The main political parties remain stuck in the old apartheid paradigm while the people are trying to move on. Now a campaign to spoil ballots in the upcoming general elections is raising questions about South Africa’s political classes.
Lifestyle The sexual shenanigans of Ghanaians
How do the various combinations – ‘one man, a mistress and at least one girlfriend’; ‘one woman, a steady partner, and several transient lovers’; ‘older man, a wife and his student girlfriend’ – co-exist with Christian values in the world’s most pious country?
Arts, Culture and Sport Will the new Miriam Makeba please stand up
Music as a form of political and social protest was common in South Africa throughout the apartheid years, but as we mark our 20th Anniversary of Freedom and Democracy, pop music seems preoccupied by everything but politics. Conventional success too distracting?
Lifestyle The Binyavanga Wainaina interview, part 2
Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina is the most high profile person to come out as gay in Africa, earning a place at the centre of the emotionally fraught debate over homosexuality. This is Part II of a far-ranging interview with Mr. Wainaina.
Lifestyle The Binyavanga Wainaina interview (Part 1)
In February, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina earned a place at the centre of the emotionally fraught debate over homosexuality in Africa. In this far-ranging interview, Mr. Wainaina offers a provocative critique of some of the cultural objections to homosexuality.
Politics and Society Zuma’s Uganda gay law comments “insulting”
South Africa’s main political opposition party the DA has accused President Jacob Zuma of insulting former president Nelson Mandela’s views on human rights through his failure to condemn Uganda’s anti-gay laws
African identities MAKERERE PROJECT ACCUSED OF RECRUITING GAYS
After raiding the offices of Walter Reed Project for training homosexuals earlier, the Uganda Police have now alleged that the now closed Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) actively recruited and trained homosexuals. In a statement on last week’s raid […]
Politics and Society South Africa: Regional leader or xenophobe?
South Africa positions itself as a continental leader, but the domestic reality is very different with immigration policies becoming increasingly stringent. This not only sanctions xenophobia but also exacerbates the country’s skills shortage.
Lifestyle The single-nationality church problem
Nigerian church. Kenyan church. Wherever you are in the Diaspora, you will find – among the multicultural churches – many African churches filled with one particular nationality or another. Is single-nationality worship wise?