Rape is endemic in South Africa. Why the ANC government keeps...
Rape in South Africa is systemic and endemic. The country’s annual police crime statistics confirm this. There were 42,289 rapes reported in 2019/2020, as...
South Africa’s increasing water stress requires urgent informed actions
Progress has been made since 2015 on a global scale in terms of increasing access to water of an acceptable quality and to sanitation...
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and...
As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m particularly excited about the...
Home power backup systems – electrical engineers answer your questions
South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has made it clear that “loadshedding” – rolling scheduled power cuts – isn’t going to end any time soon....
Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, recently acknowledged that “South Africa needs a new consensus to deal with poverty, unemployment and inequality”.
Bomikazi Zeka, University of...
Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome
As Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally started in 1999, there...
16 Days of Activism: how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong
South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN’s annual international 16 Days of Activism Against...
Why caution is called for when analysing South Africa’s matric results
South Africans are poring over the latest set of matric results which show how the country’s school leavers performed in their final exams after...
Power cuts in South Africa are playing havoc with the country’s...
South Africans had to deal with the worst ever series of power cuts in 2022. All in all the country lost a record 205...
Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule
Once relegated to the margins of South African politics, anti-immigrant activism has gone mainstream. Several anti-immigrant groups including Operation Dudula, All Trucker Foundation and...
Climate change is not what South Africans see as their main...
Climate change is a major threat to food production, and is displacing people and increasing the risks to health globally. Addressing climate change requires...
Street traders in South Africa play a vital role: how their...
The South African informal economy accounts for 17% of employment. Street trading is the largest. Street traders are scattered around the many corners of...
Travelling while black: 7 South African travelogues you should read
Travel writing in Africa is often associated with colonial ventures of the past or white adventure pursuits of today. But Africans themselves have long...
This lunar year will be the Year of the Rabbit or...
On Jan. 22, 2023, more than a billion people globally will welcome the Year of the Rabbit – or the Year of Cat, depending...
South Africans have low trust in their police. Here’s why
The legitimacy of legal authorities is recognised globally as crucial for the state’s ability to function in a justifiable and effective manner. This applies,...
South Africa’s biggest cities are out of water, but the dams...
South Africa’s major cities in the Gauteng Province – the country’s economic heartland – are experiencing major water shortages. In Johannesburg and Tshwane taps...
Murder of Johannesburg sex workers shows why South Africa must urgently...
The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg....
Migrants in South Africa have access to healthcare: why it’s kicking...
A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province – which borders...
Artisanal gold mining in South Africa is out of control. Mistakes...
Illegal and unregulated artisanal gold mining on the Witwatersrand Basin, located south of South Africa’s Gauteng province, is an increasing threat to community, industrial...
South African floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live...
Rapid urbanisation and government failure to deliver adequate housing are among the driving forces behind the proliferation of informal settlements across South African cities...
