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From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything
From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything
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Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom
Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom
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Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge
Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge
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NEWS

The youth jobs crisis fuelling India’s Cockroach Janta Party protests

The youth jobs crisis fuelling India’s Cockroach Janta Party protests

July 3, 2026
A new youth protest movement in India that started as online satire is now staging an ongoing sit-in in New Delhi, calling for the resignation of India’s education minister. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched in late May by Ab...
SA: Judge tears up Cat Matlala’s soft deal – now comes the reckoning over who else he names
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Sahel countries sever ties with The Hague
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Only 9% of Africans now remain outside internet coverage – report
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Maria Matembe: Uganda’s 72 year-old matriarch who would not be silenced
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World

Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How?

Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How?

July 3, 2026
US President Donald Trump once called cryptocurrency a “scam”. It’s now a major moneymaker for him: his just-released annual financial disclosure shows he made more than US$1 billion from cryptocurrency last year. This news has raised the ire of ...
Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task
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Venezuela earthquake aftermath: ‘breakdown of basic services’, disease risks and health workers missing – UN agencies
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BRICS NEWS

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

June 23, 2026
SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile used the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on 22 June 2026 to launch a concentrated bid for South Africa to move from commodity supplier to industrial partner - pitching the country as a ...
Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape
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Ethiopia’s BRICS dividend: Addis Ababa charts a new course in the architecture of global power
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Special Features

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Morocco’s hidden history: archaeology, DNA and carbon dating rewrite the story of the ancient world

Morocco’s hidden history: archaeology, DNA and carbon dating rewrite the story of the ancient world

July 2, 2026
LITERATURE
Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

July 3, 2026
MOTORING
BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

July 1, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

June 25, 2026

Sports

THE 86TH MINUTE: Africa’s new enemy at the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a clock

THE 86TH MINUTE: Africa’s new enemy at the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a clock

July 2, 2026
THERE is a moment in every horror film where the music goes quiet, the babysitter checks the closet one more time, and you already know - you know - that something is coming. At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, African football has found its own jump-scare ...
FIFA 2026 WORLD CUP: Morocco shines, the Elephants crash out, with pride
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Atlas Lions Roar, Albirroja Ambush: Africa toasts as Europe’s giants crumble on penalties
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Business

Africa is building the systems that make climate capital move

Africa is building the systems that make climate capital move

July 2, 2026
AFRICA'S next race for climate finance is increasingly being shaped not by the size of countries' renewable resources but by the strength of the institutions that can turn those resources into investable opportunities. A growing body of evidence ...
Angola just took a decisive step to turn AfCFTA from paper promise into business reality
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Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased
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Lifestyle

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

July 3, 2026
EVERY year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce’s landmark 1922 novel Ulysses. The date marks the single day on which the novel unfolds: 16 June 1904, when its protagonist,...
Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound
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Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party
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Thought Leadership

Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal

Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal

JOVIAL RANTAOJuly 3, 2026
THERE are political mistakes, and then there are mistakes that tell a nation exactly how little its leadership has learned. President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to appoint Dina Pule as Minister of Social Development belongs unmistakably to the secon...
“Let us rise with confidence, courage, and love for the DR – United in truth. Firm in sovereignty. Responsible in action.
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The matriarch who would not be silenced: Miria Matembe’s long war against power
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Features

EDUCATION
Nigerian kids learning purpose through play

Nigerian kids learning purpose through play

July 1, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin

Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin

July 1, 2026
HUMAN RIGHTS
In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

March 27, 2026
MEDIA FREEDOM
Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

June 27, 2026
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Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal 1

Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal

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Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge 2

Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge

July 3, 2026
Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom 3

Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom

July 3, 2026
From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything 4

From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything

July 3, 2026
Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task 5

Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task

July 3, 2026
From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything 1

From Baton Rouge track to federal prison: how one of Nigeria’s fastest rising sprinters threw away everything

July 3, 2026
Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom 2

Hakimi’s crown, Hakimi’s cross: Africa’s best footballer now faces his toughest match – a French courtroom

July 3, 2026
Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge 3

Google bets big on Africa: inside the Eastern Cape Digital Exchange, the Soweto Innovation Hub, a reshaped $1-billion pledge

July 3, 2026
Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world 4

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

July 3, 2026
Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal 5

Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal

July 3, 2026

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A force forged in the crucible of African development

A force forged in the crucible of African development

March 27, 2026
IN the corridors of the , system, where ambition is plentiful but transformative action rare, Daphine Hazvibvi Muzawazi has become something of an in...

Health

Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil
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Technology

People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness?
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Africities

China is helping build Africa’s cities, but its approach sidelines local urban planners and residents
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MULTIMEDIA

Gallery: The Lion of Bamako: Tribute to Hameye Mahaman Cissé
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