Sowing the seeds of peace in South Sudan
Almost a month to go ahead of the traditional rainy season in Gbudue State, 430 kilometres west of South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, smallholder […]
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Cyclone Idai is over – but its health effects will be felt for a long time
People in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have started trying to rebuild their lives after the devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai. Southern Malawi and Mozambique were already […]
In Brazil, thousands of people are still living under the threat of bursting mining dams
Barely 500 metres separates the first houses in the Rio do Peixe neighbourhood of Itabira and the fifth largest mining dam in the Brazilian state […]
Poor coverage of floods in southern Africa? Blame the media bosses
South African media has been criticised on social media for its initially superficial and underwhelming coverage of the massive floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi […]
Tropical cyclone Idai: The storm that knew no boundaries
Tropical cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the […]
Responses to Zimbabwe highlight gulf between the region and the west
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe. EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State […]
Women farm workers achieve justice on the job in Morocco
Wrapped in a warm pink headscarf and thick layers of sweaters and shirts, Nezha Chafik, a farm worker in Morocco, bends as she walks between […]
Resurrections, miracles and faith healing: the religious legacy of John G Lake
South Africans have for decades been hoodwinked by unscrupulous pastors. Recently a spate of incredible “miracles” by these self-styled, flashy miracle men offering healing and […]
African migrants survive in ‘The Cemetery’ to work in the fields and greenhouses of Andalucía
Sidy and Mamadou are two of approximately 800 people who live in El Cementerio (The Cemetery) – a migrant squatter camp of chabolas, or shacks, abutting […]
Africa’s student movements: history sheds light on modern activism
On 9 March 2015, a student hurled faeces at a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. This act led to the statue’s removal. It also inspired the […]
SAFTU demands a people’s centred budget
SAFTU believes that the budget speech that will be delivered on Wednesday will not be different to the ones before it.
Communities, mining corporations and corruption in South Africa
During the apartheid era in South Africa, the mining industry operated without restraint and had undue influence over government decision-making. This created an environment where […]
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