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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…

Aerial view: A city view of Port Louis with harbour, old town and financial district. Photo: Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com

African ratings agency a feasible option?

But international investors are unlikely to accept ratings they perceive as lenient

Artwork: Modeste Alexis

Chagos Islanders confront their postcolonial future

It seems they will be allowed to return home, but not everyone believes this will happen

Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.

South Africa’s audit independence tops World Bank rankings

Only two countries received a perfect score in ​​latest report on national audit institutions

In some of the countries having elections this year, the results will not only be determined by what happens on polling day.

Elections test Africa’s democracy

Nine countries will go to the polls this year, but most will be held amid violence and suppression

(Luke Dray/Getty Images)

Students ‘abandoned’ in Wuhan

Africans living in China want to be evacuated

‘Africa has a huge challenge ahead. Its large and youthful potential workforce could transform the continent for the better, but this opportunity is close to being squandered,’ said Mo Ibrahim (AFP)

Mo Ibrahim: Africa’s decade of ‘lost opportunity’

The 2018 African governance index was released this week. It’s not good news

Stuart Baxter has warned his Bafana Bafana team against complacency in the Seychelles in their rematch tomorrow, after his side pummelled the island nation 6-0 on Saturday. (Kickoff)

Baxter warns Bafana against complacency ahead of rematch

In the sports wrap: South Africa’s global boxing star Zolani Tete has joined accomplished veteran trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior stable

It doesn’t take a pundit to predict that the Seychelles will come to frustrate on Saturday. (Gallo Images)

Bafana confront their hoodoo

All too often the team panic when they play a lesser nation but the coach is working on that

Banc de Binary was once licensed in Belize and now operates out of Cyprus

The unethical sellers of dreams

Clients hope to strike it rich but they will never make any money, an employee of a binary option company told Israel’s parliament

Eden Island

South Africans carve an Eden in the Seychelles

Expatriate developers have set about creating a man-made island idyll for the ultrarich with a distinctly South Africa flavour.

Stefaans Brümmer answers questions about the legality of publishing details from the public protector provisional report into Nkandla.

Zuma’s builder pleads guilty, proclaims innocence

Nkandla builder Thandeka Nene says a R7-billion fraud accusation against her in the Seychelles is a "political manoeuvre" – despite a guilty verdict.

Thande Nene was arrested on allegations of fraud in the Seychelles just before Christmas.

Zuma’s dodgy Nkandla builder pays fine following Seychelles arrest

President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead builder Thandeka Nene, who was arrested for fraud in the Seychelles, is back home as a free woman.

According to City Press

There should be ‘no controversy’ around Motlanthe holiday, says Masebe

Thabo Masebe has said he doesn’t know "why there should be any controversy" around Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s holiday to the Seychelles.

Seychelles pleads for end to pirate prisoner overcrowding

The Seychelles has called for international help as naval forces tighten the noose around Somali pirates, saying they cannot hold more prisoners.

Passengers disembark from stricken Costa Allegra

Passengers disembark from stricken Costa Allegra

Relieved passengers have disembarked from a disabled cruise ship docked in the island nation of the Seychelles after three days at sea without power.

Seychelles strives to defend territory against Somali pirates

The Seychelles is engaged in an unprecedented military drive in a bid to keep marauding Somali pirates at bay.

Seychelles leader urges climate pact to boost food security

Global warming is ”inextricably linked” to food security, Seychelles President James Michel said at the UN hunger summit on Monday.

IMF agrees Seychelles $26m rescue package

The International Monetary Fund has agreed a two-year -million rescue package in support of reforms to reboot the Seychelles’ economy.

Chinese leader wraps up tour of Africa

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday headed home after completing a 12-day, eight-nation tour of Africa where he spread China’s largesse with gifts and grants and a series of…