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The Buffalo Saga: a day of high drama in South African politics
The Buffalo Saga: a day of high drama in South African politics
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Refugees in East Africa suffer from high levels of depression
Refugees in East Africa suffer from high levels of depression
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MAJOR DISCOVERY: 5000 year old farming community fills gaps in Moroccan history
MAJOR DISCOVERY: 5000 year old farming community fills gaps in Moroccan history
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NEWS

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

October 11, 2024
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...
Congolese women with peacekeeper-fathered children call for support as MONUSCO draws down
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The Roaring Return: The drive to bring Formula 1 back to South Africa
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Makes space for peace in the DRC, pleads UN Human Rights Commissioner
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In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children
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World

Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns spiralling violence

Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns spiralling violence

October 12, 2024
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...
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
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Former Syrian refugee brings healing and recovery to trauma survivors
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Special Features

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
Post-flood recovery: lessons from Germany and Nigeria on how to help people cope with loss and build resilience

Post-flood recovery: lessons from Germany and Nigeria on how to help people cope with loss and build resilience

October 12, 2024
LITERATURE
Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters

Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters

October 4, 2024
MOTORING
New Fiat 500 a blend of style and substance

New Fiat 500 a blend of style and substance

October 4, 2024
MOTORINGNEWS
VW partners with SA football legend to empower youth

VW partners with SA football legend to empower youth

October 4, 2024

Sports

Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo – a tribute

Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo – a tribute

October 4, 2024
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...
The mountain that moved: Dikembe Mutombo’s reign on the court
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Exclusive: Donald Ramphadi on Bronze Win and Inequality in South Africa
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Business

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

October 7, 2024
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. ...
Why pay tax? African study finds trust in government is key
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Kenyans stand to lose from Adani airport deal: finance guru explains why
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Lifestyle

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

October 12, 2024
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...
Namibia’s art scene has been built by unsung heroes – like queer artist Jo Rogge
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Sex machina: in the wild west world of human-AI relationships, the lonely and vulnerable are most at risk
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Thought Leadership

Why bother voting?

Why bother voting?

MOKY MAKURAOctober 12, 2024
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...
South Africa’s unity government is being tested – the toppling of a mayor in a key city exposes faultlines
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‘The situation in the Middle East threatens to plunge the region into a war in which civilians will inevitably bear the greatest, most cruel brunt’
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Features

EDUCATION
‘School is boring’: what it means when your child says they’re bored in class, and how you can help

‘School is boring’: what it means when your child says they’re bored in class, and how you can help

October 4, 2024
ENVIRONMENT
Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions

Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions

October 11, 2024
HUMAN RIGHTS
Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why

Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why

July 24, 2024
MEDIA FREEDOM
How Congolese journalists covering the M23 war are being forced to pick sides

How Congolese journalists covering the M23 war are being forced to pick sides

July 4, 2024
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Former Syrian refugee brings healing and recovery to trauma survivors 1

Former Syrian refugee brings healing and recovery to trauma survivors

October 12, 2024
Kenya is overhauling its national healthcare scheme after 58 years – what would make the transition less painful 2

Kenya is overhauling its national healthcare scheme after 58 years – what would make the transition less painful

October 12, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: UK agrees to admit some Diego Garcia asylum seekers 3

EXCLUSIVE: UK agrees to admit some Diego Garcia asylum seekers

October 9, 2024
Shifting the narrative on TikTok – and connecting continents through news – an interview with Habari Njema’s Marie Mbullu 4

Shifting the narrative on TikTok – and connecting continents through news – an interview with Habari Njema’s Marie Mbullu

October 9, 2024
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed 5

UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed

October 12, 2024
The Buffalo Saga: a day of high drama in South African politics 1

The Buffalo Saga: a day of high drama in South African politics

October 12, 2024
Refugees in East Africa suffer from high levels of depression 2

Refugees in East Africa suffer from high levels of depression

October 12, 2024
MAJOR DISCOVERY: 5000 year old farming community fills gaps in Moroccan history 3

MAJOR DISCOVERY: 5000 year old farming community fills gaps in Moroccan history

October 12, 2024
From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead – the story of music manager Rikki Stein 4

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

October 12, 2024
Namibia’s art scene has been built by unsung heroes – like queer artist Jo Rogge 5

Namibia’s art scene has been built by unsung heroes – like queer artist Jo Rogge

October 12, 2024

Editors Choice

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

September 7, 2024
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 ...

Health

Kenya is overhauling its national healthcare scheme after 58 years – what would make the transition less painful
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Technology

Ancient human DNA from a South African rock-shelter sheds light on 10,000 years of history
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Africities

Raising revenue from land: what African cities might learn from Hong Kong’s unique land-lease system
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MULTIMEDIA

Paris 2024 in Pictures: Olympics Fans and the City
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