Sean Christie recalls a 2011 interview with new Zambian Interim President Guy Scott, a self-proclaimed do-gooder.
Fed-up farm workers have bypassed unions and political parties and have taken matters into their own hands, writes Sean Christie.
Sean Christie goes on a seven-day mission into South Africa’s ‘exploding’ cartoon culture.
In July 2010, three people were brutally murdered on Sherwood Farm in KZN. But what really happened that night only unravelled in the courtroom.
Amid worsening relations with Nigeria, Pretoria stands accused of buying support for its candidate for African Union commission chief.
As part of our Dispatches series, we take a look at how trucker Willie gets through Beitbridge.
Stampede for buying rare animals has boosted the game industry — but alarm bells are ringing over exorbitant pricing.
New president of Malawi Joyce Banda has fired some members of government and parliamentarians have crossed the floor, strengthening her power base.
South Africa’s continental rival, Nigeria, has seized an opportunity that arose when Africa’s southern region suspended its own court.
A complex matrix of issues stymied Dlamini-Zuma’s bid for Africa’s top job.
It should have been a glorious celebration. Instead it had veterans wondering what they fought for.
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/ 9 December 2011
Agriculture is a big issue for the Africa Group at COP17, with many African delegates sporting "No Agriculture, No Deal" badges.
A group of ‘hippies’ is living the dream on what was a basket-case farm near Ladismith.
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/ 2 December 2011
SA’s COP17 delegation, said to be more than 100-strong, includes key figures drawn from the private sector for the Durban mega-event.
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/ 2 December 2011
The agriculture minister’s advisers are lobbying on her behalf to have "a single line about agriculture included in the final text from COP17.
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/ 25 November 2011
<b>Sean Christie</b> and <b>Lisa King</b> travelled to Malawi to find out the fate of the iconic Mount Mulanji cedar.
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/ 25 November 2011
If appropriate research-based management practices are not found, the Mount Mulanje will be without its signature tree in a few years.
Things have gone very wrong for Malawi’s president and that could cripple the government’s ability to deliver subsidised fertiliser and seed farmers.
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/ 20 October 2011
A short history of Malawi’s maize seed and fertilizer project called Malawi’s Input Subsidy Programme.
<b>Sean Christie</b> joined Zambian President Rupiah Banda on his well-funded campaign trail.
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/ 9 September 2011
The Chinese interest in South Africa has resulted
in policy challenges. But the true state of relations
is the stuff of folktales.
Why did the SADC Tribunal have to die? Its former president tells the story of the demise of perhaps the region’s most important court.
A crowd of about 100 000 gathered at the mausoleum of Sudan People’s Liberation Army hero John Garang, to recognise South Sudan’s independence.
As the country prepares for independence, the positive feeling is at odds with warnings by NGOs.
A contingent of South African soldiers is providing security for South Sudan’s independence day celebrations in Juba this weekend.
SANDF soldiers have arrived in South Sudan to provide added security to the world’s newest nation as it formally declares independence this weekend.
The letter of protest by four judges of SADC tribunal about the tribunal’s suspension at a regional summit was described as "unprecedented".
Preparations for the celebration of South Sudan’s independence in Juba next week at a claimed cost of $90-million are continuing.
Madagascar’s security forces and de facto president Andry Rajoelina and SADC are facing off
The SADC secretariat is widely understood to be ineffectual and disorganised.
Already widely regarded as powerless, the suspended regional court remains in limbo.
Rumours are mounting that, as the known death toll in Syria rises, SA’s representative is among those blocking a UN Security Council resolution.