Paul McNally - freelance writer

Captains Of Industry

Paul — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:30:03 +0000

Nineteen years of lawlessness in Somalia is paying off for the peasants turned pirates. Their industry is booming and the shipping world is powerless to stop it.

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Africa’s tin-can version of Twitter has it right

Paul — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:37:00 +0000

The story of journalist Ezra Sibanda and SW Radio. He sits in London and broadcasts to Zimbabwe via short wave. He draws a massive rural listenership and provides a crucial service to the people of Zimbabwe by dragging a finger down his list of 45 000 numbers and calling at random.

Read the full story at The Mail & Guardian’s Thought Leader.

Africa’s “Burning Man” reveals the secret to making friends

Paul — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:43:24 +0000

A girl we’re with strips down to her bra and panties and goes off into the desert to paint people fluorescent. Ten skips later two men in jester hats stop the bra and panties and ask for their faces to be painted. She obliges but comes over after, crouching in the dust, and complains why people are making such a big DEAL – it’s just flesh.

Read the full story at Open Salon.

If you were the UK, would you give Africa money?

Paul — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:04:09 +0000

August 27th, 2010: Evil Santa Claus Andrew Mitchell is in the process of training the British public to accept international aid as a force that discriminates rather than helps. Can this be reversed before the UK’s aid budget skips Africa altogether?

Read the full article at The Mail & Guardian’s Thought Leader.

Men off the hook with HIV gel

Paul — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:51:25 +0000

2 Aug 2010: A new gel designed to help prevent the spread of HIV may be used to pander to male irresponsibility over safe sex.

Read the full article on The Guardian’s website.

Throw The Bones Away

Paul — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:52:58 +0000

The conflict between traditional healers and conventional doctors: it doesn’t have to be a choice. You can take the best from both.

Winner of a CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the year award

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Blood Money

Paul — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:55:13 +0000

This question: is it ethical to pay people periodically to stay HIV negative, but then stop if they become positive?

Nominated for a CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the year award

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Bang on Target

Paul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:54:59 +0000

While on company business in a foreign country you’re a prime target to manacled, beaten and ransomed fro millions.

Nominated for an MPASA Pica in investigative journalism 2011.

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Face your fears feature

Paul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:01:51 +0000

Swimming with sharks, stand-up comedy, public nudity,
being attacked by dogs and getting nailed into a coffin.

5 fears conquered in this award nominated article.

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You’re HIV Positive, now what?

Paul — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:00:37 +0000

You’ve fumbled with a condom or sweated through an HIV test – but what if that one-night stand actually came back positive?

A feature on anti-retrovirals.

Winner of the Pica for Public Interest Writer of The Year (2008)

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