Interventions aimed at reducing violence in schools often have the opposite effect
Real leaders don’t pick on the weak. They include them in problem-solving and strengthening their nations and the continent
It is about power, drugs and money for young gangsters who snub ‘traditional’ loyalist rules
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The party needs to be more than restored, it needs to be rebuilt and repurposed, with the the party’s youth prepared for a transformative role in society based on good ethics
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Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region has been hit by two insurgent attacks in three days
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The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi
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The country is ill-equipped to respond to the devastation caused by the climate crisis and must develop mitigation strategies
An ex-gang member tells how his life was turned around when a pastor intervened in the violence that was devastating his community
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Boosting human, social and economic development, and good governance, can help to change volatile communities into peaceful ones
The underlying causes of the riots persist and all it will take is a spark that could lead to further looting and violence
When women are condemned for speaking out against abuse by men, other victims won’t name their abusers, fearing the same treatment
With high rates of sexual violence in the country, it’s not surprising that bestiality exists.
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It is estimated that gold worth $1.5 billion is smuggled annually out of Zimbabwe but this is only the tip of what has led to chronic poverty
The Western Cape government has warned of route closures and the suspension of operating licences should the violence continue
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
In this extract from bell hooks’s book ‘Outlaw Culture’, (chapter title above) she expounds on women’s role in confronting rape culture
The KZN department of co-operative governance has undertaken to resolve the dispute it created by dethroning the sitting inkosi in 2010
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Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act
Third quarter GDP numbers have interrupted a four quarter economic growth streak because of the July unrest.
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“They called us Zuma’s dogs” and the K-word, Human Rights Commission told on day seven of hearings into July unrest
Agrochemical producer UPL said it has paid R250-million in chemical spill clean-up
In this episode, veteran journalist Paddy Harper and political journalist Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mawethu Mosery and Vasu Gounden about riots and the elections
Women sleep outside in the cold to stop what they consider mineral theft by a mining company, with state collusion
South Africans’ behaviour and attitudes show that poor black working-class people, and black women in particular, are denied
their innate humanity
The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson
What is worrisome is that even if Zambians desire political change, research indicates that fear of facing electoral violence lowers support for democracy
Not much has changed. Zuma’s still wearing his orange onesie. And Mkhizi is still free. Perhaps that will change by next week
Our country is wrapped in layers of trauma caused by violence, crime, chronic hunger, deprivations, broken families, exploitation, lack of opportunities, inequality and the omnipresence of death
Protecting our loved ones from harm and destruction is brave and noble but the insistence on framing the brutality in Phoenix in terms of the protection narrative is disingenuous
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi urges employers to be honest when applying for help
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent