News/Politics

Macias was deposed and executed by Teddy in 1979, who then reputedly had some Macias’ body parts removed for Constantia’s face creams and for when he, Teddy, got the late night munchies.

The people of the land of pharaohs will not find what they are looking for because they do not know what they want. It has been 30 years now that they have lived under one man’s dictatorship. In fact, all these three decades they have willingly collaborated with a leader who regarded himself as successor […]

The Egyptian uprising, which began on January 25, is aimed at ridding the country of President Hosni Mubarak and his National Democratic Party, who have maintained de facto one-party rule under an ongoing state of emergency. The regime was able to remain in power through the support of the West underpinned by substantial aid from […]

By Sally Evans Every day we are inundated with scandals relating to nepotism, tenders and corruption. And the media slogs away trying to expose those who — at the cost of development — are merrily filling their boots with cash and have just taken ownership of new BMWs. Tenderpreneurs — the mantra for jobs for […]

By Abiye Teklemariam and Janice Winter Popular revolutions do not generally end with protesters storming presidential palaces. Success is most often achieved by their ability to breach the unity of the regime’s power base. Such divisions manifest in several ways: reluctance of the armed forces to take action against protesters, regime moderates distancing themselves from […]

By Steven Hussey When an Ugandan tabloid sparked international outrage last year for publishing the names of alleged homosexuals under the banner “Hang them!” in The Rolling Stone, editor Giles Muhame thought he was fulfilling a moral duty. He was stopping homosexuals from “ravaging the moral fabric of [Uganda]” and “recruiting children to homosexuality”, whatever […]

In the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid, in Tunisia, Mohamed Bouazizi was 10 years old when he became his family’s bread winner, selling fresh produce in the local market. While he attended a local high school, he did not graduate and his attempts at finding work in the public sector were futile. His day would […]

By Athambile Masola “Wathinta umfazi wathinta imbokodo!” are the famous words that are often bandied about in South Africa’s media during Women’s Month every August without fail. The fuss around Women’s Day leaves me and many other women wondering what every other day is for, celebrating men? Given a past that has been dominated by […]