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Firemen extinguish a fire inside a residential building that was hit by a missile on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
APARTHEID LEGACY

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights unexamined motives nestled in the unconscious

Does Putin fully understand its own reasons for its incursion into Ukraine – or does he just not care?

  • Casper Lӧtter
7 min read
In charge: Following the defection of the Economic Freedom Fighters’ deputy president, Floyd Shivambu, EFF leader Julius Malema (right) ‘tested’ Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s (left) loyalty. Photo: Thuli Dlamini/Gallo Images
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi eyes leadership jobs after Shivambu exit

Leaders say despite being ‘embarrassed’ by Julius Malema’s indirect ‘attack’ on him, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is determined to stay

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Waiting: Refugees from many countries including those in Africa sit near the Medyka pedestrian border crossing with Poland to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
AFRICAN UNION

African governments scramble to help its citizens in Ukraine

Africans, among them South Africans, Nigerians, Ghanains, Congolese and Ivorians, are trying to flee into Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine

  • Louise Dewast
4 min read