By Joseph Maker Mijok Since the beginning of oil operation activities to date, the oil industry management in South Sudan has never shown a suitable attitude towards people’s health and their environment. Although oil companies failed to perform their legal and ethical duties mandated in the national and international[Read More…]
Politics
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How much is South Sudan?
By Theem Isaac Machar This country is not ours. It is a secret the masses have never known. We are a million miles away from the citizenship of this nation. We must know this bitter truth, though there’s nothing anybody can do about it. Besides the lack of good[Read More…]
Not just over 9millions, say the entire country is under hunger threat
By Chol Peter Majoh Relieve and Rehabilitations Commission (RRC) just a few days ago reported that 9 million South Sudanese are under threat of hunger. If you are a good follower of this paper, then you must have seen that story on Tuesday. Upon seeing the headline “Over 9 million[Read More…]
Dear youth, tomorrow is not far
Leaders of tomorrow, backbone of the country, future leaders, sowing seeds, and many other references. In either reference, youth are the candles that the elders use to consume the darkness. Youth are the walking sticks that the elders use against kinetic imbalances. Youth are the voice and defence of the[Read More…]
Rising from a thousandaire to a millionaire is not a one-day thing
No one hates money. It is everyone’s wish to have money. Not just money, but huge money. Of course, that lump sum of money that earns one a title. No one hates money, I repeat. The biggest problem with money is that the road going to money is so tiny,[Read More…]
The country is ravaged by political prostitution.
By Theem Isaac Machar Akot The term “prostitution” may evoke strong reactions, and it leads us to question: Are politicians involved in inappropriate activities within their offices? Are they associated with establishments commonly linked t prostitution? The answer is no; they don’t. The writer targets behavioural prostitution sponsored by[Read More…]
Why have mind, eyes, ears, legs, hands and mouth without a work!
We have a mind to think of work. God created each one of us with a logical mind. The main work of our mind is to think of what to do. Do we have time to think of what to do? Or we keep complaining, blaming others that they don’t[Read More…]
South Sudan’s current economic woes – is there a strategy to exit from it?
By Joseph Ring Lang Government Departments like Finance, National Planning, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, Energy and Mining (just to mention a few) do they know how to exit from our current economic woes which are felt by everybody? Our current economic woes do our Executive Wing of the Government have[Read More…]
Murder is a pride in South Sudan, but a sin elsewhere
In countries like Jerusalem, the city of God, murder is a double sin. Murder is a capital crime everywhere. Above all crimes, a deliberate killing of another being, especially a human, tops the list of crimes whether in heaven or on earth. Before laws came into existence, murder was punishable. [Read More…]
Preparing our nation for peace requires responsible child upbringing
By Ustaz Mark Bang There is a need to invest in human development to perfectly carry out duties that are meant to be. The future we want our young sons and daughters to be in is a future in which they should know between rights and wrongs. In psychology, one[Read More…]
World’s Youngest Honorary Consul of World’s Youngest Nation
Zubair Imam Malik, Honorary Consul of South Sudan based in Pakistan said soon a number of farmers will be visiting Pakistan to attend advance training workshops on Agriculture. Further, Malik added that he would be giving Scholarships to South Sudanese students to study in University in his homeland. Mr. Zubair[Read More…]
Beware of land grabbers
By Esther Aurelio Agira Land grabbing is the act of taking someone’s land in an unlawful manner. A land grabber might be an individual, organization, government institution, or even the private sector. Land grabbing and corruption are like two sides of the same coin, since land grabbing is always[Read More…]
Land grabbing; a problem looking for a solution
When a common man’s house is located in a commercial place, it is liable to grabbing by an elite. A common man owning a double plot of land is not safe either. Every day, an elite wishes he were the owner of such a large piece of land. Guess what[Read More…]
Truth, I discovered about ourselves as youth, not the gov’t
By Ustaz Mark Bang We have to check in on ourselves properly before talking bitterly at the government, yes! One may utter anything, but not to the extent that she or he never points out his or her weaknesses. I sometimes view it myself and look at the situation[Read More…]
What destroys education buries the nation
By Ustaz Mark bang As the system of education needs clearances, scrutiny, recoveries, and immediate change so that our young generation becomes one of the best-fit manpower for future roles, since South Sudan has become an independent state, there has never been a system for setting up well-standardized curricula[Read More…]
Who is not who he is?
Whether born to a royal family or a peasant family, everyone is equal. Whether raised in a rural setting or an urban one, everyone is equal. Whether weaned in a cattle camp or at home, everyone is equal. Whether your mother was married with 100 cows or with one cow,[Read More…]
DO YOU MEAN YOUR “YES”?
Yes, means an acceptance. You promise that you won’t fail to do what you have accepted. You say that you have understood it and you will commit to it. The big question is “DO YOU MEAN YOUR “YES”? Before the ordained minister in the church they are asked, “Will you[Read More…]
Save the dying economy, give people hope. A call for ‘YES’ to elections and ‘NO’ to extension of the interim period
By Diing Atem Akoi Diing To begin, I would like to tell you, and I know you already know that, besides the dying economy, people have begun to lose hope. If you know someone with an eagle’s eye who is able to decent the future and would say no[Read More…]
If not now, then when?
I intend to talk to different groups of people in this article. At first, I want to talk to young people who are being underrepresented and sometimes misrepresented, but who go missing from the table where the present and future decisions are being made. When youth are invited to attend,[Read More…]
We are not allergic to gold money, say the civil servants
If something is wrong with the oil money, how about the gold money? We can be paid with the gold money. We are not allergic to gold money. We are not allergic to uranium money either. We are not allergic to nickel money as well. And by the way, why[Read More…]