Today, for the first time in my writing career, I want to write about completely nothing. There is no point; I want you to do anything else or run to catch a bus or if you would be at home, I want you to call your landlord and let him[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot   Very long ago, there lived a widow in a village with her son and a daughter. The daughter was called “Anyuoth” meaning “dream.” The husband died at a young age when the two kids were under 10 years old. The mother managed all she[Read More…]

By Very Rev Nathaniel Garang Aduotdiit   “An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.” Paul the apostle wisely admonished the Galatian churches as regards the way God and people will treat them as concerns their attitude and beliefs, and he told them,[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane,’’ Martin Luther King jr. Many people understand politics as the acquisition and exercise of power, but they fail to grasp it that the end goal is social and economic transformation.[Read More…]

It is hard to return a borrowed thing! Most of us don’t find it easy to return borrowed money. It is a human nature that we like receiving only. We are happy to receive but we become very stingy when we are to give.  Borrowing means eating our tomorrow. We[Read More…]

I was a partisan, but as we speak, I have taken a neutral position and this is my right. No one should tamper with it. It should not shake SPLM why elections are longed for. Elections are longed for, not because they would sweep away the current leaders so that[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Nothing ever is painful to those who are facing serious problems; nothing ever helps when desires, expectations, wants, and needs are denied. Nothing is ever more harmful than seeing yourself or others crying, and nothing helps. There is no good journey in the country when[Read More…]

My uncle tried putting me into his chest pocket so that whenever he submitted his application to J1, he would press my mouth so that I praise him to impress J1 to appoint him.   If he sees that I’m not enough to make the deal come true, he instructs me[Read More…]

By Manas James Okony   Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus. Characterized by fever, chills, rash, and swollen lymph nodes, Mpox poses significant health risks, particularly in places with poor healthcare infrastructure like South Sudan. As[Read More…]

As a young man born at the time when the liberation struggle was about to bear fruit, I fully understand what it means to be under the leadership of those who only want to keep you down. I also noted that the reason why we are here today as a[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Why is it important for others to sit and dine when more people continue to live in misery? The economic hardship, lack of basic utilities. Many are crying every day for having nothing to eat. Most of our people have been staying for 9 months,[Read More…]

By Very Rev. Nathaniel Garang Aduotdiit    Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD. Our God is the God of the truth, and there is no unrighteousness in Him! In portions of his epilogue, Moses spoke to the children of Israel in, (Deuteronomy 32:3)[Read More…]

Throughout all these games, I have learned that our people are willing to come together again. And Luol Deng has not only done that but he has made it possible for the whole world to know the good part of the story of a country that has been known, in[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   For years, I have been following how laws of our nation work, and I have found out many people have never known this. Look! A child carrying a weapon threatens their parents and never knows that his dad once cleansed his buttocks, his nose, dressing[Read More…]

Even if you are a biological son of the late Manute Bol, expected to override Manute himself or attain the same height, you can never make it if your guardian is a rock. You will either grow up with a big hump like a camel or you be creeping on[Read More…]

In the olden days, what used to go around always came around. But today, what goes around does not come around. If, indeed, what goes around comes around, then it is high time for it to come around. It should come around with a bulldozer’s force to crush the people[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   People will pay attention to what you say, just because of your position. A leader’s job is to pay attention to what other people say, especially those who think their views don’t count. Show you’re listening by acting on what people tell you, and gain[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   On Tuesday this week, South Sudan paid tribute to the heroes and heroines who lost their lives during the liberation struggle. The 30th date of every July has been immortalized and set aside to remember these people and to remind ourselves about the efforts that[Read More…]

  Are you real? Are you what you believe you are? People say you can’t be a leader. They say you are not wise. Leaders should be wise. You are not influential. Leaders should be influential. You are not famous. Leaders should be famous. You are not creative. Leaders should[Read More…]