
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




There are still very few female hip-hop artists in Senegal, but they are asserting their talents and strong personalities to...














The state needs to act urgently to address the increase in xenophobic groups across South Africa.

The ANC has been using multiple tactics to fend off the looming calamity of not having Ramaphosa as its president, and that of the country, in...

The level of education of the political class is not the key to progress.

A collaboration between two leading biotech companies, the South Africa-based Afrigen and the Belgium-based Univercells will work together to develop a novel regional mRNA vaccine. The...

A fire at the Yeoville African Market in Johannesburg has left some sellers destitute, with shopkeepers saying vigilante group Operation Dudula threatened a week earlier to...

Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.

Widows in Nigeria are still exposed to harmful practices.

From 1 January 2023, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans and their children will no longer be able to live, work and go to school legally in...

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa may find themselves undocumented on 1 January 2023. About 178,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders will find...

Kenya’s upcoming elections could be the beginning of a shift from ethnic to class and issue-based politics.