Inspired by a school project, 17-year-old Sera Farista has taken a stand against climate change
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
Writing about sex has come a long way from the advice dished out by the local ‘married Aunty’. At times, Tiffany Mugo has felt like she’s faking it
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd immunity.
Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
Players and journalists are necessarily intertwined, but there have to be more considerate and respectful ways to bring the game to spectators
Governments’ interruption of social media is censorship is a way to control the flow of information online and amounts to censorship
The government’s sudden ban of Twitter could jeopardise one of the country’s most promising industries
The popular televangelist, who recently died, preached a prosperity gospel that promised followers health and wealth if they had faith – and gave money to the church
The Democratic Alliance is a cue for Twitter fury, but this diminishes intelligent political debate
Users of social media and journalists need to take care when posting or reporting about children and tragic events
People’s powerful belief in their views, in defiance of specialists in a subject, are amplified by social media and are then viewed as fact — when in fact it’s false
Just as a “nobody” can spew falsehoods and propaganda on social media, so too can a political leader — only with more dire consequences.
The health regulatory authority has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat Covid-19, despite calls on the government to approve its use, as there is no data to support its effectiveness
The Phepha uFunde case study shows how Twitter and Facebook can mobilise change
The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.
The law has extended the disciplinary arm of employers — posts made on personal social media accounts may constitute a sufficient enough reason for dismissal
In an increasingly digital world, OnlyFans has given online creators a new way to make money on their own terms
Exaggerated reports on social media of human trafficking syndicates snatching people in broad daylight legitimate xenophobia while deflecting from the real problems in society
Nigerian protesters have taken to the streets to protest the police’s brutal special anti-robbery unit, which they say profiles tech-savvy youths
The story behind Ugandan photojournalist Nicholas Bamulanzeki’s iconic picture of the policeman in the floods
Social media is driving a new – largely anonymous – form of protest in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Australians would be stopped from posting local and international articles on Facebook and Instagram, the company said, claiming the move was “not our first choice” but the “only way to protect against an outcome that defies logic”.
The Films and Publications Amendment Act aims to protect citizens, but new technology requires that the regulations and guidelines are updated
The second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, immediately followed by a tornado-like shockwave that flattened the port and shattered windows across the city
Campaigners urge Zimbabweans to unfollow the president on Twitter
Tobacco companies are fighting to lift the ban on cigarette sales, but research shows people are still smoking — and this is feeding the black market
We are humans, not just numbers, and we need to tell people’s stories and acknowledge our fears
‘You give us the word, we give you the money.’ Without tithes from congregations, churches find it difficult to pay salaries and do community work
A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation