By Ustaz Mark Bang   Personal development can be understood as a growth process aimed at building a better version of yourself. Identifying your life goals and taking action to achieve them. There is always something about ourselves we can improve on. The human potential is limitless, so it’s impossible[Read More…]

By Chol Peter Majoh   Aside ending suffering or completely avoiding it, life itself is an endless struggle. It’s a 24/7/365 circle struggle from one’s birth to death and there’s no rest in it. In it (life), there is a lot to bear and that’s what we term as suffering.[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   Water is as good as it is dangerous. There is no life without water. Besides, it is bad news that there can be water without life. Unsafe water and poor sanitation services do not support life. And lamentably, most deaths in our society have their[Read More…]

Happy belated posthumous birthday to you, Dr. John Garang de Mabior. Born on June 23rd 1943, if Dr. John Garang de Mabior lived to-date, he would be 81 years and 8 days old today. The founding father of the Republic of South Sudan, I wish I were an expert in[Read More…]

It is too expensive to be a president. And if you don’t know, most of the presidents live as if they hold the keys to heaven.  They spend like there is no tomorrow. If they have problems, money is not one of those problems.  They have a lot of money[Read More…]

June is gone! It is nine months now without the salary. Since when the salary delay started, it never exceeded six months. It usually used to hang between four and five months. Something must be wrong. Maybe the salary has reached a menopausal age, forcing me to coin a word[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Whether we live indoors or outdoors, the universe is unfavorable, whether we call conferences or World Summits to cease environmental degradation, universe is unfavorable, whether stopping scientific discoveries, advancement in technological development, exploiting natural resources, atomic evolution, wars and conflicts, and emission of toxic gases,[Read More…]

There have been several court cases but this one is different, it brings the big and small together to discuss some things, matters of life and death. If the rat wins, the lion will eat him up, the rat will be his snack. If the rat loses, he will lose[Read More…]

Ustaz Mark Bang   A good governance minimizes corruption, considers opinions of the minority, listens to the oppressed in decision-making process, and responds to the needs of the community. We have the governance but lack the characteristics that we’re going to look at shortly. Now, the term good governance has[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   There are always high chances of respect, honour and admiration when one shows truthfulness, kindness and humility to other individuals encountered in life. People sometimes treat those with the least privileges with dishonor and that shows they lack spiritual eyes to see what future might[Read More…]

I didn’t know that it was a dream. I nearly wept when I woke up from this nightmare. To begin my adventure, you need to put down whatever you are doing and embark on an endless journey with me. Somewhere in the middle, you need to expect accidents and some[Read More…]

He does not finish what he starts to do. Boys don’t have plans to finish anything they start to do. They can start doing something but can give up in the middle. A boy fears the test that comes on the way to his destiny. I have heard him talking[Read More…]

The good news is that you are fine, and the bad news is that life is not going to treat you with kid gloves. Life does not care whether you are weak or strong. It does not even care if you are rich or poor. It treats people equally. You[Read More…]

Rev. Nathaniel Garang Aduotdiit   “If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson; if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.” Leaders at different levels of society, homes, institutions, governments, e.t.c, are seldom faced with the uphill task of keeping sanity, order or serenity[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   There are many problems with us, and those who never know what the future might bring to everyone must understand this. Look back to the situation you have been ignoring others and the situation you have hoped that nothing would change. For we are panicking[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   People need to understand what it means to be a member in either family or society, groups or government, friends or crew. In every association, there is system, a system which everybody who has accepted to be its member must follow whether or not. Failure[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Time is our most precious resource, yet we often let it slip through our fingers unnoticed.  Living in a world that is always on, where we are constantly bombarded by distractions, leaves us wondering where the hours go. So, we will delve deep into the[Read More…]

The wild is an interesting place to visit once in a while and if you have never been there, it will take you years to know the wonders of nature. In the wild, you meet big and small animals all with different sets of problems. You get small animals with[Read More…]