Zimbabweans will vote on a new draft Constitution – a key reform ahead of new presidential polls that should end the power-sharing deal.
South Africa has announced its opposition to a total ban on rhino trophy exports, saying it has beefed up hunt rules.
Bonobos, one of our closest relatives, comfort their best friends and family after a fight.
Voices of Africa is the M&G’s new blogging platform.It showcases stories of life in different parts of the continent that the world doesn’t hear often enough.
Suggestions that the way to end sexism and rape is to have a better, more ethical patriarchy is lamentably divorced from reality, writes Chris Roper.
A jackboot approach that gives a central body power to stamp solutions onto universities is highly unlikely to succeed.
A battle is brewing at North-West University after its executive advisor for transformation was allegedly dismissed unfairly.
Mamphela Ramphele’s decision to resign as Gold Fields chairperson is long overdue, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
Russia has revealed it is supplying guns to Mali’s government, while French troops have discovered a massive homemade bomb in Gao, north of Mali.
A former South Africa assistant coach has been sentenced to eight years in jail for trying to bribe a referee.