MJ Hlungwani was to many a superstar who touched lives through his music. But to Trevor Makhanani Hlungwani he was a loving father who taught…
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Please shoot me, oh dear God, please do it now…
In March 2013, South Africa suffered its worst military defeat since the end of apartheid. After a battle that lasted almost two days, 200 crack…
Lord’s Resistance Army’s Ongwen guilty of war crimes
The Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Dominic Ongwen guilty for a total of 61 comprising crimes against humanity and war…
Global fisheries and aquaculture hard hit by COVID-19
Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in 2021 as lockdowns affect supply and demand…
First floods, then desert locusts
Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats IN December 2019, Cyclone Pawan hit Ali Mahamud Rubaax’s village of Dharkeynley in Beletweyne, central Somalia. The…
Health and police to blame for Sizane Ngubane’s lonely covid-19 death?
Respected violence monitor Mary de Haas pays tribute to activist Sizani Ngubane and asks whether in her final hours she was failed by the health…
Arrivals fall 72% in tourism’s worst year on record
International arrivals fell by 72% over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain…
Aussie mine blasting haunts Mpumalanga community
In 2018 Millicent Shungube travelled to Australia to tell the owners of a mine operating in her township in Mpumalanga about the devastation it was…
‘Take off your hat off you damned, bloody, dirty black swine!’
A new book on letters written by the pioneering activist and scholar Sol T Plaatje illuminate the nature of his relationship with the people with whom he corresponded and reveal his refusal to accept injustice.
Limpopo village teacher among world’s best
Although Limpopo school teacher Mokhudu Machaba didn’t win in this year’s Global Teacher Prize she is among the top 10 educators in the world recognised…






