Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South Africa’s fifth president since the end of apartheid on Feb. 15, just hours after now former president Jacob Zuma’s late night resignation.
President Jacob Zuma has resigned.
Morgan Tsvangirai, the man best known for opposing the rule of Robert Mugabe, has died.
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South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has recalled president Jacob Zuma. In a televised press briefing Feb. 13, the party announced that “deployee” Zuma has been recalled from his post. Zuma, however, is trying to hold on for at least three more months.
Oxfam’s good work has been overshadowed by a scandal that has rocked the entire international aid community. On closer inspection, that scandal may be much older, with roots in the charity organization’s work in Africa.
The hyper-realistic pencil and ink drawings by young, unknown Nigerian and Ghanaian artists often go viral on social media. Yet, few know how to acquire their work.
Patrick Soon-Shiong became the latest billionaire trying to rescue a struggling newspaper. The South African-born billionaire bought the LA Times in a deal that closed Wednesday, the first time in nearly two decades that the paper will return to local LA-based ownership.
Posters of Ben Enwonwu’s Princess Tutu hang on the walls of homes around Nigeria, and yet no one has seen the real work for years, until now.
Cape Town’s ominous day zero has been moved back from April 16 to May 11, thanks to a generous donation from farmers in the Western Cape province. On Feb. 6, farmers north of the city opened their dams to allow about 10 million liters of water to flow down to the drought-stricken city.
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Each year the state of the nation—the state of the union address as it’s known in the United States—is meant to set out a map for the path a country will follow for the next year at least. It’s tricky to outline that plan when you don’t even know who will be giving the speech, as South Africans are learning. In a surprise turn on Feb. 6, the important address has been postponed indefinitely—or at least until South Africans are certain about who is at the helm—signaling the nearing end of a chaotic administration.
The creators of Inxeba/The Wound always knew the film would be controversial. A hidden gay romance set in the secretive world of a traditional initiation school for Xhosa boys, the film sparked outrage long before it was released.
The buzz around Black Panther, Marvel’s first black superhero film, is palpable. Weeks before it arrives in theaters, the film has already morphed into the joyous reprieve that black America—in fact, all of America—needs right now. Celebrities are buying out entire theaters in underserved communities so young black children can look up and finally see themselves as superheroes. But the hype doesn’t end at America’s border. Book clubs, comic fans, and movie lovers across the globe are coming together to host special screenings to watch the star-studded (and all black) cast.
Marvel’s kingdom of Wakanda may be mythical, but its inhabitants will use a very real language. The on-screen spoken language of the kingdom of Wakanda is isiXhosa, the melodic South African language known for its distinctive clicks. It’s one of the way the much anticipated Black Panther film is trying to ensure its authenticity as it skirts premature accusations of appropriation.
Contemporary African art has been in the art world’s spotlight for the last few years.
South Africa’s jittery currency seems to be calming down. On Wednesday, Jan. 24 the rand pushed past the psychological 12-rand to the dollar barrier.
After years of diplomatic standoffs over terrorism, resources and territory, North African nations hope one dish can finally bring to the same table: couscous.
Jazz used to be a music you got down to. Before it became the background music for posh restaurants with crisp linens and clubs with velvet couches, it was the music of scuffed floors in illegal shebeens or backyard taverns. That was the jazz that gave the world Hugh Masekela and it was the ideal of the music he clung to until his death on Jan. 23, 2018 at age 78.
Legendary South African trumpeter and anti-apartheid movement figure, Hugh Masekela has died at aged 78, after a battle with prostate cancer, according to his family and the government.
It is rare, if ever, that trans Africans get to write their own story. Author Akweake Emezi not only told the story of her transition, she forces readers to consider that there is yet another dimension to the contemporary understanding of gender—one that is couched in African spirituality.
Namibia is really capitalizing on president Donald Trump’s diplomatic gaffes.
South Africans are teaching H&M a tough lesson on the importance of diversity.
South African protesters want H&M to know that casual racism, even by accident, has real consequences.
