Two Limpopo principals will be helping to create radically reimagined communities of learning: schools as living systems
The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections
To simplify complex inequality into a single statistic doesn’t address how to accurately assess (or reduce) South Africa’s large wealth divide
The pandemic has provided humanity with a taste of a future at the limits of existence, as well as an appetite for change
Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout
Digital games can provide forums for diverse groups of people to come together, which is especially important while our physical activities are restricted
Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building
Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it
The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions
The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless
Hedging and hoarding behaviour around vaccine access was inevitable, but it will be impossible for the global economy to recover until the majority of the world’s citizens have been inoculated
Paddy Harper finds his ANC councillor has led him, but much like Donald Trump, it was down a garden path
Bobi Wine and William Ruto set out to upend the political status quo in their respective countries
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal
The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some parts of the country reporting complete disruptions or significant slowdowns, after one of the most violent campaigns in years
In historic vote, Trump becomes first US president to be impeached a second time for inciting mob that attacked the Capitol
A string of errors saw Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo chastise the commission’s team as he was forced to allow a vital Eskom witness more time, when the commission has very little left
Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
As the testimony about how Eskom was captured is heard, former high ranking officials feign shock and can’t explain how multimillion-rand contracts were paid before a single deliverable was met
This is an article in reponse to Khaya Sithole’s column on 14 November, The decline and fall of South Africa’s auditing profession
Ugandans’ choice at the polls was more about stemming a sixth term for the Museveni regime than about actual policy
To those who lament the events at the Capitol on 6 January, saying, “This is not who we are”: unequal, undemocratic, duplicitous is precisely who we are
It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it is also a zoo
The department will not provide many of its standard services ‘until further notice’, as it focuses on registering an increased number of death certificates
After the former president stalked out of a sitting, it asked the ConCourt to force him to appear before the inquiry. A ruling has not been made but the summons remains valid
The vote will come after one of the bloodiest campaigns in years, as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni seeks a sixth term against popstar-turned-MP Bobi Wine
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
The 10 scientists will investigate the origins of the new virus in a politically fraught mission that comes more than a year after the pandemic began, with accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the project.
Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled out.
Medical science has developed hugely powerful technologies that can be used for social purposes. But to achieve this, it needs to be clearly on the side of the people
The anti-Black Lives Matter backlash in South Africa highlights the growing ideological convergence between the far right and conservatives
Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’