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Jason Mwanza protests in front of the very same Freedom Statue in Lusaka where Hakainde Hichilema protested before he became the president of Zambia. Mwanza has been detained for his lone protest.
ARRESTS

Zambian government leaves human rights on death row

Reminding President Hakainde Hichilema to fulfil his election campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia

  • Sishuwa Sishuwa
6 min read
South African police officer on a roadside drivers license and insurance check. (Photo by Peter Titmus/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ARRESTS

75 000 arrested in SA during festive season safety operations

The SAPS and the Ministry of Police, led by Police Minister Bheki Cele, launched the nationwide Safer Festive Season Operations on October 13 in the Western Cape

  • Zama Myeza
2 min read
Members of a military music band march during a rally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 7, 2021, in support of the national defence forces. Five days after the government declared a state of emergency throughout the country, tens of thousands of Ethiopians vowed at a pro-government rally in Addis Ababa on November 7 to defend the capital against Tigrayan rebels and denounced diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the north of the country. (Photo by Eduardo Soteras/AFP)
ARRESTS

Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers

A United Nations spokesperson said the latest detentions had occurred in the capital of Afar province, on the only functional road leading into famine-threatened Tigray.

  • Robbie Corey Boulet
3 min read
Scenes of destruction: Thousands of shops and businesses were looted following a wave of violent protest in July 2021. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ZUMAUNREST

Dedicated courts to fast-track looting cases

Whereas low-level looters may receive fines or community service, the masterminds will be dealt with ‘ruthlessly’, says prosecutions head

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Team JZ: Supporters gathered outside Jacob Zuma’s house in Nkandla before he handed himself over to police. (AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

How Zuma was swayed to surrender

Jacob Zuma met his deadline to hand himself in by minutes but convincing him took much longer

  • Paddy Harper
  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Supporters gesture as they gather in front of former South African president Jacob Zumas rural home in Nkandla on July 4, 2021. – On July 3, 2021, hundreds of supporters gathered to show solidarity for former South African president Jacob Zuma outside his Nkandla homestead, as the deadline looms for him to surrender to the authorities. In an unprecedented ruling, the constitutional court told Zuma on June 29, 2021 to hand himself over by Sunday to start a 15-month jail term for contempt of court after he repeatedly refused to give evidence to corruption investigators. (Photo by Emmanuel Croset / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
ARRESTS

The danger of Zuma’s Zulu nationalism

Jacob Zuma successfully used an appeal to tribal identity for his ascent to the presidency. And he tried to use it again to avoid being sent to jail

  • Sikhulekile Duma
7 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma faces summons after he failed to heed a letter of demand for R18-million in legal fees that the supreme court ordered him to repay to the state (Photo by Emmanuel Croset / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
ARRESTS

Zuma appeals to ConCourt in last-ditch bid to stay arrest

The former president is not assured that the high court will find that it has the power to stay the execution of the warrant of his arrest. Even if in turning to the apex court,…

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
A report by the United Nations’ special rapporteur says human rights are at a crossroads in Zambia as the country prepares for general elections next year. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

A thick cloud of oppression is brewing over Zambia

As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights

  • Deprose Muchena
5 min read
Game face: ANC secretary general Ace Magashule was reacting to calls by the ANC in the Eastern Cape for Zuma to be brought to book for his reaction to the commission’s summonses. (Sandile Ndlovu)
ACE MAGASHULE

Sitting targets and lame ducks

Everybody’s staying pozi, which is making all the arrests easy for the Hawks. Only Ace is desperate to be seen

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Chicken or beef? On a press trip to Luanda with Zuma, our columnist got a glimpse of the future under Nxamalala
ARRESTS

This beef smells like manure

What’s that animal sound? Is it a Hawk swooping? A chicken roosting? No, it’s Zuma remembering a beef

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
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ANC

Editorial: Arrests expose the rot in the ANC

The ANC has used its power to create networks of patronage. And this means going after corruption will cost the party financially

  • Editorial
2 min read
Supra Mahumapelo addressing his supporters outside the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday 6 February, 2019. (Photo by Gallo Images/ Netwerk 24 / Beeld)
STAND ASIDE RULE

Councillors barred as ANC moves against corruption

‘Stand aside’ rule implemented for people facing charges as provincial integrity commission process stalls

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
(Cartoon by Carlos)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Cartoon: Carlos on South Africa’s hungry birds

A delicate legal game

  • Carlos
1 min read
Head of the Hawks Godfrey Lebeya during an interview on September 07, 2018 (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)
ACE MAGASHULE

Hawks eye ANC politicians next

Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court

  • Sabelo Skiti
6 min read
South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)
ANC

Another ANC member hands himself over to the police

Former ANC MP hands himself over to the police in connection with Bosasa kickbacks, with more arrests expected

  • Khaya Koko
2 min read
Edwin Sodi before his testimony at the Zondo commission.
ARRESTS

Hawks arrest Free State ‘asbestos project’ players

Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds

  • Sabelo Skiti
3 min read
Hornet’s nest: Protesters run for cover as they clash with police in September 2018 in Manzini. (Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)
ACTIVISM

How eSwatini silences opposition activists

Activists in the Kingdom of eSwatini are routinely arrested on vague and flimsy charges

  • Nimrod Mabuza
8 min read
Members of the Oromo Ethiopian community in Lebanon take part in a demonstration to protest the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa, in the capital Beirut on July 5 2020. Hundessa was shot and killed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on June 29, 2020. His death has sparked ongoing protests around the world. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
ADANECH ABIEBIE

‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa

  • Zecharias Zelalem
8 min read
DA wannabe premiers line up
ARRESTS

More than 230 cash-in-transit heist suspects arrested since April — Cele

Police are cracking down on cash-in-transit heists, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Tuesday

  • Alex Mitchley
3 min read
Chinese President Xi Jinping.
ARRESTS

Chinese activist Yang Lin arrested on subversion charge

China has arrested an activist on a charge of subversion, says his brother and a rights group.

  • Sui-Lee Wee
2 min read