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/ 13 February 2011
The Bafokeng live on the biggest platinum deposits in the world, a resource that has transformed the once-traditional tribe into a mini-state.
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/ 19 October 2010
The Himba people open their community where they have survived colonialism, wars and droughts with their ancient traditions intact.
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/ 21 September 2010
Namibia’s Himba say a planned dam that will flood the valleys and their burial grounds also threatens their ancient traditions and lifestyle.
SADC leaders on Tuesday gave themselves six months to review a stand-off between Zimbabwe and a regional court that ruled against land reforms.
Zimbabwe’s refusal to obey rulings by a regional court, relating to land reform, looks set to win a pass as a SADC summit wraps up Tuesday.
The green pitch at Port Elizabeth’s World Cup stadium has become an island in a sea of brown, exempt from water limits imposed due to a drought.
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/ 13 January 2010
Cabinda’s separatists have won new notoriety with their deadly attack on Togo’s football team, embarrassing Angola’s government, analysts say.
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/ 27 December 2009
Smoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning Lotto numbers — that’s why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines.
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/ 8 November 2009
A red rose in her hair, the furious Carmen storms on to a sports pitch to interrupt her two paramours who erupt in bursts of pirouettes.
Leaders of Madagascar’s main political movements signed on Sunday a transition blueprint, ending months of crisis on the island nation.