the worst situation one has ever experienced,[Read More…]
Editorial
The health of a nation’s citizens surpasses riches accrued from illicit trade and therefore must not be compromised by taxes from harmful products. In most African countries, consumers seem to be attracted by the appearance of products and out of curiosity, without analyzing constituents and repercussions. The burden of safeguarding[Read More…]
Wanting a government like others seen in the World
By Ustaz Mark Bang A good leader can put a country on a good path, but no leader can keep the country on that path forever, because eventually, they die. The thing that translates to long-term success is not the individual leaders but having good systems that allow the country[Read More…]
It is social media that makes you feel like your life is bad
There is something you want badly. It doesn’t matter if you will get it or not, you just want it and is willing to go through that pain just to have it. You are not so sure when but you know you need to get there even if it takes[Read More…]
Arabs cut my hands; finance officers cut my salary-ordeals of a wounded hero
Capt. James joined the liberation struggle in 1987. He graduated from the military field as a Sergeant Major; the rank he maintained until February 2005 when he met the late Dr. John Garang and got promoted to the rank of Captain at once. Since then, he never received another promotion.[Read More…]
GO BACK TO SCHOOL
By USTAZ MARK BANG If there are those who seek to get rich before acquiring credentials, then their future is in danger. One has to ask her/himself this question. How is South Sudan’s tomorrow going to reflect, my friend? It’s going to be the worst situation one has ever experienced,[Read More…]
You can be relieved from your job, but you can never be relieved from your work
Public office is just being sniffed like cocaine in South Sudan. The quest for looking for a solution would spare no one, including the one looking for the solution himself. South Sudan has reached a critical moment where an official is appointed today and relieved tomorrow without even being sworn[Read More…]
Be the change that you would want
By Ustaz Mark Bang You just have to change yourself. Your focus should not be on changing others. That is what Mahatma Gandhi did. It is his quote. When we change and start to operate from a higher perspective and ideals, our energy starts to ascend. We start to vibrate[Read More…]
GREAT LEADERS ARE EVER KIND, HUMBLE AND SUPPORTIVE
Ustaz Mark Bang Love, like war, is a complex battlefield. When someone cheats on you, they’ve launched an assault on the very foundation of trust and respect in your relationship. But here’s the thing about humans—we’re complex creatures, capable of immense love and profound forgiveness. So, how can you still[Read More…]
Twelve (12) months without salary, a potential threat
By Khamis James Kwaje Lubang, Indeed, the situation of government workers in South Sudan going for extended periods of one year without pay is a very unique experience that has not happened anywhere in the world. Such a rear occurrence has proved beyond doubt the faith, love, trust, and value[Read More…]
Here, we raise our case
We bring beauty to the environment. Humans are so mad about anything beautiful. They are happy when they see that the environment is very green. Without us, the trees, there can be nothing beautiful. We colour the environment. Some of us are white. Some of us are blue. Some of[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Security personnel should be deployed around the butchers, selling points of roasted meat along the streets, and the whole country. But to start with screening the capital city, Juba, it is good to know what citizens are going through in these hard times. Security should monitor what type of meat[Read More…]
Why I write about human conditions [Part 2]
Some years ago, when I joined school for the first time, though most of my reasons for going to school were motivated by the desire to eat school porridge and disappear without attending any class, there was something else I had wanted to do and that was to become a[Read More…]
Suicide is never an option
As ever-increasing as crises in South Sudan, a gentleman, after years of failure, bought a rope and fixed a day for hanging himself. When the day came, he pulled a pen and paper and sat down to write a note. Because he was writing with an Obama smoothline pen, he[Read More…]
Editorial
Mistreating a journalist is likened to hurting a hapless messenger, who is misconstrued for carrying words. Or, breaking a mirror that shows your image. Journalism is as old as creation; in the bible, those of the Higher beings are referred to as Angels or messengers of God. Jacob wrestled with[Read More…]
Can this humanity be found?
By Nyariay Kic What is humanity? The Oxford Translation reads humanity as, “the quality of being humane.” What is even being humane? Back to the dictionary again, “pertaining to or concerned with the humanities.” First, the word was humanity, now humane and then humanities and so forth goes the[Read More…]