
We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...




The death of Queen Elizabeth II has elicited mixed feelings. Some remember the Queen as a steadfast guiding figure, a...














In South Africa, the line of the week probably belonged to former finance minister Trevor Manuel. When asked what he would do if he were still...

Virginity is essentially a social construct which defines sex in very narrow ways and in this way provides an avenue for the policing, demonization and shaming...

An unidentified Zimbabwean woman picks up crumbs that fell off the VVIP table after President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday party which cost $800,000 in a country...

A Batwa legend might explain the lowly status of the people found in Uganda, eastern DRC, Rwanda and Burundi. A man, Kihanga, had three sons named...

Kenya Film Classification Board has asked Google to take down gay song. The music video is titled ‘Same Love’ by a Kenyan band called Art Attack....

South Africa has scored a first after launching a U.S.$1 million solar plant, which will make George Airport the country and continent’s first solar-powered airport. The...

Not a year goes by without horrific stories about newborns found in garbage dumps or abandoned in a pit latrine circulating in the media. An estimated...

Meet Amelia and Jasmine - genetically identical twins believed to be the UK’s first “black and white” twins born from the same egg.

For all the honey lovers out there, have a look at the traditional bee hive from Burkina Faso, and see how the honey is harvested.

Zimbabwe is grappling with a crisis and 19 300 cattle have died due to the prevailing drought. The government, which is unable to assist cattle owners...