Two of the continent’s premier game reserves – Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve and South Africa’s Kruger National Park – stand on the frontlines of species loss, working tirelessly to protect wildlife under the shadow of rising extinction threats. Yet they also reveal how different leadership approaches to park management can shape conservation success, advance inclusivity, and distribute economic benefit to local communities.
The Kenyan court’s decision should be read well beyond Kenya. Across Africa, governments will need to negotiate such arrangements with greater care, more transparency and a firmer sense of constitutional discipline and national interest
African music megastars Tyla and Rema are scheduled to perform at the World Cup’s opening ceremony in Los Angeles. But while African music and soccer are welcome at the tournament, many African fans and journalists, it would seem, are not.
Migration outcomes are largely determined by the quality of the systems into which migrants enter. When any one of the systems underperforms, the pressures become amplified. When several fail simultaneously, migration become politically explosive
For millions of fans, a familiar cloud of anxiety looms — not over tactics or form but over something far more basic: whether players will be paid what they are owed by their football federations
The lack of clarity about which foreigners must go has translated into the victimisation of some who are not targets, including South Africans who look like those who are unwelcome
Nigeria’s increasingly close relationship with France marks a departure from six decades of foreign policy aimed at reducing French influence in West Africa. An increasingly close relationship with a power that has long sought to undermine Nigerian influence in West Africa will benefit only politically connected business elites.
South Africa has a structural unemployment problem that is not primarily caused by increased labour migration.
CSOs and community organisations are portrayed as enemies of development whenever they challenge powerful political and economic interests
On World Oceans Day, celebrated on 8 June each year, it’s important to recognise that the ocean does extraordinary work. It stores 98% of all CO2 on the planet, absorbs at least a quarter of all human-made CO2 emissions annually and soaks up at least 90% of the excess heat generated by the emissions. It is the flywheel of the global climate
Unauthorised building alterations, illegal structures, safety violations and neglected compliance requirements are hardly unique
to one property in Johannesburg’s city centre
In South Africa, where local government is grappling with fiscal constraints, infrastructure backlogs, unemployment and service delivery problems, migration has become an additional layer of complexity that many municipalities were never designed to manage
Our wetlands, grasslands, rivers and the wildlife that hold them together are not a luxury to be funded once the urgent problems are solved. They are part of how we solve the urgent problems
The very tool being counted on to decarbonise our civilisation is fast becoming one of the most power-hungry infrastructure networks on Earth. Yet dismissing AI as a climate villain is to miss one of the most consequential opportunities of the decade
Many across the Global South created grassroots movements that were morally-centred and people-led to fight colonialism and apartheid but we cannot seem to create similar movements when leaders take us backwards
There is sufficient evidence to suggest that Ramaphosa will not save the ANC and may instead be presiding over a sinking ship. Under his leadership, the party suffered its most significant electoral setback since 1994
With his presidential ambitions at stake, the EFF leader opts to preach equality, black solidarity, repatriation and a united Africa
Whenever a major political development occurs, audiences are often presented with a familiar cast of commentators. A relatively small group of commentators often appears across media platforms, offering interpretations that, while presented as independent assessments, frequently converge around the same political conclusions
This does not necessarily mean that physical campaigning will disappear. Politics remains fundamentally human. Voters still value personal interaction, community engagement and visible leadership
When the world’s most militarily dominant state treats international
institutions as disposable, the entire architecture of global legitimacy begins to break down
The sight of human beings being hunted, threatened or treated as disposable because they are perceived to be foreign is morally troubling.
Often, officials facing disciplinary cases move within the three spheres of government or even between departments before their cases are concluded.
The higher education institutions would be built from selected TVET college clusters and mandated to combine artisan training, applied degrees, entrepreneurship, technical services and regional problem-solving
A massive industrial farming project promises investment and fertiliser production in a country gripped by hunger, debt and political uncertainty
Under Ramaphosa, the country’s trade with other regional powers on the continent is growing — but unevenness must be addressed
Its cities are expected to absorb hundreds of millions of new residents in the coming decades, making urban governance, infrastructure planning and service delivery central to the continent’s economic future
As the final exam period approaches, Grade 11 to 12 learners across South Africa enter a high-stakes academic phase where their marks will begin to shape access to university programmes and bursary opportunities. At this level, strong performance comes from how learners structure time and revision schedules, as well as how they engage with their […]
While the country continues to debate the future of healthcare reform through National Health Insurance NHI, millions of South Africans are dealing with a far more immediate reality which is the rising cost of accessing care today
The memorial inaugurated in Paris symbolises more than remembrance. It reflects the evolution of a relationship between Rwanda and France that has moved, however imperfectly, from denial toward dialogue and from confrontation toward mutual respect
The World Bank and IMF have exposed the political nature of scarcity. Deficits receive permission when they serve Western strategy.
But the continent will not be able to do this at scale without having credible rules, institutional independence and effective supervision in place
By 2023, the major hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta) operated close to 992 data centres globally, with capacity having doubled in just four years