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NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case
NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case
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‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say
‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say
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SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising
SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising
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NEWS

Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution

Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution

June 17, 2026
HALF a century after the bullets of 16 June 1976 tore through Soweto's streets and ignited a generation, South Africa's political and intellectual establishment gathers on Wednesday at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton to confront a question that grows mo...
The general above the law: Muhoozi Kainerugaba boasts of abducting lawyer who sought to serve him court papers
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Abdullah Ibrahim 1935 – 2026: A musical titan who painted South Africa’s soul
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SA vs WHO: a diplomatic firestorm over alleged xenophobic violence
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The Artan affair: how a Miami sidelining ignited a global reckoning
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World

US‑Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means

US‑Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means

June 17, 2026
THE announcement of a new agreement between the United States and Iran has been greeted with relief across global markets. Oil prices have eased, shipping insurers have relaxed and politicians have rushed to hail a diplomatic breakthrough. The me...
As a father in Gaza, the new home I am building for my children is a nylon tent
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Uprooted to Unstoppable: UNHCR’s Gamechanging XI turns World Cup spotlight on refugee resilience
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BRICS NEWS

Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape

Beijing bonds: Xi and Putin deepen the BRICS axis as the multipolar order takes shape

May 28, 2026
IN a summit laden with symbolic and strategic weight, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping convened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, cementing what both leaders described as a relationship at an unprecedented ...
Ethiopia’s BRICS dividend: Addis Ababa charts a new course in the architecture of global power
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BRICS uses sport and screen to build a new cultural architecture
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Special Features

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
Appolonia: the story of an African kingdom that resisted the Atlantic slave trade

Appolonia: the story of an African kingdom that resisted the Atlantic slave trade

June 13, 2026
LITERATURE
Reviving the heart of African literature

Reviving the heart of African literature

June 9, 2026
MOTORING
SA Bakkie Brawl Heats Up: JMC Vigus crashes the party, Hilux, Ranger, Navara tremble!

SA Bakkie Brawl Heats Up: JMC Vigus crashes the party, Hilux, Ranger, Navara tremble!

April 17, 2026
MOTORINGNEWS
The ex-pie guy who could sell you a Rolls-Royce over the phone

The ex-pie guy who could sell you a Rolls-Royce over the phone

May 16, 2026

Sports

Ivory Coast’s historic win ignites continental pride at 2026 FIFA World Cup

Ivory Coast’s historic win ignites continental pride at 2026 FIFA World Cup

June 15, 2026
AFRICA has finally written its name in the 2026 FIFA World Cup history books — and it came wrapped in dramatic, heart-stopping fashion. In a match that will echo through continental football for generations, Ivory Coast struck in the 90th minute to ...
EXCLUSIVE: Ruud Gullit calls on Gianni Infantino to resign amid growing World Cup controversy
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Kagisho Dikgacoi backs Bafana to shock hosts Mexico in World Cup opener
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Business

Nigeria raised electricity prices to improve supply. Why it hasn’t worked

Nigeria raised electricity prices to improve supply. Why it hasn’t worked

June 13, 2026
NIGERIA’S electricity regulator triggered a big tariff shock in April 2024. It increased rates for some consumers by over 240%, citing the cost of producing and delivering power. The regulator classifies consumers into five bands, A through E, ba...
South Africa’s jobs crisis: what 10 years of tax data tells us
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African electricity systems are opening to private capital as utility dominance eases
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Lifestyle

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

June 17, 2026
ADOLPH Johannes Brand was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist of mixed ethnic descent who personified the city’s multiculturalism and represented it on the world’s st...
The story behind Soweto Blues, Miriam Makeba’s famous song about the June 16 uprising
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Netflix’s Winnie Mandela documentary is a reckoning – with a life, a nation, and the machinery that tried to break them both
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Thought Leadership

In honour of the legendary Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma and in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa

In honour of the legendary Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma and in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa

REGINALD SHAVERJune 17, 2026
TO understand why we gather tonight for the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa, I want to take you back more than a hundred years, to one man. In the year 1913, a young man boarded a ship off the coast of this continent and point...
Ma Vesta Smith: why this unsung activist matters 50 years after the Soweto uprising
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Thabo Mbeki tribute concert restores Soga to the African Renaissance
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Features

EDUCATION
Ghana wants learner‑centred classrooms – but many teachers still favour old methods

Ghana wants learner‑centred classrooms – but many teachers still favour old methods

June 9, 2026
SUSTAINABILITY
The Riverside story: building an equestrian legacy in Senegal

The Riverside story: building an equestrian legacy in Senegal

June 15, 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
Malian journalist detained over Pan-African forum remarks as press groups sound alarm

Malian journalist detained over Pan-African forum remarks as press groups sound alarm

June 11, 2026
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‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say

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Tinubu honours journalists, lawyers and activists who bled for Nigeria’s democracy 2

Tinubu honours journalists, lawyers and activists who bled for Nigeria’s democracy

June 13, 2026
The Artan affair: how a Miami sidelining ignited a global reckoning 3

The Artan affair: how a Miami sidelining ignited a global reckoning

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Under Mamdani, New York will be the first to open a free childcare center for city workers 4

Under Mamdani, New York will be the first to open a free childcare center for city workers

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Ukraine war now longer than the First World War – the similarities are unsettling 5

Ukraine war now longer than the First World War – the similarities are unsettling

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NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case 1

NIGERIA: Court rejects ex-cabinet minister’s bid to quash arrest warrants in $1.3m graft case

June 17, 2026
‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say 2

‘Some people question whether Ebola is real’: trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak, humanitarians say

June 17, 2026
SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising 3

SA: Ramaphosa warns against afrophobia and xenophobia, challenges employers as Youth Day marks 50 years since Soweto uprising

June 17, 2026
Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution 4

Fifty years on: South Africa’s youth crisis takes centre stage as nation reckons with unfinished revolution

June 17, 2026
US‑Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means 5

US‑Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means

June 17, 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

DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickness
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Technology

Forced labour in West African cybercrime academies: how fear traps young men
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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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