The TV cartoon character — think Homer Simpson meets Robin Hood — with added propaganda
After learning from Côte D’Ivoire’s ASEC Mimosas, the Paradou AC academy is revolutionising football in Algeria — and doing it barefoot
Nigeria is moving far too slowly in terms of accommodating different genders and sexualities, sacrificing happiness, liberties and lives.
The teenagers, who clearly understood that race is fluid – some even changed their identity – felt shunned. If race is socially constructed, they should not be ignored.
Tired of being arrested and beaten up at protests, young activists tried something different and it worked
Expectations that the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on independent candidates may give the majority of voters a stronger voice are premature and largely unwarranted
Mogoeng should remember that Israel/Palestine is an apartheid state, in which 90% of the land is reserved for Jewish occupation
We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start
Healthcare workers in the country are quitting because of assaults and inadequate PPE
Snarl-ups at the Unemployment Insurance Fund and bosses not assisting employees worsens people’s suffering
The taxi industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transport system. But its drivers, at the mercy of their bosses and government, are struggling to survive the new Covid-19 rules
The astronomical centre will oversee the production of cheaper and less invasive devices than ventilators to treat Covid-19 patients
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
We are understandably focused on this crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, that is killing people and destroying livelihoods everywhere. But we are losing sight of the other crises that destroy life
Sani the barber and uBaba risk their lives, while Helen, Queen of the Karens, fires off another salvo
The finance minister has found money for the Covid crisis, but the cupboard is bare and he warns that a fiscal crisis is possible in 2024
The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court
Mozambique’s governing party must take heed of the fact that insurgency succeeds when there is a governance and developmental deficit
If the government has money to bail out the aviation, energy and broadcasting industries, why can it not help this anchor of our economy?
The economy is in a depressed state, and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has called for cautious use of the country’s finances to avert plunging into a sovereign debt crisis
A report from Unesco highlights a lack of access to online learning: only 12% of learners in sub-Saharan Africa can connect to the internet at home
‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth
The Ugu district municipality has increased its water and sanitation tariffs by 8%, but it does not supply residents with water
Aviwe Wellem’s violent death shook a village in the Eastern Cape, but the DNA results are still not back and no one has been arrested.
Covid-19 has become a reality for the people living in Bongekile Macupe’s village in the Eastern Cape
In about a year we’re likely to know if a candidate vaccine we’re beginning to test this week is effective against a virus that has devastated our country
Strict copyright laws, championed by media mega-monopolies, dash the prospects of young learners, performance artists and the blind in South Africa
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research
The former president’s bid for an October trial date seems set to fail
The finance minister will cut departments’ allocations according to their cloth as one measure, and savings will have been made from underspend during the lockdown
The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world