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…
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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…
‘Shocks of 2020 will reverberate long into 2021’
the number of people facing emergency levels of acute food insecurity may rise further "unless we act now and act at scale."
Makgoba reminds African leaders to heed Sobukwe’s lessons
Serve the people that you love and represent. Serve them at all times with no rewards due to yourself. Serve them with diligence and honesty. Serve them with passion and compassion
How Dr Madiba’s pioneering work helped develop a language
The United Nations has designated the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Malesela Maubane pays tribute to a pioneer…
Step into my shoes
In this extract from the celebrated book Black Tax: Burden of Ubuntu author Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho explores the fine line between helping out and being…







