#EndSARS: What it feels like to be in the shoes of a young Nigerian
FOLLOWING weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality, led by young Nigerians who complain of being targeted by the police,
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
The real meaning for Black Wednesday – October 19, 1977
MATHATHA TSEDU THE magnitude of the October 19, 1977 ban by the apartheid government of newspapers and 19 political organisations
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New threats to media freedom come from unexpected directions
MEDIA Freedom Day in South Africa marks the anniversary of a brutal crackdown by the apartheid state on the media
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Young Nigerians rise up to demand a different kind of freedom
TWO days after Nigeria celebrated its sixtieth year of independence, a video of a young man brazenly killed by a
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Zuma’s attack on a judge is without merit, but it’s dangerous for South Africa
“POST-TRUTH” culture is exemplified by the constant negation of fact-finding, expertise and research. Within such a culture, speakers, whether they
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Why disbanding the notorious anti-robbery squad won’t stop bad policing in Nigeria
A wave of protests has spread through Nigeria as citizens call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a
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“We must resist any attempts to use crime on farms to mobilise communities along racial lines”
CYRYL RAMAPHOSA JUST over a week ago, Brendin Horner, a young farm manager in the Free State, was murdered
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Leadership thought: Leadership comes in multiple forms
NIVEN POSTMA AT precisely a time when we most need it, leadership is nowhere to be seen in the places
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Why the UN must set up an independent body to tackle sexual abuse
ANDERS KOMPASS SIX years ago, I became a UN whistleblower, intervening to stop the sexual abuse of children by soldiers
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Nigeria is still struggling at 60. But hope is still alive
NIGERIA’S population is estimated at over 200 million, which means the country has skilled and unskilled labour in abundance. The
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