A once-in-a-century experience not only for Ruth Weiss
Ruth has arrived safely in Jutland after her big celebration in Aschaffenburg and is still busy thanking her personally for the many congratulations, including the congratulations of the Danish king. She will send us some retrospective and forward-looking words on her special birthday, which we will forward immediately.
Baobab – Climate Alarm for the ‘Mother of the Forest’
The baobab tree—an icon of African nature and one of the most remarkable trees on earth, closely linked to local cultures and traditions—is in danger, as we heard from the NAD Africa News in May.
100th Birthday of Ruth Weiss
The celebrations will begin at the Ruth Weiss Realschule Aschaffenburg, which will honour its namesake on the afternoon of 25 July from 2:00 p.m., followed by a school festival.
WATER ISSUES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
“Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink,” wrote the poet Coleridge in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” bemoaning the lack of this precious liquid. In April, it was reported that Johannesburg, with its 5 million inhabitants, was hit with water issues. The problem is said to be due to poor infrastructure, criminality, […]
SOUTH AFRICAN UNEXPECTED TROUBLES
Hardly had South Africa’s new Unity Government begun to take shape, when the partners squabbled. Is this the end of a new friendship and the start of untested solutions? The last election humiliated the once triumphant African National Congress (ABC) party with a 40% gain and the white Democratic Alliance (DA) with a 22% gain, […]
SOUTH AFRICAN POST-ELECTION WOES
It has happened! Of the 98% of votes known in South Africa’s 2024 election, the once triumphant ANC, acclaimed in 1994 in the 400-seat Parliament, has..
ZIMBABWES NEW CURRENCY
ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, was introduced on the 5th of April—the sixth effort in 25 years after six failed attempts to overcome poor foreign exchange values and hyperinflation and stabilise the economy.
SA Elections 2024
In 1994, excited South Africans of all groups, persuasions, and backgrounds thronged to the first democratic polls! The African National Congress (founded in 1912!), with its leader, the icon Nelson Mandela, at its head, was set to emerge with a dramatic win! The 63% achieved by the ANC came with the promise of a better life for all after the non-white majority had defeated the white racist minority.
The Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for Ruth Weiss
On behalf of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Ambassador to Denmark, Professor Dr. Pascal Hector, awarded Ruth Weiss the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in Skoerping, Denmark, in recognition of her decades of diverse educational work in the fight against anti-Semitism and racism.
BAOBAB BAEUME
The Iconic Baobab trees, one of the most remarkable trees on earth, closely linked to local cultures and traditions, are in danger, according to NAD Africa News of May 17.