The cash-strapped national carrier is in the process of recouping its blocked funds from Zimbabwe, which could go towards financing the airline’s business rescue plan
The use of a South African Air Force jet by ANC officials without the minister following the required procedures is one such case — and more questions arise on examination of that case
Threats of funding cuts has caused a reduction in reproductive and sexual health services
ANC officials’ ‘taxi’ ride in an SANDF jet to Zimbabwe is further evidence that more transparency is needed in the military
Desperate people mine the mineral, but it is ‘untouchable big people’, including top state officials, who reap the real benefits
The ANC’s response to its senior officials’ lockdown trip to Zimbabwe leaves much to be desired
Tawanda Muchehiwa is one of dozens of Zimbabweans who have been kidnapped and tortured by unidentified armed men
Social media is driving a new – largely anonymous – form of protest in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?
A report by the Special Investigating Unit has urged Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille to take action against Melissa Whitehead and others
Zimbabwe’s tax authority said ABB, one of Switzerland’s most profitable companies, avoided paying millions of dollars to the economically crippled country
Zimbabwean opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume on Wednesday was granted bail at his fourth attempt since being detained on July 20 for calling protests against corruption
Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother
Softie is an intimate portrait of how political activism complicates family life
Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend democracy
The Bertelsmann Transformation Index Africa Report 2020, A Changing of the Guards or A Change of Systems?, suggests that we should be cautious about the prospects for rapid political improvements
The pattern is now well established: crisis, intervention, promises by the Zanu-PF regime to behave, and then relapse after a decent interval to the sort of behaviour that prompted the latest crisis in the first place.
Money sent home by migrant workers in South Africa fell about 80% in April after the hard lockdown was instituted
The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths
Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused ‘dark forces’ of destabilising the country
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
Campaigners urge Zimbabweans to unfollow the president on Twitter
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
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
What happened to the once universally accepted idea of healthcare for all?
Hopewell Chin’ono recently published a series of Facebook posts that outline alleged connections between President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son and a company that was awarded tender to supply equipment to prevent the spread of Covid-19
In countries such as Uganda, Zimbabwe and Egypt female champions are beaten up, sexually abused, jailed and even “disappeared”
International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise
For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders
Drummers have the power to allow Zimbabweans to commune with their ancestors, and none more so than those with elevated talent on the skins.