Victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared hardline brand of Islamist rule
Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election in debt-burdened Zambia
South Africa recently had minus degree temperatures and the Middle East topped 50°C — and it’s all of our own making
A new study says the river’s wetlands have accumulated toxic pollutants from mining for more than a century
Christopher Duntsch’s surgical outcomes were so outlandishly poor that Texas prosecuted him for harming patients. Why did it take so long for the systems that are supposed to police problem doctors to stop him from operating?
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
Dissident views on masks and vaccines should be heard but until science rules them wrong, it’s best to follow scientists’ advice
The new plant can’t meet World Bank’s loan conditions or sulphur emissions limits
This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
The Centre of Research in Natural Sciences (CRSN) in South Kivu has miraculously survived decades of war, natural disasters and chronic underfunding
Mike Sonko first rose to fame (and infamy) as a taxi overlord. He used his power to become the governor of Nairobi, before being outfoxed by the political elite
The zero greenhouse gas goals are a mainstream expectation for all large institutional investors
E-fraud novels, such as ‘I Do Not Come To You By Chance’, depict characters recreating the same exploitative economic landscape they seek to avoid
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A Mozambican game ranger, who sees her role in protecting the country’s fauna as ‘honourable’ work, has been listed as a finalist in the Rhino Conservation Awards
The opposition party hopes the sharp economic decline will swing voters their way
Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
The fourth industrial revolution, in particular artificial intelligence, will drive changes in the world of work and our daily lives
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind
Covid-19 variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back to the basics. We take you through the evolution of the virus and what this means for your body’s defences.
Not only does the ongoing resistance point to the struggle and fighting spirit of Nigerian women, but it points to their resolve to achieve against odds
Perhaps this will turn out to be a strategic masterclass by the South African office which will lead to a much more innovative nation
The Msunduzi local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is on permanent life support and shows no sign of being cured
Things can happen much quicker if the arteries of land reform are unblocked
Hundreds of Treatment Action Campaign members braved the Joburg cold to camp outside David Makhura’s office on Tuesday night, demanding Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopens
The looting and violence has shown that South Africa is yet to realise hybrid and diverse economies in which micro-businesses can co-exist alongside large businesses and shopping malls in equal competitive terms
Tshepo Mokholo’s article on township malls misses some Kasi’s economic and social points
The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor
Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye from the Centre for Sport Leadership at Maties Sport (Stellenbosch University) researches African women and gender equity in sport. We asked her what issues the tests raise for African athletes