For many South Africans, the love affair with our president is on the rocks and his personal charisma is undermined by the rise of intimidation.
The lesson of Egypt’s Tahrir Square is clear: A system that benefits insiders only is unsustainable.
Some political observers are cynical about the role of Parliament in general, and in particular when it comes to the National Council of Provinces.
In Ghana, the reaction I get when I tell other women about my job and baby is usually a knowing nod, writes the Guardian’s west Africa correspondent.
Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.
In other countries the focus is on the teachers and their work ethic, not the delivery of textbooks.
Sandile July, the attorney presiding over the disciplinary hearing of suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach recused himself from the case.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is probing the police’s role in the deaths of more than 30 people in a clash at Marikana mine.
Kagiso may not have a confrontational approach, but it takes shared responsibility very seriously.
Educators welcome the call to extend compulsory education, but caution it would cost dearly.