Hustling in Lagos to ‘survive in hell’
Lagos – It’s midnight. Luxury cars arrive outside Cocoon, a nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest and most vibrant city.... Read more
31 Jul, 2022
SA ‘doesn’t need yet another plan to overcome challenges of poverty, unemployment, inequality’, says Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa does not need yet another plan to overcome the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. That is... Read more
25 Jul, 2022
‘One day it’s going to explode’ – Ex-president Thabo Mbeki warns SA faces own ‘Arab Spring’
Johannesburg – South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki warned on Thursday that the country faced a time bomb and... Read more
22 Jul, 2022
Lunch with Warren Buffett goes for a whopping $19m… tip included?
San Francisco – Talk about an expensive date: a mystery bidder will be spending a record $19 million for... Read more
19 Jun, 2022
Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda
Karamoja – In one of Uganda’s poorest and most lawless regions, anxious mothers clutch bone-thin infants in a malnutrition... Read more
14 Jun, 2022
KwaZulu-Natal deadly floods shine spotlight on housing crisis
Durban – Thulisile Ntobela, once lived in an apartment, but when her rent went up 25%, the unemployed mother of... Read more
24 Apr, 2022
‘We need help’: Sierra Leone faces hardship amid Ukraine war
Freetown – Iyesatu Turay, who lives in a sprawling slum of corrugated-iron shacks in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, says... Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Sheets to shirts: Uniforms for South African students
Cape Town – Discarded bedsheets from some of Cape Town’s finest hotels are finding a new life, transformed into... Read more
5 Apr, 2022
First aid convoy for three months arrives in Tigray, UN says
Addis Ababa – The first aid convoy for three months arrived on Friday in the capital of Ethiopia’s war-stricken... Read more
2 Apr, 2022
Far from Kyiv, Africa feels economic fallout from Ukraine crisis
Lagos – From airlines in Nigeria to shoppers in Malawi, Africans are feeling the impact of the Ukraine crisis... Read more
16 Mar, 2022
