The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’
Alan Winde admits he is in a vulnerable group when it comes to contracting the virus, considering he is 55 years old, and a diabetic
The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this
The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
Hyphenated identities: Why can’t I be just ‘South African’; why do I need to be ‘South- African Chinese’?
Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years
The pastors must be happy. They can peddle their ‘cures’ again to congregating potential Covid-19 cases. Spare us, Dlamini-Zuma
Despite its liberal and secular Constitution, South Africa is a religious country. It is a country built on the foundations of African belief systems, the Calvinism of the first European settlers — Dutch and French — and the Protestantism of 1820 British settlers. The Cape Malay slaves brought Islam. Indentured labourers from India docked in […]
COMMENT The world is going through unprecedented challenges caused by a novel, rapidly transmitted coronavirus. Experts predict difficult times ahead with shrinking economies, loss of life and livelihoods and some structural changes — a new normal. Change is afoot in Africa as governments work tirelessly to identify their most vulnerable citizens for emergency disbursements. Banks, […]
International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise
Later this month, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan. Doing so would be a terrible mistake
University to open residences for students who struggle to study remotely, and those who need labs on campus to finish their 2020 studies
With a world-class gauntlet laid out in front of them, could South Africa make an expectant nation proud?
The state of politics and geopolitics has been exacerbated, rather than stabilised, by the coronavirus crisis
In the first part of our new series, we take a look at the goal that has played on loop in our heads and on TV channels for the last decade
Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world
What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum
Safety comes first, with a tentative June 1 deadline for grades seven and 12 to return to school
Studies continue to reveal a far more complex history than that recorded by colonial settlers, missionaries and travellers
The recent addition of cookbooks by black authors to mainstream bookstore shelves reflects the demand for South African food and cooking culture in the country.
Unions and business rescue practitioners have until Friday afternoon to agree on a settlement and start the process of shutting the airline down
The pandemic could deliver a crippling blow to media houses across the continent
Dani Kyengo O’Neill has just released her first solo single. It’s a mantra. An anthem. A daily devotion. A queer prayer. Listen to it
Independent reports slam Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless facility, but the city says conditions have improved since independent monitors visited
Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers
100 000 tests. 600 000 people screened. And an increase in daily tests to 30 000 — inside what the state is doing with the time the lockdown bought
The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order
While the president takes charge of the national effort against Covid-19, provincial premiers are using the crisis to show they too a leading from the front
After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus