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Museveni breaks his silence – and backs Muhoozi’s crackdown to the Hilt
Museveni breaks his silence – and backs Muhoozi’s crackdown to the Hilt
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SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA: Facts, fury and a fraying friendship
SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA: Facts, fury and a fraying friendship
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Elba’s $1-million bet: why Africa’s creators just got a powerful new ally
Elba’s $1-million bet: why Africa’s creators just got a powerful new ally
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NEWS

EMPD officer arrested over R14.9 m Killarney stones heist

EMPD officer arrested over R14.9 m Killarney stones heist

July 6, 2026
AN Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officer was arrested at the weekend in connection with the alleged theft of precious stones worth R14.9 million from a Killarney apartment in 2023, in the latest arrest to flow directly from testim...
Unbowed, unrepentant: Days after bail, Matembe turns her fire back on Museveni
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A body, two names and a diplomatic brawl: Accra and Pretoria trade fire over a dead Ghanaian
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How a Nigerian self-styled prince formed a fake state agency with a DG, millions in budget
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DRC MURDERS: A Colonel falls, a state walks free
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World

Trump turns US 250th anniversary into campaign-style rally

Trump turns US 250th anniversary into campaign-style rally

July 6, 2026
PRESIDENT Donald Trump used the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations on the National Mall to deliver a speech that looked and sounded more like a campaign event than a national commemoration, deepening concerns about the politicisation of o...
The Fist and the Absent Son: Inside the funeral Iran waited four months to hold
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How the Venezuelan people and diaspora are driving earthquake relief
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BRICS NEWS

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

June 23, 2026
SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile used the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on 22 June 2026 to launch a concentrated bid for South Africa to move from commodity supplier to industrial partner - pitching the country as a ...
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

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Uganda is latest in Africa’s destination branding boom

Uganda is latest in Africa’s destination branding boom

July 6, 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
BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

BMW unveils five-way power play with all-new X5 – electric, hydrogen and the ‘Heart of Joy’

July 1, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

Igniting Tomorrow: BMW Group South Africa puts youth in the driver’s seat

June 25, 2026

Sports

Out, but undefeated in the hearts of millions: Cape Verde’s World Cup adventure ends in glory

Out, but undefeated in the hearts of millions: Cape Verde’s World Cup adventure ends in glory

July 6, 2026
CAPE Verde's improbable, joyous run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup came to an end in Miami on Friday, but the smallest nation ever to reach the tournament's knockout stages departed the competition not as a footnote, but as its central story. The Blu...
2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: The Atlas Lions do it again – and this time, nobody can call it luck
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2026 FIFA WORLD CUP: And then there were two…
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Business

Ford SA boss sounds alarm: cheap imports, Chinese cars are hollowing out the country’s industrial base

Ford SA boss sounds alarm: cheap imports, Chinese cars are hollowing out the country’s industrial base

July 6, 2026
NEALE Hill, President of Ford Motor Company Africa and Managing Director of Ford South Africa, has issued one of the automotive industry's starkest warnings yet - telling government and business that South Africa risks following Australia into total...
Stitching Lesotho into the Global Economy
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Africa is building the systems that make climate capital move
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Lifestyle

The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan’s music shaped a revolution

The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan’s music shaped a revolution

July 6, 2026
THE revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023. But the events of 2019 demand greater attention as they hold lessons for a post-war Sudan. ...
Cherie Kihato is taking African craft to luxury markets
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Power, pleasure and patriarchy: why The Polygamist on Netflix is captivating viewers
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Thought Leadership

The Gallery of Rogues

The Gallery of Rogues

JOVIAL RANTAOJuly 6, 2026
IT has become a grim, almost daily ritual: a senior police officer, a metro official or a well-connected businessman is named, suspended, arrested or fired, and South Africa's roll call of the disgraced grows a little longer. Nine months into its wo...
Truth in the age of AI: The fight for sustainable journalism
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Ramaphosa’s fatal miscalculation: Why Dina Pule is the wrong answer to a country exhausted by scandal
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Features

EDUCATION
Nigerian kids learning purpose through play

Nigerian kids learning purpose through play

July 1, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin

Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin

July 1, 2026
HUMAN RIGHTS
In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

In conversation with Funke Adeoye on detainees’ rights in Nigeria

March 27, 2026
MEDIA FREEDOM
Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

Burkina Faso’s missing journalist exposes the junta’s tightening grip on dissent

June 27, 2026
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Uganda is latest in Africa’s destination branding boom 1

Uganda is latest in Africa’s destination branding boom

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The Fist and the Absent Son: Inside the funeral Iran waited four months to hold 2

The Fist and the Absent Son: Inside the funeral Iran waited four months to hold

July 6, 2026
Out, but undefeated in the hearts of millions: Cape Verde’s World Cup adventure ends in glory 3

Out, but undefeated in the hearts of millions: Cape Verde’s World Cup adventure ends in glory

July 6, 2026
Truth in the age of AI: The fight for sustainable journalism 4

Truth in the age of AI: The fight for sustainable journalism

July 6, 2026
How the Venezuelan people and diaspora are driving earthquake relief 5

How the Venezuelan people and diaspora are driving earthquake relief

July 6, 2026
Museveni breaks his silence – and backs Muhoozi’s crackdown to the Hilt 1

Museveni breaks his silence – and backs Muhoozi’s crackdown to the Hilt

July 6, 2026
SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA: Facts, fury and a fraying friendship 2

SOUTH AFRICA/NIGERIA: Facts, fury and a fraying friendship

July 6, 2026
Elba’s $1-million bet: why Africa’s creators just got a powerful new ally 3

Elba’s $1-million bet: why Africa’s creators just got a powerful new ally

July 6, 2026
EMPD officer arrested over R14.9 m Killarney stones heist 4

EMPD officer arrested over R14.9 m Killarney stones heist

July 6, 2026
Unbowed, unrepentant: Days after bail, Matembe turns her fire back on Museveni 5

Unbowed, unrepentant: Days after bail, Matembe turns her fire back on Museveni

July 6, 2026

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

Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil
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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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