Discover moreOnline news archiveCourt case updatesBusiness news analysisEvery year, Father’s Day is marked by heartfelt tributes, family celebrations, and reflections on paternal legacy. Across media platforms, images of proud fathers and thriving families dominate the public space, reinforcing the social significance of fatherhood. Yet for many men across Africa, Father’s Day is not a celebration…
Ndindi Nyoro as a mirror of Mt Kenya’s politics of “homeguards” and the illusion of economic leadership Kiharu MP, Ndindi Nyoro. PHOTO/UGC. BY MUHOHO FRANCIS Kiharu MP, Ndīndī Nyoro, stands as a revealing mirror of Mount Kenya’s contemporary leadership crisis. The Member of Parliament is not a leader in the traditional or transformative sense. Rather, he…
More than a year after the death of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu, his family have won their appeal to have his body buried in South Africa where he died – overturning a high court ruling that allowed the Zambian government to repatriate the corpse. It is not clear whether Tuesday’s ruling at the Supreme…
It is a new era for the South African Post Office as its fully-established board begins its term. A communications department delegation, led by minister Solly Malatsi and deputy minister Mondli Gungubele, yesterday engaged the newly-appointed board of the South African Post Office (SAPO). This is in line with efforts to set the tone for…
African countries must increasingly rely on their own resources and institutions to drive development as international aid continues to decline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised. According to the IMF, the era of predictable and abundant foreign aid was gradually fading, making it imperative for governments across the continent to strengthen domestic revenue mobilisation,…
African states must protect their citizens from xenophobia and discrimination in South Africa Barrister Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin of Cameroon. PHOTO/UGC. By Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin Recent reports of xenophobic violence targeting Africans, including Cameroonians and other foreign nationals in South Africa, have once again raised serious concerns about the protection of African citizens within…
Two people, including a police officer, were killed Monday in a shooting in Montreal, police in the Canadian city said. The gunman was also killed. There was no immediate word on the motive of the attack, which took place in an area of the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood that has kosher restaurants and supermarkets frequented by Montreal’s…
South Africa’s mobile market has not stopped growing. It has stopped growing in the segment the current generation of operators was built to serve – the consumer subscriber market. South Africa has 124 million active Sim cards against a population of around 65 million, according to GSMA Intelligence. About 46.6 million people are aged 15…
Ethiopia — TANZANIA and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have stepped up efforts to reshape primary healthcare financing, with a new push focused on expanding investment in community based health systems across the continent. The discussions in Ethiopia placed primary healthcare at the centre of strategies to achieve Universal Health Coverage and…
Pope Leo XIV urged action on hunger, calling food a fundamental human right and warning conflict is driving food insecurity worldwide, during a visit to WFP headquarters in Rome. Pope Leo XIV called on the international community to strengthen commitment and resources to tackling the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, describing access to adequate…
