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relatively different, but all share one common thread. It is believed that gangs are formed with a purpose of engaging in criminal activity to support themselves and their members. The first recorded South African gangs were formed in the mines in Johannesburg in the late 1800s among the migrant labourers. Similarly, Cape Town’s prison gangs dates back to the early 1900s (Cooper & Ward 2012:242). Gangs are not exclusive to one religion, population group or even gender. They are made up of…

Globally there are so many communicable diseases. Some of these diseases are easily transmitted to people through the movement of urbanization. Urbanization is the movement of people from an area with little development, like villages to small or big cities with good development. This movement of people could lead to several communicable diseases especially in areas of large population. In this assignment, I am discussing the impacts of urbanization on communicable diseases. Urbanization can…

“The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I relate to this thought in my quest to find sustainable technologies because the work of an engineer is to “enable the future” not merely to “foresee” it. As a mechanical engineer and a founder & head for a sustainable technology based start-up I realized the importance of technology enabled sustainability for a healthier…

For thousands of years, flying was just a fantasy. Human beings always yearn to fly in the sky but all they can ever do were to dream. Then in a single century, what was deemed as a fantasy became reality. On 17 December 1903, Wright brothers became the first humans to concur to sky. And soon after, the first commercial flight took-off with “Benoist XIV”, a two seater with a relatively small flight deck plane piloted by Tony Jannus, veteran test pilot and barnstormer from St. Petersburg to Tampa…

Many people in life have referenced dance, as a way to express themselves. Oprah Winfrey, who many look up to today as a great motivational speaker, has referenced dance to express her philosophies on life. However, her life was not always bright. Born to a single mother in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was raised into poverty. She worked on a farm, while her mother was looking for work, and her grandmother taught her to read at an early age. As she grew up, she endured more hardships,…

Imagine South Africa’s situation today- if Nelson Mandela had never fought for the rights of humanity. Since colonial times, colored-people in South Africa were seen as second-class despite the clear non-white majority. Any person not classified as white, was treated as a lesser man. At this point, the idea of racial equality seemed impossible. Until this one man gave up his life and his own safety to ultimately change the world. Nelson Mandela abolished racial inequality within South Africa and…

The legacy of Apartheid in South Africa is one of violence, oppression, and segregation by the white dominated National Party against blacks and non-coloreds that lasted from 1948 to 1994. This policy of segregation by means of racial classification meant that non-whites were treated as second class citizens, not worthy of voting rights, representation, or even basic human rights. It insured that the minority white population would stay in power as it controlled the government, economic and…

It’s hard to imagine what it would be like living many years in prison.Mandela was in prison for 27 years Nelson Mandela is important to us because he was the first democratically elected president of South Africa, after being imprisoned for 27 years, and overcoming obstacles to inspire the world. Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. He was later named Nelson when he entered school because his…

An African man by the name Anais once told me a story about a young boy by the name Nicholas whom, at the age of fifteen lived with his parents seventeen miles outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. In the depths of the country, they had no neighbors. One day, Nicholas’s father asked him to drive him to the city where he had an all-day conference. His father prompted him on getting all his chores done, getting the car service before he could enjoy the city and also to pick him up at 6:00pm where…

Apartheid was the codification of laws and regulations to keep Africans in an inferior position to the white Afrikaners in South Africa. Nelson Mandela described apartheid as ‘a poison that bred moral decay in all areas’ and it was this poison that he spoke of which dominated South African society from 1948 to the early 1990’s. Apartheid was implemented by an Afrikaner government in 1948 named the Nationalist Party under the leadership of DF Malan. Afrikaans ideology was that they were to unite…