QUOTES

 

‘Makala is not a prison, but a detention centre resembling a concentration camp, where people are sent to die.’

– Journalist Stanis Bujakera, who was sent to the notorious DRC prison last September

  

‘I wish to reaffirm the DRC's unwavering commitment to the One-China policy by recognising that Taiwan is an integral part of Chinese territory.’

– DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, said he believed Taiwan was part of China.

 

‘There’s a strong possibility that Africa’s film industry is on the brink of a global breakthrough. We’ve already witnessed this with Afrobeats, Amapiano and African music as a whole.’ 

– Nomsa Philiso, CEO of General Entertainment at MultiChoice Group, who last week announced that more African films and TV series are reaching global audiences than ever before

  

‘It is appalling that a project that is touted as bringing prosperity to the people of Uganda is instead leaving them the victims of violence, intimidation and poverty.’

– Climate Rights International executive director Brad Adams on a massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC, which is mired in reports of sexual violence, forced evictions and environmental damage

 

‘Our hearts are bleeding, our spirits down, our minds buffering asking ourselves many questions what, why, who and how come?’

– South Africa’s provincial Minister for Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, Matome Chiloane, on the deaths of praise singer Jessica Mbangeni and  broadcaster Thabiso Sikwane