Ian Khama: An officer, a gentleman, a dictator?
Ian Khama is credited with helping Botswana to prosper, but critics warn of his authoritarian bent.
SA’s very own Greek tragedy
Like Icarus, Oscar Pistorius fell from fantastic heights to the depths of his own personal hell.
Chad rides wave of homophobia in Africa
Chad has followed the likes of Uganda in outlawing homosexuality in a recent wave of homophobia on the African continent.
Cape hit in cycad heist
The world’s oldest seed plants are highly desirable to collectors, making them – and the Kirstenbosch gardens – prime targets for cycad poachers.
Mugabe wins at Beijing bingo
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe appears to have achieved his goal of extracting more cash from China.
Graca Machel speaks of her loss for the first time
Nelson Mandela’s widow talks of their love, her grief and how she censored the media so he would not read bad news about his beloved ANC.
Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim ‘safe and well’ in US embassy
The Christian woman whose apostasy death sentence was overturned is doing well after the US embassy in Khartoum gave the family refuge.
Nigerian’s rejection of religion deemed clinical insanity
A Nigerian man has been detained in a mental health institution by his family after saying he had lost his belief in God.
Drones offered to SA mines to ‘prevent another Marikana’
Desert Wolf, maker of the Skunk Riot Control Copter, says its machine is "designed to control unruly crowds". But labour activists are condemning it.
Cellphones create a technology leapfrog
Africa’s claim to be the ‘mobile continent’ is even stronger than previously thought.
