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The grass is not greener in South Africa

8 Nov 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

The grass is not greener in South Africa

The wealth gap between rich and poor, white and black, is growing in this so-called model African country. Mgcini...

Liberators, step aside! Let the administrators in

9 Aug 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Liberators, step aside! Let the administrators in

Mgcini Nyoni explains why revolutionary leaders make poor presidents.

BRICS challenge dollar hegemony

13 Apr 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

BRICS challenge dollar hegemony

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda...

Wanted: products not made in China

5 Mar 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Wanted: products not made in China

Zimbabweans are fed up with sub-standard imported goods, explains Mgcini Nyoni.

Stop using white history as a smokescreen

27 Jan 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Stop using white history as a smokescreen

African leaders should stop trying to divert attention from their own shortcomings by pointing to white people's wrongdoings,...

1 Jan 2012 2 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Has the ANC ushered in neo-apartheid?

As the African National Congress turns 100, Brett Scott criticises its failure to share South Africa's...

Why we need imagination in medicine

19 Dec 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Why we need imagination in medicine

People are not dying of HIV and TB because there is no cure but because medicine can be stubbornly inflexible, explains...

‘There is no planet B’

5 Dec 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

‘There is no planet B’

Hope for a binding treaty starts to evaporate in Durban as politicians look to a deal that will cook the continent, says...

The Kyoto protocol is in grave danger

1 Dec 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

The Kyoto protocol is in grave danger

African negotiators told not to ‘waste time’ calling for developed nations to cut CO2, reports Nnimmo Bassey....

1 Dec 2011 5 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

The shadow world: corruption in the arms trade

Andrew Feinstein examines the corrupt networks of arms deals.

Challenging climate apartheid

28 Nov 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Challenging climate apartheid

‘Let us begin, brothers, for until now we have done nothing’.... As talks kick off in Durban, Nnimmo Bassey...

Are Durban climate talks worth the bother?

25 Nov 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Are Durban climate talks worth the bother?

Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey describes low expectations in South Africa.

Calling all journalism students – your chance to win a trip to South Africa!

30 Sep 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Calling all journalism students – your chance to win a trip to South Africa!

Do you have a passion for global health? A new competition is looking for submissions on the subject of TB, HIV or TB-HIV...

A tool for change

14 Apr 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

A tool for change

The role of the arts is to keep politicians in check. But in some countries they’re not given the opportunity, says ...

1 Dec 2010 2 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Press crackdown in South Africa

South African protest

The realm of magic

11 Aug 2010 6 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

The realm of magic

Anything can happen in football, they say. Eduardo Galeano looks back on the World Cup and agrees.

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