Google the history of African Bank and you will find little about its origins at a meeting of black traders in Soweto back in 1964. Its recent epic fail has deferred dreams of a real black bank in South Africa writes Benedicta Dube

As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, it’s about time we stopped paying lip service to the empowerment of women, writes Benedicta Dube

There was a time when everyone looked to South Africa for African solutions to Africa’s problems. After the advent of democracy in 1994 South Africa was a beacon of hope for the continent. Sadly that situation has not been sustained, writes Benedicta Dube