Yoweri Museveni

Scandals embarrass Uganda’s Makerere University

Africa Bongekile Macupe - 29 Jan 2020

Graduation at the ‘Harvard of Africa’ nearly didn’t take place — because the university ran out of gowns

Tensions loom over the Great Lakes region

Africa Nelleke van de Walle - 27 Jan 2020

President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC

I only have eyes for Bobi Wine

Africa Sam Broadway - 13 Jan 2020

Ever since Bobi Wine, Uganda’s biggest pop star, won his seat in parliament in a contested 2017 race, western journalists have...

Uganda police arrest pop-star MP Bobi Wine, teargas supporters

Africa Agency - 6 Jan 2020

Having already been detained a number of times, the singer who looks set to challenge President Museveni in the 2021 elections has been arrested

Bobi Wine, live in concert

Africa Simon Allison & Dhashen Moodley - 12 Dec 2019

This is the show that the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, does not want you to see

New walls in cyberspace: Internet shutdowns and authoritarianism in Africa

Africa Jonathan Fisher - 18 Sep 2019

Cutting off communication has become a favourite ploy of some of the continent’s Big Men. Ironically, this harms their standing in the long term

Silencing the ‘rudest’ woman in Uganda

Africa Simon Allison - 8 Aug 2019

For academic Stella Nyanzi, obscenity — radical rudeness — is an act of rebellion against the repressive Museveni regime

Uganda’s popstar MP Bobi Wine to contest 2021 presidential vote

Africa Agency - 24 Jul 2019

Wine, 36, entered Parliament in 2017, and has emerged as a leading critic of President Museveni

In Uganda, posting a poem about Museveni gets you jailed

Article Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire & Isaac Ssemakadde - 20 Jun 2019

The charge is "misusing a computer." Dr. Stella Nyanzi remains incarcerated to this day in Luzira Women’s Prison

Feud between Kagame, Museveni takes toll

Article Grace Matsiko - 15 May 2019

The distrust between the presidents has burst into the open in recent months, with the pair trading accusations of harmful nature against each other

It’s time for a reckoning for Kagame and his estern cheerleaders

Africa Timothy B Reid - 23 Apr 2019

As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we cannot keep excusing the crimes of Rwanda’s current government

Uganda’s ruling party endorses Museveni for sixth-term run

Africa Agency - 20 Feb 2019

Museveni, who seized power at the head of a rebel army in 1986, once said leaders who 'overstayed' were the root of Africa's problems

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Press Releases

UKZN scientists make the grade

IT Web - 29 Jan 2020

Dr Veron Ramsuran and Dr Lenine Liebenberg have been named in the African Academy of Science's top 40 list.

Press Releases

Wellcome Trust award goes to UKZN mental health champion

IT Web - 28 Jan 2020

Dr Andr? J van Rensburg, a senior researcher in UKZN's Centre for Rural Health, received the Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award.

Press Releases

MTN gears up to deliver improved customer service

IT Web - 28 Jan 2020

On 28 January, the first batch of MTN contract customers will be migrated onto the new customer service platform.

Digital Editions

Request for expression of interest on analysis of quality and outcome indicators for regional and district hospitals in Lesotho

Derek Davey - 27 Jan 2020

Introduction The Ministry of Health of Lesotho with the support of the World Bank funded Nutrition and Health Systems Strengthening...

Press Releases

MiX Telematics enhances in-vehicle video camera solution

IT Web - 27 Jan 2020

The company has launched the gold MiX Vision Bureau Service, which includes driver-coaching tools to ensure risky driver behaviour can be addressed proactively and efficiently.

Press Releases

Boosting safety for cargo and drivers

IT Web - 24 Jan 2020

The use of a telematics system for fleet vehicles has proved to be an important tool in helping to drive down costs and improve efficiency, says MiX Telematics Africa.

Government News

Silencing the guns and firearms amnesty

SA News - 24 Jan 2020

Silencing the guns and firearms amnesty

Government News

Gender-based violence is an affront to our humanity

SA News - 23 Jan 2020

Gender-based violence is an affront to our humanity