Citizen Journalist: chris

About chris

Chris is a 'mature' student from the UK. Fleeing the cold, he came to South Africa in 2009 on a 3 month holiday visa and hasn't been home since. Aside from his studies he works as a freelance journo and is a content editor for UCT's international affairs magazine, The Cape Town Globalist

Xilloc Creates Revolutionary Implants for Bone Defects

The Dutch medical company Xilloc, started by 27 year old Dutch entrepreneur Maikel Beerens, has created a groundbreaking patient-specific implant that looks set to change […]

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The World Is In My Hand

Special Report: Activate! Leadership for Public Innovation programme Here (in South Africa), talking about our separateness has become an art form. We spend more time […]

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I Just Want to Belong

Special Report: Activate! Leadership for Public Innovation programme When people ask why there is so much violent crime in this country, I want to tell […]

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Raise Those Voices and Discover Your Society

Special Report: Activate! Leadership for Public Innovation programme Lately, there has been much focus on the Protection of State Information Bill, and we have been […]

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Not A Ticking Time Bomb, But Your Best Hope

Special Report: Activate! Leadership for Public Innovation programme I am a ticking time bomb – unemployable, uneducated and a threat to you. I am part […]

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Young US Entrepreneur Opens the Boundaries of Education in West Africa

By his own admission, John Roberts didn’t grow up with great ambitions of saving the world. Coming from what he calls a “pretty privileged background” […]

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Activate! Paves the Way for a New Breed of South African Leadership

According to Activate! project manager Janet Jobson, South African’s are certainly not averse to doing a “lot of complaining and a lot of protesting”. But […]

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Invisible Children model sets example for South African NGOs

In 2003, three young and energetic former school friends who “hadn’t seen a lot of the world” set off for Sudan with a second hand […]

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New Book Puts South Africa’s Leadership Potential in ‘Perspective’

Quoted in a timely and revelatory new book entitled Perspectives: The Search for Tomorrow’s Leaders, Otto Scharmer says that “leadership is not about filling a […]

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Foiled Laptop Theft Reveals Power of Everyday Heroes

On Wednesday the 6th of June, Capetonian Oliver Power was innocently enjoying a working  lunch at Clarkes on Bree Street, when his laptop was snatched from […]

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Mustadafin Food Drive Performs “Miracles”

On Saturday the 2nd of June, the Mustadafin Foundation, in collaboration with Cape Talk and Pick and Pay, successfully ran its Winter Warmth food drive, […]

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