Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...
In South Africa coalitions are weaponised as extensions of elections.
At the age of 25, Panashe Chigumadzi is one of the most prominent intellectual voices in South Africa. Born to Zimbabwean parents, she is currently a...
This year marks 40 years since the student uprisings of 1976, after which South Africa was never the same again. At the heart of the student...
Sexual violence is a tactic of war, used to humiliate, dominate and instil fear. It is also increasingly being used as a tactic of terrorism. While...
What are the limits of what politicians can give to the people to entice them to vote in their favour? Money is considered unacceptable by almost...
As much as we complain about outsiders exoticising our cultures for financial gain, Lineo Segoete writes, sometimes our complacency has laid the groundwork for it.
The headscarf goes by many names in Africa. They call it the “gele” in Nigeria, the “duku” in Ghana and the “Kilemba” in East Africa. In...
Rob Boffard is an author, journalist, sound engineer, snowboarder, hip-hop artist and more. He recently sat still long enough for Tseliso Monaheng to chat with him.
Mozambique, which was poised to take off as the world’s third-biggest natural gas producer, is instead now teetering on the brink of a major sovereign debt...
Today the world commemorates the second International Albinism Awareness Day, a special day to celebrate the talents and achievements of people with albinism, and to join...
Albinism is one of the least understood conditions around the world. People with albinism face a number of problems, discrimination and violence because of the lack of...
