Will South Africa believe in Mmusi Maimane?
The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s biggest opposition party, has a new leader. The DA has traditionally failed to gain much support among the black majority. …
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Meet Africa’s most integrated Chinese community
Across much of Africa, there have been teething troubles as Chinese migrants have settled down. But many of the same issues arising now were being …
Mauritius gets its first female president
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is an eminent scientist and world specialist ethnobotanist. From tomorrow, 5 June, she will also serve her country as its ceremonial Head of …
South Africa: Land, statues and Malema
With the arrival of a youthful political force in the name of Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who have made the land ownership issue …
Police raids shine a light on forgotten hostels
More than 20 years after the democratic transition, thousands of South Africans continue to eke out a living in compounds.