For developing countries to achieve meaningful development, they must rely on their own resources to achieve their objectives. The BRICS Forum and the introduction of the New Development Bank (NDB) are contributing to this independent development, according to Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba.
Gigaba was speaking at the launch of the first Brics Journal on Thursday in Rosebank.The publication is set to challenge biases about the five Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – through the exchange of information and education in the political, arts and culture and economic spheres, according to managing editor Vuyo Dlamini.
“The global media is dominated by the interest and perspectives of the West,”explained Gigaba. Emerging markets have an inability to market themselves and inform on existing investment opportunities, beyond Western headlines. Media needs to speak truths to us and to international audiences and those from beyond the Brics environment, he said.
“We need to know about who we are, what we do and what we intend doing.
“We need media platforms which reflect reality, despite the challenges,” said Gigaba. Brics countries often receive no mention unless they “run along” Western standards and norms. When they are mentioned, it is often in light of a Western perspective of politics economics and society, he explained.
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Malawi: Dual Citizenship Really Needs to Be Revisited
At the Rio Olympic Games, two sisters, Cate and Bronte Campbell are representing Australia but they were born in Malawi — in 1992 and 1994 respectively.
Sydney Morning Herald reported this week with a catching headline; ‘Rio Olympics 2016: Cate and Bronte Campbell, from Malawi to world domination’.
“From humble beginnings in Malawi, to the Olympic stage in Rio, the Campbell sisters are used to multicultural experiences, specialising in world domination. With Cate recently putting her name in the history book with a 100m World Record and Bronte biting at her heels, Rio may well be the Campbell show,” the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
I remember a few years back Malawi National Council of Sports issued a decree that no foreign passport holders were allowed to represent Malawi at international games. This came about after foreign passport holders were the only ones who qualified to represent Malawi in swimming.
Malawian passport holders don’t make the grade to qualify for the Olympics but only attend on solidarity. I don’t know if the two sisters intended to represent Malawi but after learning the sport here they moved to Australia where they went on to represent that country and Bronte became an Olympic gold-winner, world champion, and world record-holder.
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We need media platforms which reflect reality – Gigaba
For developing countries to achieve meaningful development, they must rely on their own resources to achieve their objectives. The BRICS Forum and the introduction of the New Development Bank (NDB) are contributing to this independent development, according to Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba.
Gigaba was speaking at the launch of the first Brics Journal on Thursday in Rosebank.The publication is set to challenge biases about the five Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – through the exchange of information and education in the political, arts and culture and economic spheres, according to managing editor Vuyo Dlamini.
“The global media is dominated by the interest and perspectives of the West,”explained Gigaba. Emerging markets have an inability to market themselves and inform on existing investment opportunities, beyond Western headlines. Media needs to speak truths to us and to international audiences and those from beyond the Brics environment, he said.
“We need to know about who we are, what we do and what we intend doing.
“We need media platforms which reflect reality, despite the challenges,” said Gigaba. Brics countries often receive no mention unless they “run along” Western standards and norms. When they are mentioned, it is often in light of a Western perspective of politics economics and society, he explained.
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You don’t take your husband’s name, you won’t be married – Home Affairs official
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) officials are insisting on issuing women’s names with their marriage surnames, despite applicants explicitly stating that they would prefer their maiden names issued.
This was revealed after a newspaper report claimed that a woman, who married in April, recently found out that her maiden name had been replaced with her married last name.
According to her, the marriage official told her “if you don’t take your husband’s name, you won’t be married”.
Deputy Director of Home Affairs said he would investigate the issue as there are various scenarios which could have been at play in the various cases.
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South African banks look to biometrics to reduce fraud
IN OCTOBER 2015, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) released its card fraud report which found that while credit card fraud decreased in 2015, debit card fraud is on the rise, accounting for over R257m in losses last year.
This shift from credit card fraud to debit card fraud can be attributed, at least in part, to the roll-out of new technology. The deployment of chip and pin has decreased the amount of credit card fraud yet, unfortunately, the fraud does not simply disappear. Rather, the attack vector moves to areas that are more susceptible to fraud and where new technology has not yet been adopted.
For example, Standard Bank was targeted this May by a counterfeit ATM card scam and lost over R300m within a period of three hours in Japan. Why Japan? The primary reason is that ATMs in Japan continue to support the use of magnetic strip card data in addition to the more secure chip and pin. Yet, even chip and pin technology is not infallible and is vulnerable to card trapping. With the global rise in identity theft, it must be acknowledged that establishing an individual’s true identity is critical to preventing account fraud. The only true way to bind an account to an individual is to use the authorised individual’s personal characteristics — their biometric information.
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