Three reasons #UniteBehind is different from #ZumaMustFall and #BlackMonday
Civil society organisations in Cape Town are marched to Parliament on Monday afternoon to call for the removal of President Jacob Zuma. This came ahead...
No country for the youth if the Kenyan presidential debate is...
Kenya held the presidential debate organised by the Debates Media Limited on Monday night ahead of the August 8 election. In a parallel universe,...
QUIZ: Are you smarter than a six-year-old?
A group of grade R pupils from Elijah Mgijima Primary School in Alice, Eastern Cape, lit up social media this week  with their knowledge...
These young Kenyans are vying for MP positions in the 2017...
Kenya’s national elections in August will feature some of the youngest aspirant politicians seen yet in Kenya. The country has a large youth population, with...
Sorry ANC, Dr Makhosi Khoza will not be silenced
On Tuesday, ANC MP Makhosi Khoza, received a standing ovation at the Future of South Africa conference held in Johannesburg by civil society group...
The top five issues Kenyan youth want addressed now
Acording to statistics from thinktank youthpolicy.org, 75% of the Kenyan population is below 30 years old. They are considered the future of the country,...
Mutual benefits or exploitation: the China-South Africa relationship is complicated
South Africa has been a key beneficiary and partner of China's expansion into the African continent. In the second in a series on Sino-Africa...
Goodbye Ambassador Lenk, You Won’t Be Missed
As far as trolls go, Arthur Lenk, Israel's representative to Pretoria, was astutely ambassadorial. Mention Israel on Twitter and Ambassador would pop around to...
EFF leadership, please bring your patriarchs to order
Some of the responses to the *womxn of the Wits Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) calling out a male member for rape show...
Five things to know about Germany’s plan for Africa
Africa will be high on the agenda at the G20 summit, set to take place in Hamburg from July 7 to 8. German Chancellor...
Grow up Fikile Mbalula, you are the Minister of Police FFS
On 30 June, a group from the Black First Land First (BLF) movement decided to mob journalist Peter Bruce, picketing outside his home in...
Which Hogwarts houses do South African politicians belong in?
June 26 2017 marked 20 years of the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and the internet was flooded with Harry Potter...
Attacks on citizen rights in SA: Five trends and countrywide threats
From the large city centres to the rural townships, South Africans are witnessing a nationwide crackdown on their civic rights. Citizens’ ability to speak...
ConCourt puts #SecretBallot decision back in Mbete’s hands
On Thursday the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has the power to prescribe that voting...
Africa Votes: these are the elections to look out for on...
With no less than five national elections taking place this year, 2017 is going to be an important one for electoral politics in Africa....
Does Youth Day need to return to its political origins?
For government's official celebrations of Youth Day this year, President Jacob will address young people in Ventersdorp in the North West, on the subject...
Should we lower the voting age in South Africa?
The voting age in South Africa is 18. But should pensioners be allowed to make decisions for people who will only come of age...
Where do African states stand on the Qatar-Gulf Crisis?
The ongoing Qatar-Gulf crisis has been described by many as a significant world event that could have a long-lasting impact on geopolitics in the...
If HIV denialists have not been pardoned, why should the DA...
Aids has taught South Africans why denialism can't be tolerated – whether it comes from Thabo Mbeki or Helen Zille.
In the same week that...
Qatar’s foreign policy didn’t make this crisis: it was made for...
Much of the coverage of the Gulf-Qatar crisis has focused on Qatar as a two faced Janus involved in everyone’s business but loyal to...
