Politics
The Jews of Africa
How some American Zionists make connections between Israel and Rwanda.
Oscar Pistorius to be allowed to visit ailing Mandela–but without his gun
The visit would be a good opportunity for the nation to collectively heal; after all, both Oscar and Madiba have been through adversity.
Smells like Brazil
Angola spends millions of dollars to host the World Championships in roller hockey (yes). Anyone who think it is a waste of money gets beaten up.
Mapping neoliberalism
if there is any city in South Africa most suited to be labelled the 'apartheid city', it would be Cape Town.
Making sense of the terror attacks in Kenya
Follow these sources (a mix from the blogosphere, Twitter and Facebook, including from some mainstream media sources that aren't that bad) to process the Nairobi mall terror attack.
The Disneyfication of Ellen Sirleaf Johnson
The Liberian president mostly gets away with soft pedal press in the West at odds with how Liberians view her or her legacy.
Rastafari and His Imperial Majesty
It's understandable that Rastafari aren’t critical about Haile Selassie, but the idealization of the monarch and Ethiopia in general can prevent critical analysis.
Criminal Media
South Africa's mainstream media has a blindspot: It mostly covers crime as it affects the suburbs and whites. No wonder the readers are misinformed.
Elections and Ethnicity in Guinea
There is a certain deja vu about how Alpha Conde stays in power: every time there's an election he exploits ethnic divisions.
“Exceptional kaffirs”
The grumblings of dissatisfaction and anger among black readers over stories about deserving blacks in South Africa.
Fok Your Hood
Next time you see billboards advertising Cape Town as the “World Design Capital," know them for what they are.
Nelson Mandela To Be Renamed
The move comes in light of recent confusion over who owns Mandela’s legacy.
A Century of Land Dispossession in South Africa
Interview with Ben Cousins, founder of PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape, and who has researched land reform since 1989.
Immigrant, noun.
Google defines an immigrant as "a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country." We have our own definition.
The South African Compromise
How did leftist political scientist Adam Habib end up as a South African version of Thomas Friedman?
Morgan Tsvangirai and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe
To understand why Tsvangirai's MDC can't win in Zimbabwe, it is helpful to move beyond the standard analysis of systemic electoral corruption and an unfair vote.
