Southern Africa

Namibia will suspend the rollout of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said on Saturday, days after the...

By Justine Wintjes* In the archaeology storerooms of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, lie two boxes filled with seashells. The shells...

South Africa will extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to his home country, its justice department said on Monday,...

By The Conversation Africa Skin We Are In is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of...

By David B. Moore* Danish director Camilla Nielsson’s documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the...

By Benjamin Roberts*, Gregory Houston*, Jare Struwig*, & Steven Gordon* The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates...

By Gerhard Maré* Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who has passed away at the age of 72, was the longest reigning of all Zulu...

Two separate economic studies point to a grim current economic reality in South Africa. Close to 3 million jobs lost...

A new United Nations report warned indicates that four countries contain spots on problems of food insecurity and could potentially...

In the past few years, there has been uncertainty around whether the learning outcomes of South Africa’s schools are improving...