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Becoming: Bongeziwe Mabandla’s Ndingubani has been gestating for years, waiting for the courage to come into being. Photo: Christopher Saunders

Bongeziwe Mabandla is ready to be fully present

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

AQIM helped take control of large parts of northern Mali. The photo shows AQIM’s execution of a Tuareg in northern Mali in 2016 -Image Spplied

The Sahel region has become the gateway for jihadist terrorism in Africa

The three Sahelian countries — Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — which have experienced military coups, have not been able to contain the growing episodes of terrorism they have…

Human movement: Migration is a major issue, but there has not been enough action to deal with the root causes — such as inequality and instability across the continent. Photo: Delwyn
Verasamy

Immigration debate is misdirected, savage 

It is also true that undocumented migration can create space for criminal activity. But we have to be honest: immigrants are not the main drivers of crime in this country. Data…

Waiting widow: Noziqhamo Mgidi’s husband died before the settlement was reached. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

Where are the unions and the ANC for suffering silicosis victims?

Recently, a proposed amendment announced by the Tshiamiso Trust — set up to disburse compensation — now threatens to shut out even more former mine-workers with the disease from…

The ANC–SACP partnership was forged under conditions of intense struggle. Its future should not be jeopardised in a democratic era where the need for cohesive leadership remains as urgent as ever.

Unity in Struggle: ANC–SACP alliance remains central to South Africa’s political future

South Africa’s experience is not unique. Across Africa and beyond, progressive forces have historically united, often overcoming ideological and organisational differences to…

Hope: Zimbabweans standing in line to cast their vote, hoping for change. Photo: ZEC

Freedom in South Africa is incomplete until all SADC nations achieve genuine democracy

If we are to honour our freedom, we must also stand in sympathy with our neighbours, whose struggles remind us that democracy is never guaranteed. Their pain must be felt as our…

President Cyril Ramaphosa with twenty new Heads of Mission-designate. Photo: Marion Smith

A moment of diplomacy and global connection

The presentation of credentials is a cornerstone of diplomatic protocol, symbolising mutual recognition and the formal commencement of an ambassador’s duties

Fast moving: The Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) launched a food distribution campaign targeting
100 000 vulnerable households across Malawi in February. Photo: Radio Islam Malawi/Facebook

Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors

As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…

One in every five girls across sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18 . Photo: File

Supporting adolescent girls advances us all this International Women’s Day

One in every five girls across sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18

Within the SACU region, there is supposed to be free movement of agricultural goods, with a few exceptions, including national security and when there are crop and animal diseases. (Madelene Cronje)

The challenge of regional agricultural trade

Within the SACU region, there is supposed to be free movement of agricultural goods, with a few exceptions, including national security and when there are crop and animal diseases

For THL, an iconic South African company that employs thousands, its end is bitter and must be averted.
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Editorial: Tongaat Hulett must be saved

At a time when rampant unemployment — one of the country’s biggest crises and a national emergency — takes root, the looming jobs bloodbath will decimate not only the sugar…

Factions: The future of the ANC depends on whether its leaders like Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa can rise above petty
factionalism and embrace governance rooted in the rule of law. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Why liberation movements fail

The implosion of parties such as the ANC and Zanu PF must serve as a cautionary tale for those that fought to liberate the continent

The body of Ekurhuleni member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport planning Andile Mngwevu has been recovered in southern Mozambique

Tributes pour in for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu who died in Mozambique floods

His body was recovered in southern Mozambique days after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters

Nature’s bounty: Africa possesses extraordinary renewable energy
potential, with its abundant sunshine, wind, geothermal and
hydroelectric resources. Photo: Paul Botes

Venezuela, proof that fossil fuels are a security curse

Crisis in Caracas should provide impetus for Africa to lead the renewables revolution and shield itself from the chaos of fossil fuel geopolitics

Life president: NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, together with the First Lady Maama
Janet Museveni, arrive at Buziga Islamic School grounds, Makindye Division, to kick off election campaigns.
Photo: National Resistance Movement

Africa 2026: polls sans choice, jobs

In addition, some of the continent’s wars show little sign of resolution

Emre Çınar. Photo: Supplied

Fears grow over disappearance of Turkish lawyer in Mozambique

Emre Çınar has lived in Maputo since 2017 after fleeing Türkiye following the government’s crackdown on alleged critics

Spirit-filled: Songbird Kelly
Khumalo, who is in sync with
her gods, has a new offering
out. She has never been one for
creative complacency; she is a
woman who wrestles with sound
the same way one wrestles with
calling. Photo: Supplied

A spirit walk with Kelly Khumalo

Rebirth finds Kelly Khumalo singing not for applause, but for the ancestors who guide her sound

Leadership: President Daniel Chapo reinforces the morale of Mozambican and Rwandan troops in the fight against terrorism in Northern Mozambique. Photos: Mozambican Presidency

Mozambique target of debunked narrative

There is no evidence that the Mozambican state committed abuses in Afungi

Offshore oil and gas development in South Africa is governed, among others, by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended in 2022, and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

Mozambique: Gas is not part of Africa’s solution to climate change

The effects of offshore gas projects contribute to a humanitarian crisis, and mainly only the companies and countries of the north benefit from the profits and commodities

Ruth First’s ‘activist research’ approach, combining rigorous inquiry with political purpose, offers a guide for the fight against graft. Photo: File

From liberation to integrity: Ruth First can inspire anti-corruption advocacy

Ruth First’s ‘activist research’ approach, combining rigorous inquiry with political purpose, offers a guide for the fight against graft