Ugandan Vice-President Specioza Kazibwe has broached an awkward subject in African society – domestic abuse by black males. Africa’s highest-ranking woman politician is hardly the image of a battered wife
Pim Fortuyn, the murdered Dutch anti-immigrant politician, reached out from the grave this week to capture joint-second place in his country’s general election as the ruling Labour Party suffered a humiliating meltdown, according to the exit polls
The Democratic Alliance has accused President Thabo Mbeki of political partiality and inconsistency in pardoning 33 Eastern Cape prisoners – many of whom were denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
Phasing in a universal R100 monthly basic income grant is a step in the right direction to ease poverty across South Africa through a comprehensive social security network, says the civil society-based Basic Income Grant (BIG) coalition
Two opportunities a year for politicians to defect to other parties would have a disruptive effect on local government, the South African Local Government Association (Salga)warned Parliament this week
If Tony Yengeni goes down for corruption, it will be because he panicked. The former ANC chief whip and his corruption co-accused desperately tried to create a false paper trail to hide the massive discount
A new partnership has been formed to ensure that the community of the Mutale Valley, Limpopo Province, benefits from the expected influx of tourists wanting to experience the December 4 total solar eclipse
After more than a decade children’s rights have come under the spotlight. Heads of state and government leaders, NGOs, children’s advocates and young people themselves put the human rights of children at the top of the international agenda
The 150km Kennet and Avon Canal from Bristol to Reading is one of the most picturesque stretches of water in Britain. Yet it is now at the centre of an international controversy linked to civil war, corruption and arms smuggling in West Africa
State-owned enterprises will have to be more responsive to the needs of the communities they serve if recommendations made by the second King report on corporate governance are anything to go by