Black Friday has become the most publicised shopping day of the year. It falls on the Friday after the American Thanksgiving holiday and is steadily becoming a craze in Africa as well. Opinions on Black Friday are divided, but the reality is increasingly negative.
The year 2008 remains a dark memory for the outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Now, 10 years later, there has been yet another resurgence in anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment.
Some of the things we discard – like urine – can actually be useful resources.
Dr. Nolubabalo Nqebelele has attained a PhD in Nephrology, making her a specialist in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Her achievement makes her the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, a top South African college.
South Africa: Corruption Watch announces project to hold police accountable. The new website will allow people to report police corruption.
Depression has for a long time been referred to as a “white disease” even though close to one in six South Africans suffer from depression or anxiety.
A 22-year-old South African, Mpumelelo Lelo Macheke has created the continent’s first database of GIFs of “Africans being Africans for Africans”.
The opening of the new Chinese Community and Police Co-operation Centre and the 3rd term opening of the Chinese language training programme in Port Elizabeth, South Africa has raised questions about China’s role in various institutions in African countries.
The “Shaka Rising” saga is nuanced retelling of one of Africa most prominent historical legends. It narrates a young prince’s rise to power as he guides his new kingdom through warfare, mediation and political alliances to defend his people against the expanding slave trade.
In South Africa, transgender discrimination is worse if you are poor. Hormone therapy and surgery are expensive and out of reach for many transpeople
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