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Demanding change: Women across South Africa are stepping back from work on Friday to draw attention to
the country’s rising levels of gender-based violence. This comes as heads of state, ministers and delegations
arrive in South Africa for the G20 summit. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

National shutdown to put spotlight on gender violence on eve of G20 summit

Advocacy group Women for Change argues that South Africa ‘cannot host the world’s most powerful leaders while a woman is killed every two-and-a-half hours’

Traffic authorities in Gauteng and the City of Johannesburg have issued alerts about road closures, while advocacy group Women For Change is preparing a national shutdown on Friday in protest against gender-based violence. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

City of Johannesburg ramps up G20 preparations, women’s group to protest on summit eve

Traffic authorities in Gauteng and the City of Johannesburg have issued alerts about road closures, while advocacy group Women For Change is preparing a national shutdown on…

Dream seller: Youths in Nairobi protest on the anniversary of the demonstrations of 2024 in which 60 young people were killed. An increase in income tax, inflation, a higher fuel price and other costs were delivered instead of the jobs and improved lives that President William Ruto promised when he was elected.
(Jared Nyataya /Nation)

 Kenya: A president under siege

The president has turned to football to regain the trust of young people as he faces discontent over taxes and unfulfilled promises ahead of the 2027 election

In recent years, research Wright and colleagues led has highlighted how prolonged heat exposure places outdoor workers, children, older people and low-income communities at increased risk of dehydration, heat stress, respiratory illness and other adverse health outcomes. The risks are expected to intensify as temperatures continue to rise. (Envato Elements)

Debt, heat and uprisings: What Seville failed to solve

The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute…

The Communications Authority of Kenya ordered that the commemoration of the 2024 protests not be covered. Photo: File

Kenya protests: When press freedom is under siege courageous journalists enlighten the world

The Communications Authority of Kenya ordered that the commemoration of the 2024 protests not be covered

Consumer action: Protests against Elon Musk’s company have taken place across the US, but Tesla plans to open an office in maverick state Saudi Arabia in April. Photo: Greg Lilly

Tesla to open operations in Saudi Arabia amid boycott and protests

The decision to open Tesla operations during protests against the company and its owner, Elon Musk, over his actions in the US is likely to add to the country’s public relations…

Integrating social media into CBM frameworks offers a promising solution for addressing the limitations of traditional CBM tools and mitigating the rising public discontent. (Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Social media can transform citizen-based monitoring and improve service delivery

By embracing social media as a tool for inclusive governance, the government can transform how it interacts with its citizens, creating a more participatory, transparent and…

Ireland celebrates 30 years of ‘shared values’ with SA, reiterates support for Palestine

Irish companies have developed a significant presence in South Africa and employ more than 12 500 people

NAIROBI, KENYA – AUGUST 8: Police detain demonstrators during the protest against the government’s tax regulation in Nairobi, Kenya on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kenya government’s digital tyranny is working – for now

With remarkable creativity, Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons

Talkin’ bout a revolution: The cases of Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria

Leaders need to learn to listen and swiftly enter into discussions with the masses, otherwise they will face protests, which can be devastating

Young protesters gather around a memorial honoring those killed by law enforcement during the recent Finance Bill protests across Kenya. Each rock had the name of a person killed recently. Thousands of Kenyans gathered at Uhuru Park, Nairobi, to commemorate those killed by law enforcement officers during the recent protests against a wide-ranging finance bill. The Shujaaz Memorial Concert took place on Saba Saba Day, an annual event commemorating the July 7, 1990 protests when Kenyans took to the streets to demand free elections. This year’s memorial was especially poignant, reflecting on the ongoing struggle for justice and reform in the country. (Photo by Katie G. Nelson/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Kenya’s protests: A wake-up call for democracy

The youth in particular played a role in maintaining the protests against the Finance Bill that that would increase taxes and reduce food subsidies

Anger: Police officers use tear gas and clubs to disperse demonstrators taking part in protests against proposed tax hikes. In response to the violence the president withdrew the finance bill. Photos: Boniface Muthoni/Getty Images

Under-fire Kenya govt to review state salary hikes

Peaceful marches mostly led by Gen-Z youth against tax hikes, which have since been scrapped, turned violent, with dozens injured or killed in clashes with the police

Kenya’s President William Ruto. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

Kenya’s Ruto pulls finance bill after protest deaths

Many citizens are angry with the government as they grapple with a rising cost of living

Students and faculty members march after New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrest students at New York University (NYU) and The New School who are demanding universities divest from Israel. One pro-Palestinian detained by the police during the march. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Is Palestine the new Vietnam for university students in the US?

Young people across America are staging protests on their campuses against US support for Israel’s unjust war against Palestinians

Protestors with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) holds a placard during a protest against the recent raise in cost of living/economic hardship across the country in Abuja on February 27, 2024.  (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Thousands of Nigerians protest over soaring costs

As inflation skyrockets, many poor Nigerians have had to skip meals and give up products such as meat, eggs and milk

File photo: The pilot project involves 39 public higher education institutions, including the University of Johannesburg and the University of the Western Cape. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Wits University agrees to mediation with student representatives

Despite negotiations, six protesting students remain suspended from the university for damage to property and infringing on others’ right to learn and work

Unhealthy state of affairs: Nehawu members protest outside Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto on Wednesday. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images

Nehawu strike: Capitalism has led to a crisis of humanity

Ethics of protest are called into question as union’s action sees the lives of sick people put at risk and women in labour turned away from hospitals

The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually.

Inequity in higher education is a price too high to pay

The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually

Epidemic control workers who perform nucleic acid tests wear protective clothing to protect against the spread of COVID-19 as they ride shared bicycles in a nearly empty street in the Central Business District on November 23, 2022 in Beijing, China. In an effort to try to bring rising cases under control, the local government last week closed most stores and restaurants for inside dining, switched  schools to online studies, and asked people to work from home. Though the government recently revised its COVID strategy, it has said it will continue to stick to its strict zero tolerance policy with mandatory testings, quarantines and lockdowns in many areas in an effort to control the spread of the virus. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China flip-flops over zero-Covid in the face of rising protests

Easing of restrictions marks a shift in policy, but Beijing’s stance remains hazy and inconsistent

Protesters march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China’s harsh Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing on November 28, 2022. – A deadly fire on November 24, 2022 in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, has become a fresh catalyst for public anger, with many blaming Covid lockdowns for hampering rescue efforts, as hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on November 27, 2022 to protest against the country’s zero-Covid policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. Authorities deny the claims. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

China: No easy exit from zero-Covid

A gradual easing within broadly contained zones before loosening restrictions more broadly worked for China’s economy. It may work for its healthcare system too