The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor
Zimbabwe, once regarded as the breadbasket of Southern Africa exporting agricultural produce to the region and beyond, is on the verge of famine and chronic malnutrition is endemic throughout the country. Unlike other countries, where food insecurity is viewed as mostly a rural problem, Zimbabwe has a history of food security issues in the urban […]
Rather than face our correspondent in court, the head of state has promised to lift the state of national disaster
The culprit had initially tried to avoid detection by changing his Twitter username after the post was reported, prosecutors said.
The Ukraine conflict shows how effective sanctions can be, but they should be applied wherever imperialism is present
Sixty percent of of Zimbabweans face acute food insecurity — about 5.5 million in rural areas and 2.2 million in urban areas
Five years of progress in the fight against TB have been eliminated because of the pandemic
Although some refugees choose to leave, others refuse to leave if not on their own conditions
A new HIV prevention medicine could work even better than daily pills but if nothing changes it costs more than R300 000 to treat one person for a year
A government could program its cryptocurrency with whatever features it deems necessary. It would allow states to control what money should be spent on, where it could be spent, when or even by whom
The maize yield is above the 10-year average even though the area planted is lower than last year
A scintillating World Cup so far counts for nothing as South Africa’s women’s cricket enters sudden death
Record new high for unemployment in South Africa, as Stats SA releases jobs data for the fourth quarter of 2021
A growing and vibrant tech ecosystem has begun to have a positive impact on ratings of Africa’s top financial hubs
Many learners in the Eastern Cape have not received stationery and textbooks because of budget shortfalls
The ongoing Afrophobic behaviour in our country is misdirected anger and frustration at the fact that black South Africans still have to make do with welfare crumbs
Cultural rehabilitator and bondage practitioner Tapiwe Guzha explores the sensual possibilities offered by food
The removal of migrants won’t stop the job crisis, end crime, fix the schooling system or the police service, repair hospitals, and end poverty
So says Luvuyo Keyise, the chief executive of the State Information Technology Agency, who has given the tech giant six months to bring South Africans into the fold
The artist’s retrospective exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa covers her 30-year career during which she has challenged and subverted everything from racism to colonialism
Data sovereignty is a key priority for governments and other entities as they migrate to public cloud services
The government is cracking down on unlicensed education institutions but they persist, and weak oversight is allowing them to operate without any nod to equity and quality teaching
Zambia’s incumbent president was elected on promises to undo wrongs in the Lungu administration. But there are worrying signs he’s not the fighter for democracy he styled himself to be
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
Apartheid as a crime against humanity has reached customary international law status, which means that it is law that is considered binding on states under international law even if a state has not ratified an applicable treaty prohibiting apartheid
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war
When Rwanda sent its army to help Mozambique fight the insurgency in the north, many wondered what it might be getting in return for its largesse
South Africa’s public hospitals and clinics won’t be getting a new Covid-19 treatment called molnupiravir. The tablets have regulatory approval but they aren’t the right fit for the country
Most coups are inside jobs. But too little attention is generally paid to the internal incentive structure that faces would-be coup plotters
If you have not yet nominated a colleague, friend, yourself or a worthy youth-led project, now you can.
The quintessential musician-turned-philanthropist is in the unusual position of being eulogised while he is still alive.
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