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Reconnection: For immigrant and diaspora communities especially, the World Cup is deeper than sport. It is reunion, memory, identity, homesickness, pride and belonging compressed into 90 minutes. Photo: Flickr

The beautiful game stops at the border

Three dozen countries are banned from entering America in the year it is hosting the World Cup. Twenty-six of them are African. That’s half of Africa

President Paul Kagame hosted the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA) at the Kigali Convention Centre from May 18 to 22

Nuclear energy is a must

Africa must embrace nuclear energy to power economic growth and meet Agenda 2063 goals

Oligarchic power: Zimbabwe’s state is not reformed but captured, its sovereignty traded for elite permanence.

Zimbabwe’s patronage web:  How oligarchs captured the State

To sustain this order, ZANU-PF deploys propaganda with ruthless precision, deflecting blame onto sanctions and the opposition while sanctifying corruption as a patriotic duty

Alternative energy sources: An Afrobarometer survey highlights Zimbabwean citizens’ dissatisfaction with electricity provision. Photo: GGA

Rural community energy options amid climate change

For most households, solar energy is used for lighting, powering radios and charging cellphones but only a few can afford high-capacity systems that enable them to meet household…

The presidency has defended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent working visit to Zimbabwe. (@ZimLive/X)

‘Just a meeting, nothing else,’ says the presidency of Ramaphosa’s Zimbabwe visit

The presidency has rejected DA criticism over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Zimbabwe visit

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe has been fined R600 000 and ordered to be deported after pleading guilty in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg.

Mugabe’s son fined R600 000 and ordered to be immediately deported after Johannesburg court plea deal

Bellarmine Chatunga to be deported while his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment

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…

Privilege: White farmer myth survives while African farmers face a different historical landscape.  Photo Delwyn Verasamy

The great white farmer myth distorts black agrarian input

When foreign governments, organisations or political networks speak about offering South African farmers land, visas or farming opportunities abroad, they should define farming…

In the coming days, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa, King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini will celebrate 40 years on the throne. Photo: Wang Yu Ching

Mswati’s word as law fuels  repression in Eswatini

The call for freedom of expression, including LGBTIQ+ rights, is a fundamental human right vital for safety and dignity

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

“White Privilege, Black Pain: The Power of Race in Democratic South Africa” by Kim Heller – published by @xarrabooks

Andile Mngxitama’s inconsistency and the politics of denigration and opportunism

I remain close to the places where ordinary black life meets the police, the farmer, the mine and the state face to face. That ground has no patience for fashionable radicalism.…

Sub-Saharan Africa’s reliance on imported oil leaves countries exposed to economic shocks amid the escalating Middle East conflict.

Rising oil prices threaten African economies, new analysis warns

Sub-Saharan Africa’s reliance on imported oil leaves countries exposed to economic shocks amid the escalating Middle East conflict. Rising crude and LNG prices threaten import…

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

A blistering courtroom critique of journalists reveals not just professional failings but the deeper economic and institutional fragility undermining democratic accountability in Malawi.

Malawi’s media ‘crisis’ is bigger than the newsroom

A blistering courtroom critique of journalists reveals not just professional failings but the deeper economic and institutional fragility undermining democratic accountability in…

In solidarity: This group of protesters condemning violence against young people in Kenya, do so at a time when illegal and unconstitutional
detentions are common and crackdown legislation is consistently used to block peaceful gatherings in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Photo: Ezekiel Aminga

Elections and power in the digital age

These prosecutions mark a rising pattern: as elections approach across Africa, the distance between digital civic space and state power grows

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe has been fined R600 000 and ordered to be deported after pleading guilty in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg.

Gun charge compounds trouble as Mugabe son’s bail bid is delayed

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Mugabe Matonhidze, will remain behind bars until 3 March

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

Propoganda: We must acknowledge that powerful states use “fake news” or lies as part of their political strategy.

Blind to the facts on global issues

The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia,…

Southern and East Africa plug into shared power future

Zambia and Zimbabwe have each committed US$220 million to restarting the long-delayed $4.2 billion Batoka Gorge Hydropower Station near Victoria Falls