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Offshore detention survivors condemn UK’s Rwanda asylum seekers scheme

Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘offer’ migrants a ‘choice’ between returning to their war-torn countries and Rwanda mimics Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ where people were dumped for…

Battle Between Herero Warriors & German Colonials or Colonists Windhoek Namibia (Feb 1904) (Photo by Chris Hellier/Corbis via Getty Images)

Namibia’s Blue Book of record: Part one

On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book,…

Oliver Reginald Tambo.

EXCLUSIVE: OR Tambo’s forgotten speech at Chatham House

‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’

Treasure: Zulu-speaking community members visit the Iziko Museums’ storerooms during a workshop in Cape Town.  (Laura Gibson)

Museum in a Box tells our stories

As efforts to repatriate Africa’s artefacts continue, a Zulu collective has hit upon a digital solution

The ruling is a huge embarrassment for Boris Johnson, who has insisted his suspension of parliament was entirely legal because it was time for a new session to deal with his ambitious domestic agenda. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir)

What does the ruling on the suspension of British parliament mean?

The court said that the advice the PM had given to the queen, who formally issued the prorogation order, was "unlawful, void and of no effect"

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​M&G Travel Advisory — Great Britain

Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty)

Is SA ready for Bojo’s no-deal Brexit?

The trade between the two countries represents 18% of SA exports to its largest trading partner, the EU and 10% of EU imports from SA

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. (Peter Summers/ Getty Images)

Boris Johnson wins race to become Britain’s next PM

The former London mayor easily beat his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a poll conducted among members of the governing Conservative Party.

The ruling is a huge embarrassment for Boris Johnson, who has insisted his suspension of parliament was entirely legal because it was time for a new session to deal with his ambitious domestic agenda. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir)

Boris Johnson launches campaign to become next British PM

After pulling out of the race in 2016, Johnson has launched a campaign to replace Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May has resigned. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

British PM May announces resignation in emotional speech

The resignation will signal the formal start of a leadership contest during which May would remain as caretaker prime minister

Students in Brussels march against climate change. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

On climate change, a shift towards civil disobedience

Since October, the world has seen a crescendo of grassroots protests around climate change, especially in western Europe and North America

British Prime Minister Theresa May has resigned. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

May pledges to quit to save Brexit plan

The prime minister of Britain dramatically announced she would quit if her MPs finally backed her withdrawal agreement