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Dictator brought to justice

Africa Staff Reporter - 22 Mar 2019

A superb book unravels the story of how a Senegalese court jailed a former Chad president for life

Zim won’t take Zuma’s Cecil jibe lying down

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2015

President Jacob Zuma's "undiplomatic" reaction to the death of Cecil the Lion at US hunter Walter Palmer's hand fails to amuse in Zimbabwe.

Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo saddened at spying revelations

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Feb 2015

Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo has expressed “sadness, hurt and deep disappointment” that government may have been spying on him.

South Sudan’s fallen named on anniversary of civil war

Africa Staff Reporter - 18 Dec 2014

A group of civil society volunteers has spent months collecting and verifying names of the victims to give the tragedy a human face.

Masterchef contestant turns up the heat on housework

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Dec 2014

Domestic worker Siphokazi Mdlankomo has stolen the show on Masterchef SA, but her sisters are still all but forgotten.

Funding crunch threatens TAC

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Nov 2014

Aids is not over, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, but donors are pulling out of South Africa because it is a middle-income country.

Mugabe wins at Beijing bingo

Africa Staff Reporter - 29 Aug 2014

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe appears to have achieved his goal of extracting more cash from China.

Athol Fugard: All is not, and never will be, lost

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Aug 2014

As SA's most decorated playwright, takes to the stage for the last time, he explains why he will never lose his optimism for the  country’s future.

Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim ‘safe and well’ in US embassy

Africa Staff Reporter - 28 Jun 2014

The Christian woman whose apostasy death sentence was overturned is doing well after the US embassy in Khartoum gave the family refuge.

Drones offered to SA mines to ‘prevent another Marikana’

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jun 2014

Desert Wolf, maker of the Skunk Riot Control Copter, says its machine is "designed to control unruly crowds". But labour activists are condemning it.

Kagame trolls burn their bridges

Africa Staff Reporter - 27 Mar 2014

Government staff in Rwanda appear to be using fake accounts to harass journalists on Twitter.

Boko Haram lashes out

Africa Staff Reporter - 5 Dec 2013

Officials and eyewitnesses recount the militant Muslim fundamentalist group's audacious attack on a military base, which left many killed and injured.

Mbeki: Blair plotted military intervention to remove Mugabe

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Nov 2013

Former SA president Thabo Mbeki says his country was asked by the UK for help with a military plan to remove Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

Al-Shabab’s hold on Somalia rules out a purely military solution

Africa Staff Reporter - 31 Oct 2013

Young people in Somalia have known only war and little prospect of getting a job.

Zimbabwe government’s U-turn on white farmers

Africa Staff Reporter - 20 Sep 2013

A group of 78 dispossessed white farmers claim victory and intend to pursue full compensation.

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Latest articles on David Smith Author

Dictator brought to justice

Zim won’t take Zuma’s Cecil jibe lying down

Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo saddened at spying revelations

South Sudan’s fallen named on anniversary of civil war

Masterchef contestant turns up the heat on housework

Funding crunch threatens TAC

Mugabe wins at Beijing bingo

Athol Fugard: All is not, and never will be, lost

Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim ‘safe and well’ in US embassy

Drones offered to SA mines to ‘prevent another Marikana’

Kagame trolls burn their bridges

Boko Haram lashes out

Mbeki: Blair plotted military intervention to remove Mugabe

Al-Shabab’s hold on Somalia rules out a purely military solution

Zimbabwe government’s U-turn on white farmers

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