
People want to talk about how they conceptualise good health as much as they want to explain what caused them to become sick.

Unimpressive democratic conditions and foreign influence in African countries make recent attempted and successful military takeovers unsurprising.

Thanks to the growing appeal of African football stars and a dream final, Afcon is establishing itself on the world sporting map.

Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.

Few recent historical figures in South Africa provoke more divergent views than Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk. He was president of the country from 1989 to...