Category: Society

Weeping from the Grave: Daddy Lumba’s Funeral Rites and Matters Arising

To those of us still alive and kicking, it is never too early to get our affairs in order. The vital questions you should ask yourself are: are you properly married, are you properly divorced, do you have a Will, and is that Will valid? Sometimes, great men leave behind too many headaches for the beneficiaries of their estate because they fail to organise their affairs properly while alive. You might share your property during your lifetime and retain a lifetime interest, or have your lawyer prepare a Will on your behalf. You can leave behind “last wishes” regarding your burial and final funeral rites, but always remember that once you are gone, your mortal remains become the property of your extended family, not your immediate family.

TALENTED KIDZ IN AFRICA

Sunday, April 17, 2023, will go down in history as one of the best days in the life of TV3 Talented Kidz winner, Abigail Adjiri. Despite her hearing impairment, young Abigail sealed the perfect victory with her performance at the grand finale that wowed the judges, audience and viewers at home.

GHETTO KIDS appeared on Britain’s Got Talent on 15th April 2023 and got the Golden Buzzer while performing!😱 The very first time in the history of #BGT!

REDISCOVERING THE LOST ART OF TALKING ON THE PHONE

Hearing a friend or family member’s voice during a phone conversation builds social connection more effectively than sending a text, according to research. Tone is especially lost in texting. How often are relationships severed or at least damaged over a text miscommunication? Someone is trying to be funny or sarcastic, and the little emoji they’ve snuck in at the end of their text doesn’t convey their emotion properly, and suddenly there is a miscommunication.

Water is Life

Every child deserves – and has the right – to use safe water and live in a clean environment. That’s why we focus on bringing clean water, dignified sanitation and effective hygiene practices to communities, schools and healthcare facilities. Learn how we’re helping children thrive with our work in water: https://lnkd.in/ejZQ9un WorldWaterDay Credit: World Vision

Pharaoh Ramses II Era: Israeli archaeologists discover a 3,300 years old tomb with ancient pottery

A team of Israeli archaeologists felt like they had entered a set of an Indiana Jones film, or perhaps Dreamwork’s Prince of Egypt, after discovering a burial cave from the time of Pharaoh Ramses II – thought to possibly be the pharaoh from the story of the Exodus from Egypt – containing dozens of intact objects. The cave was uncovered in the Palmachim National Park near one of Israel’s most popular beaches.

MIDWEEK MOTIVATION

Hard Work always pays off. “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” Proverbs 14:23 NIV

‘Man of the Hole’: Last of his tribe dies in Brazil-By Vanessa Buschschluter, BBC News

The man was the last of an indigenous group living in the Tanaru indigenous area in the state of Rondônia, which borders Bolivia.

The majority of his tribe is believed to have been killed as early as the 1970s by ranchers wanting to expand their land.

In 1995, six of the remaining members of his tribe were killed in an attack by illegal miners, making him the sole survivor.

Brazil’s Indigenous Affairs Agency (Funai) only became aware of his survival in 1996 and had been monitoring the area ever since for his safety.

It was during a routine patrol that Funai agent Altair José Algayer found the man’s body covered in macaw feathers in a hammock outside one of his straw huts.