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Stereotypical media narratives deprive Africa and FDI community of $4.2 billion annually, new study reveals

Stereotypical media narratives deprive Africa and FDI community of $4.2 billion annually, new study reveals

THE study highlights the significant cost burden that biased media coverage imposes on African nations, particularly during electoral periods, ultimately deterring foreign direct investment (FDI) in a continent known for its low default rates and hi...
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Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns spiralling violence

Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns spiralling violence

AMID reports of intensifying Israeli bombing in Lebanon and Gaza overnight and continuing Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for an end to the “killing, destruction [and] bellicose posturing” by th...
Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo – a tribute

Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo – a tribute

OFTENTIMES, a man’s legacy is discovered after he leaves this earth. However, the world didn’t need Dikembe Mutombo’s recent passing to know how great a man he was. From his entry to the NBA as one of Africa’s basketball trailblazers, a Basketbal...
Business confidence in South Africa: how a 70-year-old survey has given early signals of the economy’s pulse

Business confidence in South Africa: how a 70-year-old survey has given early signals of the economy’s pulse

Business tendency surveys provide very useful indicators of trends within an economy. The information is available well before the official statistics, such as GDP growth, and provides insights into business dynamics that cannot be found elsewhere. ...
From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead – the story of music manager Rikki Stein

From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead – the story of music manager Rikki Stein

RIKKI Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager, he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American...
Why bother voting?

Why bother voting?

YEARS ago, I was invited to speak to a group of young schoolgirls from a township inJohannesburg. A little way into the talk, I realised that they weren’t terribly engaged. It took me a moment to understand why. English wasn’t their first language a...

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Steve Biko, the South African struggle hero who was prepared to sacrifice his life for black liberation

Steve Biko, the South African struggle hero who was prepared to sacrifice his life for black liberation

WHAT happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new ...
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