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    Op-Ed: Why Excitement for Ibrahim Traoré Should Be Tempered with Caution
    News
    07 May 2025

    Op-Ed: Why Excitement for Ibrahim Traoré Should Be Tempered with Caution

    Burkina Faso’s military ruler has grown popular with millions across the world, but junta leaders and revolutionaries haven’t always worked out well for Africans.

    Congolese citizens protesting.
    News
    28 January 2025

    Opinion: World Powers Silent as Congo Crisis Deepens

    Protests erupt in Kinshasa over global silence while M23 rebels take control of Goma International Airport, surpassing their 2012 gains.

    An image of Cyril Ramaphosa standing at a lectern
    News
    12 December 2022

    What You Need to Know about Cyril Ramaphosa's Cash-in-Sofa Scandal

    On Tuesday, the South African president faces a crucial impeachment vote in Parliament that could see him disgraced out of office. Whatever happens, many South Africans are tired of the unanswered questions.

    The Barbra Banda Ban Shows Black Women Aren't Allowed to Be Too Strong
    Sports
    11 July 2022

    The Barbra Banda Ban Shows Black Women Aren't Allowed to Be Too Strong

    Failing to meet gender protocols, the Zambian captain was dropped ahead of WAFCON. In African female football, there needs to be a case for bodily integrity.

    Black South Africans Ended Apartheid, Not F.W De Klerk
    News
    19 November 2021

    Black South Africans Ended Apartheid, Not F.W De Klerk

    In light of the former apartheid president's death, international coverage has mistakenly portrayed De Klerk as the anti-apartheid genie of South Africa's dreams. Allow me to clear a few things up for you.

    Opinion: In Polyandry Lies the Power of Choice
    South Africa
    25 May 2021

    Opinion: In Polyandry Lies the Power of Choice

    Much of South Africa's ongoing debate about women having more than one husband is peppered with falsehoods, fallacies and the refusal to allow women to enjoy similar freedoms to their male counterparts.

    Dr Sindi van Zyl - OkayAfrica
    News
    16 April 2021

    A Tribute to Dr Sindi: South Africa's Duchess of Healing, Love and Kindness

    The most sincere way to honour Dr Sindi van Zyl's legacy is to pay her kindness forward in exactly the way she did.

    Myth of white genocide - OkayAfrica
    News
    20 November 2020

    Op-Ed: Laying Bare South Africa's 'White Lie'

    There are many persecuted minorities in the world—white South Africans are certainly not one of those.

    EndSARS protests - OkayAfrica
    News
    20 November 2020

    #EndSARS: Nigeria is a Nation of Elites and 'Everyone Else'

    Op-Ed: Andrew Akpan, a Nigerian based in South Africa, reflects on class divides among Nigerians and how that has affected the way in which #EndSARS protesters are perceived and treated.

    Zama Ndlovu pictured above. ​
    News
    20 August 2020

    COVID 19: To Recover, We Must Rebuild Our Fractured Society

    'The coronavirus crashed head-on with our crisis of toxic loneliness. We need a systemic solution,' writes Zama Ndlovu.

    Conrad Koch pictured above. ​
    News
    13 August 2020

    COVID-19 in SA: A Rich Person’s Hell is a Poor Person’s Norm

    Inequality is easy to ignore if it doesn't affect you. COVID-19, not so much.

    Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi.
    News
    29 July 2020

    Aspiration is a Beautiful, Expensively-Packaged Scam

    'Just because aspiration is given a Black face, that doesn't mean it's for us, cares about us or has our best interests at heart,' writes Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi.

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