Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian

Boniface Mwangi

latest news & developments
Dream seller: Youths in Nairobi protest on the anniversary of the demonstrations of 2024 in which 60 young people were killed. An increase in income tax, inflation, a higher fuel price and other costs were delivered instead of the jobs and improved lives that President William Ruto promised when he was elected. (Jared Nyataya /Nation)
BONIFACE MWANGI

 Kenya: A president under siege

The president has turned to football to regain the trust of young people as he faces discontent over taxes and unfulfilled promises ahead of the 2027 election

  • Jim Onyango
8 min read
In times of turmoil Nelson Mandela’s legacy is a reminder to succeeding generations about his human-centred principles and values. (Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Liaison Agency
AFRICA

Nelson Mandela’s legacy is now our responsibility

‘Nelson Mandela showed how one can transform oppression, struggle and subjugation into reconciliation, social justice and unity’

  • Robert Kigongo
4 min read
Kenyan Boniface Mwangi after a street protest in 2020. In 2025, he was driven to an unknown location, stripped naked, beaten by state security officers. Photo: File (2020)
ANGOLA
Video

In Softie, politics takes a personal toll on Boniface Mwangi – and his family

Softie is an intimate portrait of how political activism complicates family life

  • Simon Allison
4 min read