Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has accused President William Ruto of getting too cosy with the West. Odinga said the newly-elected...
The protest song "Stimela" remains as much a song about present and future aspirations, as it is of the past.
The World Press Freedom Index measures the level of media freedom in 180 countries. Nigeria ranked 119 and Ghana, ranked 23 in the world and first...
Rwanda is one of the African countries that is not party to the Rome Statute and President Kagame has criticised the International Criminal Court for being...
Explorations of form and sound in jazz are essentially political. They challenge the status quo in society by interrogating categories and barriers.
Lucara Diamond has discovered a 327-carat diamond at its mine in Botswana, just two weeks after the discovery of a 472-carat diamond this month. The latest...
Female runners with high testosterone must use hormones to reduce those levels or they will not be allowed in international races between 400m and the mile,...
In a surprising development the conservative southern African country of Zimbabwe published a licensing regime that will allow the legal cultivation of marijuana. After Lesotho it...
Think twice before posting the story of your love online, says Tiffany Mugo
The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it's not the answer to South Africa's problems.
South Africa marks 24 years of freedom amid continuous contests over over governance, economic justice as well as reconciliation and inclusion.
