Kabila has spent the first four-and-a-half months of his second mandate keeping the country in suspense about the composition of his new government.
Hand-me-downs account for the majority of outfits in Sierra Leone where seven out of 10 people live on less than $2 a day.
There are still snags in the current secrecy Bill which need to be overcome before the messy democratic success is turned into good law.
A new report heralds progress in many areas in Africa but cautions against unrealistic optimism. Louise Redvers reports
South Africa should be wary of a country run by securocrats as during the rule of PW Botha.
Charles Leonard recalls the road trip that resulted in Cedric Nunn’s award-winning photograph.
It is easy to define the raison d’tre of the US or Israel, but South Africa’s mission seems murkier, writes Rapule Tabane
Photographers Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have been cycling across SA, photographing and interviewing bicycle-riding South Africans.
A new book of poetry renders its writer even more abstruse and, given its profanity and obsessiveness, it is a tough chew, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
The Wine and Agricultural Industry Ethical Trade Association announced last week that a sticker would be produced for wineries that passed its audit.