Adoption of children across the old apartheid categories is on the rise. There were 936 such adoptions in the last three years. Community journalism project GroundUp unpacks some of the issues the Department of Social Development calls “trans-racial” adoption.
South Africa
Politics and Society South Africa wants illegal Zimbabweans out
South Africa has warned Zimbabweans resident in the country about pending deportation of those who failed to acquire permits under the 2010 Dispensation for Zimbabwe Project (DZP)
Politics and Society Black UCT academics bemoan racism
A letter on employment equity written by the vice-chancellor of the revered University of Cape Town (UCT), Max Price, has sparked outrage from its black academics who feel that his opinions suggest black academics are inferior to their white counterparts
Lifestyle Joburg’s pan-African sex tales
Exploring Johannesburg’s inner-city sex trade: a murky world where women from across Africa sell their bodies for cash. This Is Africa took a walk on the wild side.
Politics and Society South Africa says 250 000 Zimbabweans can stay
South Africa on Tuesday said around 250 000 Zimbabweans residing in the country on temporary visas due to expire this year can get three-year extensions, delaying a possible mass expulsion of workers
Arts, Culture and Sport A western reporter searches for nuance in Soweto
Western journalists often write about Africa in absolute terms, offering reductionist narratives from which their readers form impressions of a continent they’ve never visited. I’m a western journalist and here’s what I learned from reporting in Soweto.
Politics and Society The wealthiest unequal nation in Africa
“Africa is not poor, it is poorly managed”, said Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2009. Equatorial Guinea, whose president has been in power for 35 years, is Africa’s wealthiest nation on a per-capita basis and yet one of the most unequal.
Politics and Society FIFA’s lousy legacy in South Africa
Politics and Society South Africa to re-open land claims process
Those thought to have been dispossessed of land prior to 1913, particularly from the Khoi and San ethnicities, might now have another chance to make a claim.