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Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?

Africa Nic Cheeseman, Jonathan Fisher, Idayat Hassan & Jamie Hitchen - 21 Jul 2020

A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns

Meet Katoto, Museveni’s big fan

Africa Eric Mwine-Mugaju - 27 Jun 2020

The TV cartoon character — think Homer Simpson meets Robin Hood — with added propaganda

Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example

Article Mathew Blatchford - 8 Jun 2019

By labelling China as a colonial threat, Zambian historian Sishuwa Sishuwa is helping its enemies

WhatsApp: Cibiyar farfaganda a lokacin zaben Nijeriya

Africa Idayat Hassan & Jamie Hitchen - 18 Apr 2019

Kafofin sada zumunta sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaben Nijeriya da ya gabata.

Nigeria’s ‘propaganda secretaries’

Africa Idayat Hassan & Jamie Hitchen - 18 Apr 2019

Social media and fake news played a big role in Nigeria’s general election.These online entrepreneurs make a living from it

Why Al-Shabab targets Kenya— and what the country can do about it

Africa Staff Reporter - 16 Nov 2017

Kenya faces a serious threat of terrorist attacks given its strategic geopolitical position, its tourism and corruption

Hitler imagery in Thai junta propaganda film sparks outrage

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Dec 2014

The short film commissioned by the junta has left people outraged and baffled after the seemingly harmless video showed images of Adolf Hitler.

Leave the children alone: Thais reject junta’s new behavioural code

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Dec 2014

An additional round of patriotic propaganda has been added to the Thai school curriculum.

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ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

It is Zondo's legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission

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This is how the SIU catches crooks

Athandiwe Saba - 3 Dec 2020

Athandiwe Saba talked to the Special Investigating Unit’s Andy Mothibi about its caseload, including 1 000 Covid contracts

National

FNB dragged into bribery claims

khaya koko - 3 Dec 2020

Allegations of bribery against the bank’s chief executive, Jacques Celliers, thrown up in a separate court case

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How to get the most money for your old iPhone towards a new one

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

Cash in your old iPhone to upgrade to a new one or get a reduced rate on your monthly contract from your service provider

Special Reports

Gender-Based Violence

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

In South Africa, women live in fear. It’s difficult to speak out against the patriarchal system, but many have done so, and continue to do so

Special Reports

POWER Business #OnTheMoney talks to Risenga Maluleke, South African Statistician-General

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

If Stats SA is to really have timely data that’s accurate and remains relevant then we need to make sure that the institution is strengthened

Special Reports

Dr Sumy Thomas: Deciphering the human puzzle, from the inside out

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

The Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship Award recipient for 2020 will focus on internal medicine, particularly the endocrine system of patients affected by HIV

Special Reports

Touching lives through innovation

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

Africa has a high youth population that adapts to technology quickly, and this phenomenon is something which should be taken advantage of

Special Reports

Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

In The Whistleblowers, Mandy Wiener talks to a wide range of the people who have revealed corruption and malfeasance in government and business

Special Reports

Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The CWGS aims to resuscitate the histories of African women from all walks of life in an intellectual cleansing/ukuhlambulula of her story

Special Reports

Greening the Future

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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