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Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes

Africa Judi Rever & Benedict Moran - 29 Nov 2020

Explosive witness testimony from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda implicates Paul Kagame and the RPF in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 genocide.

Shadow of eviction looms over farm dwellers

National Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni - 29 Nov 2020

In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out

Africa Stephanie Wolters - 28 Nov 2020

The country’s governing coalition is under strain, which could lead to even more acrimony ahead

Editorial: Crocodile tears from the coalface

Opinion Editorial - 28 Nov 2020

Pumping limited resources into a project that is predominantly meant to extend dirty coal energy in South Africa is not what local communities and the climate needs.

Klipgat residents left high and dry

Top Six Andries Sibanyoni - 28 Nov 2020

Flushing toilets were installed in backyards in the North West, but they can’t be used because the sewage has nowhere to go

Nehawu leaders are ‘betraying us’

Education Bongekile Macupe - 28 Nov 2020

The accusation by a branch of the union comes after it withdrew from a parliamentary process

Covid-19 info lags as cases shoot up

Health Boitumelo Kgobotlo - 27 Nov 2020

Vital information apps and websites are outdated as cases begin to mushroom, especially near the coast, just in time for the December holidays

SAA funds may need a top-up

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 27 Nov 2020

Industry experts predict the R10.5-billion from the treasury to rescue the airline may not be enough, but the rescue practitioners say the money is enough to ‘settle the sins of the past’

Trump’s mantra of ‘fake news’ harmed media

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 27 Nov 2020

Viewers and readers need to trust that news outlets are accurate, balanced, fair and impartial

Surveys predict Black Friday likely to fuel e-commerce

Business Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

Fear of contracting the coronavirus while fighting off other shoppers will probably change how people shop for sales

Between dark and light was Maradona

Sport Niren Tolsi - 26 Nov 2020

The life of Diego Armando Maradona, who died this week, will always remind us that the smell of shit is as important as the perfume of flowers, writes Niren Tolsi

Public protector’s ‘mistakes’ were made to nail the president, court hears

National Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued

Student funding scheme gets new chief executive and board

Education Bongekile Macupe - 26 Nov 2020

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has been under administration for two years after its board was dissolved and its boss resigned not even halfway through his term

‘We struggle for water, but power stations and coal mines don’t’

Environment Sheree Bega - 26 Nov 2020

A proposed pipeline will bring water polluted with Gauteng’s sewage to the Waterberg in Limpopo to boost the coal industry during the climate crisis

Under cover of Covid, Uganda targets LGBTQ+ shelter

Africa Madlen Davies - 25 Nov 2020

Pandemic rules were used to justify a violent raid on a homeless shelter in Uganda, but a group of victims is pursuing a criminal case against the perpetrators

JJ Rawlings left an indelible mark on Ghana’s history

Africa Audrey Donkor - 25 Nov 2020

The air force pilot and former president used extreme measures, including a coup, enforced ‘discipline’ through executions, ‘disappearances’ and floggings, but reintroduced democracy

Sudan’s government gambles over fuel-subsidy cuts — and people pay the price

Africa Ayin Network - 24 Nov 2020

Economists question the manner in which the transitional government partially cut fuel subsidies

Traditional healers need new spaces

National John Molebatsi, Christina Breed & Gary Ivan Stafford - 24 Nov 2020

Proper facilities supported by well-researched cultural principles will go a long way to improving the image and perception of the practice of traditional medicine

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