It is confusing which direction should a blaming finger be pointed at. Ministry of Finance and Planning? Central Bank of South Sudan? Presidency? Bilpam Headquarters for the case of soldiers? Which direction really? To me, honestly, I can point to the presidency as the one responsible for this quarterly payment[Read More…]

By Deng Chol  A society that is not well cared for, will later be harmful to the individual who lives in it. So many things go on in the society we live in; it may be a big or small society.  After all, a society started from the family; an[Read More…]

By Ukongo Benson Athia Corruption, with numerous trends of definitions, involves taking anything, more than one lawfully deserves. The loot could be money, land, vehicles, etc. When a person receives extraordinary fortunes, without due process and corresponding records, it is a corruption by designation. If one has more than one[Read More…]

By Akol Miyen Kuol Luckily enough, South Sudan was one of the few countries that quickly got recognized by members of the global community even one day ahead of the declaration of independence. To prove the magnitude of the support that South Sudan enjoyed since its inception, it was recognized[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas In the culturally rich and diverse landscape of South Sudan, customs and traditions play a significant role in shaping the social fabric of society. One such custom that has raised considerable legal and ethical concerns is the practice of bride wealth, often referred to as “dowry.”[Read More…]

Having been born during the time when boyhood was measured by the number of fights a boy had caused and won, the number of boys he had wrestled down, common grazing lands he had taken his cattle to and other practices for fame, I suffered repercussions of these practices. Imagine[Read More…]

By Tong Akok Anei Mawien By Oxford’s definition, loyalty means showing or giving firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institutions, though it is not defined with regard to the outcome in return at the end, I believe it is something that shows togetherness at the cost[Read More…]

  By Nyak Lam My humble chiefs, the sub-chiefs, the older community leaders, the company’s stakeholders, the head teachers of all our schools cheering with us today and the community members, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Thanks for coming back today to continue our public address from where we ended[Read More…]

  You know when you are just a struggling young man in an unforgiving world, the best thing you can do is to do what you can even without success. This is what I have to do as a young man. I have to wake up in the morning to[Read More…]

It is sad to bring to your attention that the South Sudanese Pounds (SSP); the currency bearing the portrait of the founding father Dr. John Garang de Mabior, has clashed with the United States Dollar (USD) and got injured on the head. This is not the first time it has[Read More…]

By Tr. Nyak Lam My humble chiefs, the sub-chiefs, the order community leaders, the company stakeholders, the head teachers of all our schools cheering with us today and the community members, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Here is your son Nyak Lam, so privileged to host you today on this[Read More…]

In every battle of life, there is one thing we must not lose and that is hope. In the history of mankind, we have had wars fought by a few men against a majority and they won against the majority because of one simple mercenary and that is hope. In[Read More…]

By Tong Akok Anei Mawien Many of you will see or think of it as a lack of professionalism, but it’s a reality that shapes our way of making decisions, a reality that improves our mode of production to fit our market in a way that we should not underproduce[Read More…]

By Tong Akok Anei Mawien After suspending my opinion writings for some time as a matter of individual vocation, some people think that my mouth was filled with delicious food that emitted a sweet aroma in the oily ministries or other institutions, some think that I could not dare to[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas In recent years, we have witnessed a perplexing and alarming phenomenon in the realm of sexual offenses: teenage girls, especially those below the age of 18, openly advocating for relationships with their perpetrators and seeking marriage. This situation has prompted questions regarding the effectiveness and fairness[Read More…]

Professor K composed a song in Dinka dialect which lyrically goes “na luel yic, ke yïn aguac, ku na luel lueth ya, ke yïn angot yï guac. Wetke oo, koc aguac”. It literally translates that if you tell the truth, they fuck you and if you tell lies, they still[Read More…]

There are things I didn’t know, but growing up and life has come to teach me so harshly. I came to realize, somehow, lately, in my younger life, that God could put a smile on your face for one month and then take that smile away for years. He will[Read More…]

Toronto boys rob people, but people always point in the direction they have taken. But death robs people and no one could say it has gone this way or that way. The cowardly death does not even greet people after it has robbed them of a very important person. Death[Read More…]

  By Prof. Venansio T. Muludiang, PhD University of Juba These days, the print media in South Sudan is awash with scepticism about holding general elections in the country by the end of the transitional period of the Revitalized Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South[Read More…]