Tanzania leads the fight to end maternal deaths
Tanzania has made great progress in saving the lives of mothers. In just seven years, the country’s maternal mortality rate...
Africa
Reimagining SA-US relations in the aftermath of the Oval Office spectacle
The Oval Office encounter between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump was no ordinary diplomatic engagement....
Unpacking the dangers of the proposed amendments to Zambia’s constitution, Part II
In this series on Zambia, Part II looks at legalising the use of public resources for election campaigns. (Part 1 here)...
Ask Ash | Johannesburg’s housing crisis is like a movie on loop
I decided to rewatch the movie Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema. Besides being an excellent film directed by Ralph Ziman, I started...
It’s time to talk about weaponising visas against Africans
The anti-migration regulations in Europe and the US against Africans continue to affect the sociopolitical and economic development of Africa....
Less testing, more thinking: The case for project-based learning in schools
When we talk about what school must teach young people to be, we often fall back on buzzwords: entrepreneurs, forward-facing...
Draft oil and gas regulations spark climate justice concerns
Draft regulations under the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act may be prioritising oil and gas development and disregarding the imperative...
South Africa must revive its industrial ambitions
South Africa’s industrial decline is accelerating. State-owned enterprises that once drove economic transformation now epitomise institutional failure. Eskom’s power cuts...
Put an end to four centuries of corporate plundering of Africa
For the past four centuries, corporations have exploited — butchered — the African continent, leaving behind scars, open wounds and...
Only 0.1% of police officers checked for sexual offences
Build One South Africa (Bosa) has condemned the South African Police Service (SAPS) for what it describes as “dangerous negligence”...
