Throughout all these games, I have learned that our people are willing to come together again. And Luol Deng has not only done that but he has made it possible for the whole world to know the good part of the story of a country that has been known, in[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   For years, I have been following how laws of our nation work, and I have found out many people have never known this. Look! A child carrying a weapon threatens their parents and never knows that his dad once cleansed his buttocks, his nose, dressing[Read More…]

Even if you are a biological son of the late Manute Bol, expected to override Manute himself or attain the same height, you can never make it if your guardian is a rock. You will either grow up with a big hump like a camel or you be creeping on[Read More…]

In the olden days, what used to go around always came around. But today, what goes around does not come around. If, indeed, what goes around comes around, then it is high time for it to come around. It should come around with a bulldozer’s force to crush the people[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   People will pay attention to what you say, just because of your position. A leader’s job is to pay attention to what other people say, especially those who think their views don’t count. Show you’re listening by acting on what people tell you, and gain[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   On Tuesday this week, South Sudan paid tribute to the heroes and heroines who lost their lives during the liberation struggle. The 30th date of every July has been immortalized and set aside to remember these people and to remind ourselves about the efforts that[Read More…]

  Are you real? Are you what you believe you are? People say you can’t be a leader. They say you are not wise. Leaders should be wise. You are not influential. Leaders should be influential. You are not famous. Leaders should be famous. You are not creative. Leaders should[Read More…]

Dear Dr. John Garang de Mabior, it is unfortunate that this year’s Martyrs Day Commemoration has come at a time when South Sudanese are living at the mercy of the economy. It is up to the economy to kill all South Sudanese or spare a few. Neither the Presidency nor[Read More…]

By Manas James Okony   Dear martyrs, I hope this letter finds you at peace, as your bones and flesh, which helped lay the foundation of our nation, rest beneath our soil and waterways. On the 30th day of July each year, we gather to honor your sacrifices and celebrate[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   We have been seeing ourselves as this nation had been and continues to be. I feel so surprised when the situation is becoming harder and harder yet there are thousands of individuals whose secret motive is to suck innocent blood. Say be calm and things[Read More…]

From one meal per day to zero meal per day! From you will get your salaries next month to salaries suspension! From hopefulness to hopelessness! Having seen that South Sudanese are vulnerable beyond vulnerability, hunger has sharpened its teeth and started scavenging the starving people of South Sudan. As hunger[Read More…]

Sometimes, when we see others ahead of us, we put it the wrong way that, we are left behind and forget even where we are, forgetting the need to appreciate what we are and what we have, though there are sometimes in our life when God can really break our[Read More…]

  By Ustaz Mark Bang   Here are 7 key lessons parents need to carry on with if they really want their child to better person in future, please the future of your own child matters. The Importance of Self-Reflection: emphasizes the need for parents to reflect on their own[Read More…]

When I see leaders of South Sudan addressing a problem, it kills me with laughter. They abandon the problem and shoot its shadow. They do not completely know how to put an absolute end to a problem. When a problem arises, it is always good to find its root cause.[Read More…]

With SSP fluctuations, we are able to know whether the citizens are optimistic or pessimistic. Optimistic citizens know things will change very soon. Pessimistic ones have no hope for change. Those who are optimistic in life treat things as normal. They don’t complain. They look for solutions. They smile when[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   What is unique about our age is that so much transformation has happened in the ways we communicate and work. It is possible today to pass your information to thousands of people in various places in just minutes through social media. YouTube and Spotify have[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   There is this compulsion of things that makes our lives tough and stressful. Now that you realize and accept that this life is momentary and is going to end with whatever you achieve or don’t achieve, the end result is to perish, you become less[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot   Although training a child in skilled types of work is helpful and mandatory, exposure to heavy-force labour constitutes mistreatment. The concerned Ministries of Labour and Gender and Social Welfare should pay attention to the appalling situations South Sudanese children are going through. Parents in[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   We live in a community where all people desire to live while others continue to perish, where socialization is dying, where culture is swept off, and where pride is the focus of the day. Those in government are not serving us but eating our resources,[Read More…]