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Nigeria: suspended CEO denies guilt in N44 billion fraud – “Am a whistleblower”
Nigeria: suspended CEO denies guilt in N44 billion fraud – “Am a whistleblower”
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Ramaphosa’s Pan-African pitch lands amid Ghana, Nigeria’s deportation fury
Ramaphosa’s Pan-African pitch lands amid Ghana, Nigeria’s deportation fury
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From refugee to global ambassador: Wenyen Gabriel’s full-circle journey
From refugee to global ambassador: Wenyen Gabriel’s full-circle journey
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NEWS

The enemy within: Soldier’s arrest exposes the quiet rot fuelling Nigeria’s terror economy

The enemy within: Soldier’s arrest exposes the quiet rot fuelling Nigeria’s terror economy

July 28, 2026
For sixteen years, Nigeria's war against terrorism in the northeast has been fought on two fronts: the visible one, waged in the scrublands of Borno and Yobe against Boko Haram and its Islamic State-aligned offshoot, ISWAP; and the invisible one, wa...
Drones by day, rapists by night: El Obeid’s women pay in blood for a bucket of water
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SA warns migrant vigilantes: ‘Face the might of the law’ as SA claims migration crackdown is working
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Kenya’s NFL pioneer deported: Daniel Adongo’s fall from the gridiron to a federal removal order
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SIU freezes Montana properties worth R15.75 million over R5.6 bn PRASA tender
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World

Quo vadis, Hormuz? Bombs fall silent, but the strait stays shut

Quo vadis, Hormuz? Bombs fall silent, but the strait stays shut

July 28, 2026
FOR thirteen consecutive nights, American warplanes pounded Iranian territory in a campaign designed to break Tehran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel through which roughly a fifth of the world's seaborne oil passes each day. On Mon...
New Trump book will have readers playing the parlour game: who blabbed?
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As China bans new cars with unsafe doors, Australia risks becoming a ‘dumping’ ground
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BRICS NEWS

BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West

BRICS charts a sovereign health order: Chandigarh declaration signals the Global South is done waiting on the West

July 27, 2026
WHEN Jagat Prakash Nadda, India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, closed the 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting this week, he did more than sign off on a communiqué. He put a marker down for a bloc of nations home to roughly forty percent o...
Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape
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Ethiopia’s BRICS dividend: Addis Ababa charts a new course in the architecture of global power
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Special Features

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
South Sudan’s first elections won’t be perfect – but another delay could be even riskier

South Sudan’s first elections won’t be perfect – but another delay could be even riskier

July 28, 2026
LITERATURE
Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

Ulysses in isiZulu: why an African translation of the classic Irish novel matters in today’s world

July 3, 2026
MOTORING
When lightning learns manners: Audi’s R4.9-million electric flex lands in Mzansi

When lightning learns manners: Audi’s R4.9-million electric flex lands in Mzansi

July 15, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
Beyond the assembly line: Inside Ford SA’s quiet century-long promise to South Africa

Beyond the assembly line: Inside Ford SA’s quiet century-long promise to South Africa

July 8, 2026

Sports

Resilient Tanzania edge South Africa in closely contested Group B opener

Resilient Tanzania edge South Africa in closely contested Group B opener

July 28, 2026
TANZANIA2 — 1SOUTH AFRICAMoulay Rachid Stadium, Casablanca THERE is a particular flavour of humiliation reserved for continental royalty caught napping on opening night, and on Monday evening at the Moulay Rachid Stadium, Banyana Banyana drank it...
Exclusive: SAFA welcomes Sandile Zungu’s election challenge and opens talks over Hugo Broos future
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Atlas Lionesses roar into life as Morocco, Algeria seize early control of WAFCON
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Business

Kwanza joins rand in SADC’s payment backbone, signalling a slow retreat from dollar dependence

Kwanza joins rand in SADC’s payment backbone, signalling a slow retreat from dollar dependence

July 28, 2026
FOR thirteen years, every transaction settled through the Southern African Development Community's real-time gross settlement system passed through a single currency: the South African rand. On Sunday, that arrangement ended. The Angolan kwanza has ...
Africa’s next cotton export may never leave the farm
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Jobs abroad or jobs in Africa? Why a focus on work in other countries shouldn’t replace opportunities at home
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Lifestyle

Streaming platforms in Africa and music artists are embracing live experiences

Streaming platforms in Africa and music artists are embracing live experiences

July 25, 2026
MUSIC streaming companies are increasingly taking music discovery beyond smartphones and playlists, creating physical experiences that bring artists and fans together as competition for Africa's fast-growing audience intensifies. Between July 15 ...
Zimbabwean designers stitch heritage, identity and enterprise into global fashion
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2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: Africa didn’t play in the final. Africa still stole the show
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Thought Leadership

The blindfold slips: Lady Justice falters at the Madlanga Commission – then Andrea Johnson walks away

The blindfold slips: Lady Justice falters at the Madlanga Commission – then Andrea Johnson walks away

JOVIAL RANTAOJuly 28, 2026
FOR a country that has learned, through hard experience, to distrust the institutions built to protect it, the sight of Advocate Andrea Johnson struggling before the Madlanga Commission was more than uncomfortable viewing. It was, for many South Afr...
The wound Ramaphosa cut into himself
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Ugandan women work in the Middle East even though they face abuse. They told us why
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Features

EDUCATION
Why children learn English more easily with the help of their home language – Namibian study

Why children learn English more easily with the help of their home language – Namibian study

July 25, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Africa on the rise as birders’ paradise

Africa on the rise as birders’ paradise

July 16, 2026
HUMAN RIGHTS
Gender‑based violence survivors need more than justice: four keys to recovery

Gender‑based violence survivors need more than justice: four keys to recovery

July 22, 2026
MEDIA FREEDOM
Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

Mali’s junta suspends popular radio show

July 8, 2026
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Britain’s quarter century: Blair, populism and the battle over human rights

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Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia

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The blindfold slips: Lady Justice falters at the Madlanga Commission – then Andrea Johnson walks away 1

The blindfold slips: Lady Justice falters at the Madlanga Commission – then Andrea Johnson walks away

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Nigeria: suspended CEO denies guilt in N44 billion fraud – “Am a whistleblower” 2

Nigeria: suspended CEO denies guilt in N44 billion fraud – “Am a whistleblower”

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Kwanza joins rand in SADC’s payment backbone, signalling a slow retreat from dollar dependence 3

Kwanza joins rand in SADC’s payment backbone, signalling a slow retreat from dollar dependence

July 28, 2026
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Resilient Tanzania edge South Africa in closely contested Group B opener

July 28, 2026
Ramaphosa’s Pan-African pitch lands amid Ghana, Nigeria’s deportation fury 5

Ramaphosa’s Pan-African pitch lands amid Ghana, Nigeria’s deportation fury

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AUDA-NEPAD

A force forged in the crucible of African development

A force forged in the crucible of African development

March 27, 2026
IN the corridors of the , system, where ambition is plentiful but transformative action rare, Daphine Hazvibvi Muzawazi has become something of an in...

Health

Healthcare in Africa involves families and communities: training of professionals should reflect this
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Technology

People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness?
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Africities

China is helping build Africa’s cities, but its approach sidelines local urban planners and residents
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MULTIMEDIA

Gallery: The Lion of Bamako: Tribute to Hameye Mahaman Cissé
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