South Africa commemorates on Sunday 70 years since the Women’s March of 1956, when around 20,000 women of all races marched to the administrative capital, Pretoria, to protest apartheid laws forcing Black women to carry passes that restricted their movement. It was a powerful moment in the fight against white minority rule
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Kenya’s digital ecosystem has once again demonstrated its unmatched ability to turn a simple phrase into a nationwide cultural reset.
Yan Diomande’s record-breaking move to Real Madrid has made him Africa’s most expensive footballer. Here’s a look at the top 10 costliest African transfers in football history
Held at the Stanbic Incubator Hub in Harare on 31 July 2026, the fifth Lab brought together ideas in health, energy, climate resilience, agriculture, mining safety and the circular economy. Organised in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Zimbabwe and Stanbic Bank, it showed innovation beginning with Zimbabwe’s realities.
The rocky peaks of Mt Kenya with glaciers in view. East Africa’s iconic glaciers are disappearing fast, with Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori Mountains facing a future without permanent ice. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
At Netflix, we’ve seen over and over again how local stories can travel the globe. From South Korea (Teach You a Lesson), from France (Lupin), from Brazil (Rulers of Fortune) and now, from South Africa withThe Polygamist.
Sandvik Rock Processing is steadily gaining a stronger foothold across the African market with its range of hydraulic rock breakers and breaker boom systems as customers increasingly recognise the value of equipment quality, reliability and strong aftermarket support, the company reports.
DOHA, QATAR – The FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be remembered as the tournament that rewrote the record books – and not only on the pitch. As the first 48-team finals produced the most goals ever scored at a World Cup™ (308), a record nine African teams in the knockout rounds, and a record eight Arab…
“They told us we would have a place of refuge in Spain, and it was a lie”. That is how one migrant described his journey to Ceuta. He was among tens of thousands who believed Europe had finally opened its doors. Some scrambled over razor-wire fences. Others slipped through gaps in the chain-link barrier. Many…
We will be stating the obvious by saying that the age-long well-criticised Nigeria’s obstinately poor political leadership is progressively deteriorating while the collective irresponsiveness and irresponsibility of the resulting governments are fast increasing in intensity and scale irrespective of the loud outcries, positive criticisms and suggestions within, and out of, the country. It currently appears…
