Children in the Cape Flats see violence very early in their lives and many end up in jail or killed. One of them, now a reformed gangster, walks us through his early traumatic experiences
The Ghana Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo, the winner of the 2020 elections
This sequence of texts was written in response to various photographs of Nigeria made between 1920 and 1929 that form part of the Colonial Office photographic collection
Amid protests by the ANC’s MK Military Veterans, distressed foreign nationals have shut their stalls at a Durban flea market
Reporter Khaya Koko reflects on what it took — logistically and emotionally — to travel to KwaZulu-Natal and speak to the slain activist’s family and neighbours
Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day
The root causes of the ongoing conflict in Darfur are rising to the surface amid an influx of arms from Libya
The small town’s residents, who say they’ve been terrorised by rogue police officers for years, were unsurprised when Reginald Linnerd was found beaten to death in a holding cell
Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa
The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are available for rapes and murders
Although the overall rate of conflict has remained steady in Africa during the past 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nature of this is changing in subtle but significant ways
The recent news of evictions and mistreatment of African students in China during the Covid-19 pandemic is rooted in a history of violence and discrimination
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together
In this poetic commentary on Dathini Mzayiya’s video portrait of Miriam Makeba, Lindokuhle Nkosi inscribes moments of death, spiritual calling, sorrow and exile born by Makeba, during her singular and passionate life
With the Covid-19 pandemic exposing many structural cleavages and spurring racial tensions, it is likely that the post-pandemic South Africa will encounter new challenges and setbacks on the road to reconciliation
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed heavy-handed, brutal and, at times, lethal action by some members of the police
Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe
The country has been wracked by conflict between the government and separatists. Both sides need to work on finding a path forward. Here’s what they can do
The public works department told Parliament that there were ongoing efforts to increase safety and patrols at the villages, which are fortified by fences and monitored by cameras and access-controlled booms
The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women
Polarisation is defining society; we need honest conversations and bridges built amid differences
Cyber security NGO NetBlocks estimated the total losses to the Iraqi economy at $951 million
Not grappling with things that undermine electoral integrity created a culture of impunity
The structural violence in South Africa rose out
of the invention and politicisation of difference
It makes no sense that the only foreign nationals who are being scapegoated are those who happen to be black
Witnessing violence or even being bullied at school can traumatise youngsters in ways we don’t always see at first
Have we become a society that is so hardened that we no longer care about the future of our children?
Research on violence in Africa argues that it is mainly within the context of a weak state that has lost control over its people and institutions
The magistrate found enough evidence that the baby died as a result of injuries inflicted by the police.
Violence and abuse, particularly of women, needs to go beyond expecting the state to end it
We have the organisations, the policies, the laws and the insights to try to stop it, but still it goes on
An upsurge in violence in Blikkiesdorp is linked to residents competing for homes in a new housing scheme