Media offices torched as confusion reigns in Burundi
Reports that a private radio station and independent television station have been attacked in Bujumbura, Burundi, have led to fears that an all-out war might break...
How Nigeria shut down Ebola
AÂ week away from being declared Ebola free, Nigeria is showing that with the right protocols and a sufficient amount of political will, Ebola can...
How far will a person go to escape their homeland?
Last week two men stowed away on a British Airways Boeing 747 flying from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport to London Heathrow. One man died...
Mugabe elected to lead liberation leaders’ old boys’ club
Controversial Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s recent appointment as chairman of the African Union has divided opinions among Zimbabwe’s political class. TENDAI MARIMA reports.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe...
Amnesty calls on Angola to release detained activists
Human rights group Amnesty International has renewed efforts to secure the release of 16 Angolan activists, including rapper Luaty Beirão, who have been in...
‘The Peacekeepers knocked on my door, then raped me’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October...
Will China lead Africa’s public health revolution?
A little known gentleman named Xie Xiaoyan, the Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, told journalists on Sunday that China was looking to establish an African...
This year’s Durban International Festival is imperilled by allegations of censorship
It looks like this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) may be in trouble. Both the festival’s manager and a senior programmer have resigned....
Summer is coming – wait, scratch that. Summer is here!
Summer in South Africa is something only South Africans can understand, a lot of the time. AAISHA DADI PATEL rounds up the summer stuff you've...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 15: On time and procrastination
Day 15: Time and procrastination
There's something about being stuck in the dark that makes me SUPER contemplative (I mean the literal dark, not the...
#CWC15: Three reasons the Proteas will trounce India
Sunday’s game between India and South Africa in Melbourne is likely to set the tone for the cricket World Cup. And we know, everyone...
The Weekly Dissident: Raheem Kemet’s journey of self-rediscovery
MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO in conversation with emcee, singer, poet and beatboxer Raheem Kemet
As a young child Raheem Kemet used to stutter. But he discovered that he could memorize hip-hop and soul,...
#ElectionResults analysis: Day 1
With results trickling in, and some very different stats than in previous elections, speculation around what everything means going forward from this election is...
Political parties weigh in on Gaza
As tensions and violence continue to escalate in Gaza, South Africans are showing increasing interest in the region. The DAILY VOX rounds up the...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 5: on friendship
Day 5: Shaeera from philosophy
It was the second week of my first year at Wits back in 2012 and a school friend of...
Mugabe: Out with the foes, in with old friends
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has honoured his old ties and appointed the Minister of Justice, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and retired general Phelekezela...
These siblings have spent their entire lives “statelessâ€
Violet and Michael have lived their whole lives unrecognised by the South African government. The CITIZEN JUSTICE NETWORK tells us their story.
Their mother is...
The Weekly Dissident: Extracts from Notebook of a Vagabond
Canto 6
the man with the black beret
bellowed with the trombone
‘freedom for some is not freedom for all’
behold african jazz man
flowers of no nation...
10 reasons SA doesn’t suck right now – June edition
June sucked. There was Brexit, Rivers Church, #SodwanaBay, Hlaudi power-tripping at the SABC, and so much else. Although SA needs to be left in...
Five things the Proteas need to sort out if they wanna...
South Africa scored a mammoth 229 in its opening match against England at the World T20. Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy...
