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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’.

File photo of then president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto in 2017. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

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Premium badgeUhuru Kenyatta: William Ruto’s bogeyman or a real threat? Kenya’s President William Ruto appears to be targeting the man he served under as deputy, and Uhuru Kenyatta can no longer remain silent.
China-Africa Leaders’ Roundtable Dialogue

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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...
General election in Bulawayo

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Premium badgeZimbabwe elections: ZANU-PF claims early lead, observers arrested Mnangagwa’s party flouts electoral law by announcing results before the Electoral Commission, following the arrests of 41 poll observers.

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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’.
File photo of then president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto in 2017. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

kowtow

Premium badgeUhuru Kenyatta: William Ruto’s bogeyman or a real threat? Kenya’s President William Ruto appears to be targeting the man he served under as deputy, and Uhuru Kenyatta can no longer remain silent.
General election in Bulawayo

pressure cooker

Premium badgeZimbabwe elections: ZANU-PF claims early lead, observers arrested Mnangagwa’s party flouts electoral law by announcing results before the Electoral Commission, following the arrests of 41 poll observers.

Politics 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’.
File photo of then president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto in 2017. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

kowtow

Premium badgeUhuru Kenyatta: William Ruto’s bogeyman or a real threat? Kenya’s President William Ruto appears to be targeting the man he served under as deputy, and Uhuru Kenyatta can no longer remain silent.
General election in Bulawayo

pressure cooker

Premium badgeZimbabwe elections: ZANU-PF claims early lead, observers arrested Mnangagwa’s party flouts electoral law by announcing results before the Electoral Commission, following the arrests of 41 poll observers.

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Premium badgeUganda: End of Kony’s LRA as rebels return home? The anticipated short retrieval operation was stretched out due to disagreements over the repatriation of the CAR women married to ex-fighters.

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regional growth

Kenya: National park revenue to boost local economies Although outlined in the constitution, the Maasai and other indigenous communities have not financially benefited from tourism in Kenya as expected. ...
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Premium badgeMorocco remains silent over Niger coup Since the coup erupted in Niger, Morocco has been reserved in its stance, in sharp contrast with ECOWAS and several AU members’ decisive action.
© Chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin at a cemetery for fallen PMC Wagner fighters in the settlement of Goryachiy Klyuch in the southern Russian Krasnodar region on 6 April 2023 – (Photo by Handout / TELEGRAM/ @concordgroup_official / AFP)

'Disloyalty equals death'

Wagner chief Prigozhin presumed dead in plane crash: Russian officials The mercenary group maintains a strong military presence in Africa, where it has partnered with several nations, including Mali and CAR.