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The mass trial is part of a crackdown by Egypt’s military-installed authorities targeting Morsi’s Islamist supporters who remain steadfast in demanding his reinstatement.

Women’s bodies are the battleground for civil liberties

Female activists face persecution largely because their existence is an affront to the patriarchal nature of societies.

Family spokesperson Michael Venter

Battle to empower women farmers

Even if women do own land, men decide what to do with it

Migrant problem, radical answer

Creating a country for refugees may be a wild idea but solutions must be found for the desperate.

South-South aid will go south

The past shows that aid and development models cannot resolve the continent’s inherent problems.

‘SA must act on Swazi rights crisis’

Jailed lawyer Thulani Maseko feels the wrath of the system he slammed, but remains undeterred.

What Mugabe’s red carpet tumble means

The president’s fall on the red carpet made him mortal – but laid bare the nation’s hate and hurt.

Zambia’s former president Michael Sata died in office last October.

Zambia’s poll of the economy

Zambians will vote for a new president in a defining poll for the country, which is under pressure to make its mineral wealth count for citizens.

A labourer works at the construction site of the Africa pavilion at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai. Chinese business in Africa has drawn a lot of criticism.

Slowly, slowly, the ANC is following Zanu-PF’s lead

Jobs for pals, lack of accountability, the blurring of state and party – déjà vu?

Duma Boko

We’re on the government’s hit list – Botswana opposition leader

The leader of Botswana’s opposition the Umbrella for Democratic Change denies the claim of being on a hit list is a publicity stunt.

Chairperson of Zimbabwe’s Information and Media Panel of Inquiry Geoffrey Nyarota.

Zim: Internal conflicts scar Impi

A series of heated email exchanges has exposed rumblings of discontent among members of the Information and Media Panel of Inquiry.

Power play: Vice-President Joice Mujuru

Zim: Moyo’s project backfires

Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Jonathan Moyo is accused of using the media hearings as a battlefield to curry public favour.

Mugabe succession battle fuels media crackdown

Political factional fights in the Zanu-PF have led to a media crackdown with suspicious break-ins and raids on three editors’ offices.

‘Tether your terrier’: Zim government pounces on Zuma adviser

President Jacob Zuma’s international relations adviser Lindiwe Zulu has angered the Zimbabwe government by calling for elections to be postponed.

Without sufficient funding new farmers are using manual farming methods.

Jury still out on Zim’s land reform

Critics argue the restitution policy has done little to improve food security or the agribusiness sector in the country.