SA ‘HOSTAGES’ Lamola’s glimmer of hope for two South Africans in Equatorial Guinea prison 3 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED Between white lies and true intentions: Unpacking what global leaders say about Africa 11 min 1 By Terence McNamee and Moky Makura
POLITICAL DIARY The week ahead in SA politics — let them eat yachts, release of matric results and ANC's disbanding dance 3 min 7 By Ferial Haffajee
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: The Economist’s long-overdue epiphany on 'the capitalist revolution Africa needs' 4 min 12 By Tim Cohen
TROUBLED NEIGHBOUR Mozambique opposition leader returns after fleeing over post-election safety fears 2 min 0 By Reuters
OPEN LETTER Dear UN Secretary-General Guterres: Your tenure has been a failure on multiple fronts 7 min 15 By The Platform for African Democrats
TROUBLED NEIGHBOUR SADC mandates Panel of Elders to engage with Mozambique over post-election unrest 5 min 7 By Victoria O’Regan
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025 Two major goals in the wings after a resurgent Bafana Bafana end a good year 5 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO Farewell Nigeria — why young Nigerians are leaving home for good 3 min 9 By Radio Workshop
POWER CUT Darkness descends — Eskom confirms blackout in Zambia and Zimbabwe after ‘incident’ 2 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
POST-ELECTION UNREST SA and Mozambique in pact to ‘mitigate disruption’ at ports of entry after trade plummets 4 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Will the US sanctions against the Gold Mafia work? 4 min 0 By Tim Cohen
CONFLICT IN AFRICA SA troops still fighting in eastern DRC after peace summit fails 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
INTERVIEW ‘Iran hates me’ — Imtiaz Sooliman opens up about Jihadism, Hamas and The Kiffness 14 min 181 By Kevin Bloom
BORDER CONTROL Inside the Musina-Zimbabwe smuggling network 5 min 1 By Rudzani Tshivhase and Lerato Mutsila
DEADLINE LOOMS Spaza shop owners struggle to re-register before Friday’s deadline 4 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
SOUND THE TRUMPET Scientists discover what caused Botswana’s mass elephant die-off 3 min 35 By Don Pinnock
TACKLING HUNGER Cities ‘play crucial role’ in transforming ‘increasingly relevant’ urban food systems’, say experts 4 min 2 By Abigail Baard
ELECTION OPED Understanding a nation’s pulse — Are Ghana’s leaders ready, as the country votes? 7 min 0 By Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
HISTORIC ELECTIONS Namibia has its first woman president. Namibians say it won't mean much for women 5 min 0 By Ernst Calitz