2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (553+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned BRICS countries not to recreate within the expanded bloc the global economic divide that has left Africa exporting raw materials while manufacturing and value addition take place elsewhere. Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (940+ words) A historic UN vote challenges centuries of distorted perception, urging institutions to portray the continent accurately — and Africans to match that scale with stronger economies, institutions and global influence At first glance, the United Nations General Assembly's vote on 4 September…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1350+ words) New study links Secunda emissions to thousands of health harms and R19 billion in annual economic losses Air pollution from Sasol's Secunda operations is estimated to contribute to about 1 000 deaths every year and cost the economy about R19 billion annually, according to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1272+ words) Forty-nine years after Steve Biko was killed, the reopened inquest exposes not only the brutality of apartheid but also democratic South Africa's failure to deliver justice and material liberation to the Black majority On 12 September 1977, Bantu Stephen Biko died naked…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (603+ words) With 11 months to the general election, Kenyan President William Ruto's directive restricting foreign nationals from small-scale retail and informal trade has become the latest flashpoint in a desperate re-election strategy defined by crisis management. The measure, framed publicly as economic…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (999+ words) Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu are building pathways for a new generation of African creatives to enter the industry without leaving their language, culture and stories behind There are 12 official languages in South Africa. Some of the languages make it…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (817+ words) A year of Madlanga testimony exposes how unchecked power corrodes institutions — and challenges citizens to decide what kind of justice system they will pass on A year ago this month, a police commissioner sat down in front of a commission…...

3+ day, 40+ min ago   (194+ words) They must put women and children away and show themselves Cyril Xaba, the mayor of eThekwini metro had to be whisked away by a strong contingent of police after a group of anti immigrant demonstrators bayed for his blood. On…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (630+ words) Conflicting accounts about what happened in the moments before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged today as three more witnesses testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, with the inquest now postponed until 19 October. The latest testimony brings the number of…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (426+ words) He said delegates were supposed to go to conferences and vote for the candidates they believed would advance the interests of the ANC and the people ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has described allegations of vote-buying at party conferences as rumours…...