Comment & analysis

“When we got our independence from the UK in 1968 it was given to us on a silver platter. The people of Swaziland didn’t understand or have to fight for their democracy”, Linus Mavimbela tells me.

A lot of abuse has been heaped on the head of the South African government for allowing President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan to leave South Africa on 15 June 2015, whilst a South African court was still considering a complaint from a South African NGO requesting that Al-Bashir should be arrested in

The Somali woman is dying. Slowly poisoned by 'shame' put up on her from the day she is born. Her heart is bleeding from the tight lid she keeps on her pain because she was told 'complaining' about the abuse she is subjected to is 'shameful'.

There are some things in life that start off like questions without answers and end up like answers without questions.

A sense of pride and peace of mind were experienced by Cubans on hearing that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) had certified the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis on the island.

By 2040 Africa’s population will be 2 billion lively souls, 1billion more than today, and so many of these energetic people will be so young. By then, African youth will make up 40% of the world’s young people.

South Africa’s Class of 1976 changed the course of our history by rising up and leading the vanguard for equal education and racial equality. Like them, young people today are faced with multiple risks. For instance, they are vulnerable to health risks such as HIV and AIDS.

It is official—Africa now has the largest trading block just launched on 10 June 2015 in Egypt with the signing of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).

In 2010, two girls from Nakuru, Kenya, were raped by their teacher on several occasions, both at his home and at school. At first, the girls were too scared to talk, but after some time, they found the confidence to tell their parents what had happened.

Strange as it may seem, there are times when I sympathize with official America, like one feels sorry for a mother of serial killers. After all, they are criminals of the worst kind but still her children; and mothers’ love knows no bounds.