Africa Day

Some of the influx into South Africa of migrants from failing African countries has been self-inflicted by the ANC government. In its long-standing foreign policy, the party has…

Africa Day is generally marked as a day for celebration, a day to rejoice at the steps taken by previous generations to fight against and eliminate the effects of colonialism,…

Our simple argument is that the Second Scramble for Africa shouldn’t happen on our watch when we have so much at our disposal to avert this age-old plunder. It is a shameful…

SA citizens are not xenophobic for demanding lawful migration, secure borders and fair access to limited opportunities

Budgets are rewritten in Washington and Brussels rather than in Harare, Accra or Nairobi

About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war

Africans have a key role to play in shaping the character of the world

This literature goes beyond Western science fiction, creating a unique identity rooted in the continent’s rich cultural heritage

We must ponder how we might be inspired by Africa Day to use creativity techniques in, and after, this election to create a better South Africa.

Contemporary African intellectuals, historians, self-styled Pan-Africanists, patriots and good old liberal political commentators such as myself carry divergent opinions of why…

Celebrate the African ‘year of nutrition’ by getting stuck into some of the tastiest food the continent can dish up.

Thabo Mbkei reflects on the African Union, Africa Day and his foundation

The Windybrow Arts Centre in Joburg has a variety of performances for Africa Month

If you had the opportunity to explore South Africa, to really see it, be confused by it, fall in love with the good, bad and the ugly, where would you start? Think of the last…

There needs to be a consolidation of the African identity away from the lens of Western civilisation