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Fort Hare University was known for educating the great minds of South Africa’s struggle. (All rights reserved)

broken moral compass

Premium badgeSouth Africa’s universities swamped by corruption, organised crime

Universities in South Africa are plagued with illegal, even murderous, practices. The decay at Fort Hare mirrors a deepening ‘university capture’.

China-Africa Leaders’ Roundtable Dialogue

bigger club

BRICS hails ‘historic’ entry of new members amid bloc rivalry BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries, including Egypt and Ethiopia, as the bloc seeks to reshape the West...
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Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.

South Africa top stories

Fort Hare University was known for educating the great minds of South Africa’s struggle. (All rights reserved)

broken moral compass

Premium badgeSouth Africa’s universities swamped by corruption, organised crime Universities in South Africa are plagued with illegal, even murderous, practices. The decay at Fort Hare mirrors a deepening ‘university capture’.
daystar_badagry005 © Daystar panels at Badagry in Nigeria. Photo supplied.

Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.

South Africa top stories

Fort Hare University was known for educating the great minds of South Africa’s struggle. (All rights reserved)

broken moral compass

Premium badgeSouth Africa’s universities swamped by corruption, organised crime Universities in South Africa are plagued with illegal, even murderous, practices. The decay at Fort Hare mirrors a deepening ‘university capture’.
daystar_badagry005 © Daystar panels at Badagry in Nigeria. Photo supplied.

Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomes China’s President Xi Jinping at the Union Buildings ahead of the opening remarks of the BRICS emerging economies meeting, in Pretoria, South Africa August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alet Pretorius

red carpet

Xi’s arrival at Johannesburg BRICS summit eclipses Putin’s absence While preparing for the summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat down with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, with Pretoria seeking China’...
Airlink CEO Rodger Foster. (All rights reserved)

flying high

Premium badgeAirlink’s Rodger Foster: SAA episode was a ‘crushing blow’ Having survived the collapse of South African Airlines, Airlink CEO Rodger Foster is making new partnerships to explore the freedom of African skies a...
© Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema (R) waves at supporters during the EFF 10th anniversary party in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29 July 2023. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

sweet talking

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Malema celebrates decade of EFF, eyes presidency South Africa’s far-left Economic Freedom Fighters enjoys swelling support during celebrations and protests, but can it hit the 11% vote ceiling?
A film still from “Shimoni” (The Pit), directed by Angela Wanjiku Wamai

Cinematic excellence

The 10 best African films of 2023…so far It has been quite the solid start to the cinematic year with African films making strong showings at the world’s most prestigious film festivals. ...
Edwin Sodi is facing legal action for allegedly misusing state funds.

closet skeletons

Premium badgeWho is Edwin Sodi, the political financier close to South Africa’s Paul Mashatile? The controversies surrounding Edwin Sodi May harm the vice president’s ambitions to become the country’s next leader. 
Protesters clash with Cape Town law enforcement on 8 August amidst an ongoing strike by taxi operators. (Reuters/Esa Alexander)

transport tensions

Cape Town taxi war feeds volatile situation The city’s attempts to regulate minibus taxis are seen as an insensitive attack on poor Black working-class communities.