Technology must serve democracy, not stand between the people and their choice
As South Africa prepares to vote, we should remember that electoral systems, rules and technologies exist for one overriding purpose:…
African Development Bank Group launches up to USD 5.1 billion response plan to offset energy and fertilizer shocks in African countries
By Amba Mpoke-Bigg The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new framework to mitigate…
Kanayo Awani: How Africa can accelerate intra-African trade momentum
Boosting trade flows amongst African countries remains a key economic priority. There is significant opportunity to accelerate the growing intra-African…
Mahlengi Bhengu: This is bigger than the ANC
The headlines may be about the ANC, but the questions raised by the candidate lodgement dispute reach beyond one political…
Madiepetsane Charlotte Lobe: Electoral administration must be a bridge, not a barrier
As elections become increasingly digital, South Africa must ensure that technology strengthens political participation while preserving certainty, fairness and trust…
Heritage, Culture, Pan-African Identity and the Agency of Jazz
A Conversation between Joshua Oludare Olusan and Saul Molobi of Brandhill Africa™ on African Portal Radio TV International on 15…
Celebrating a Legend: Caiphus Semenya’s timeless songbook takes centre stage at Joburg Theatre
By Saul Molobi There are songs that entertain, songs that comfort, songs that tell stories – and then there are…
Action to Tackle Gauteng’s Stress Epidemic: Outreach Honoured Women’s Month
By Marlon Armstrong As part of a quarterly international Dianetics mobilisation campaign, the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation from Johannesburg North deployed…
Motsoka William Moeng: Rita-Noemnoemdraai-Bethesda – A journey of land, faith, dispossession and restitution
The history of Rita-Noemnoemdraai-Bethesda is, in many respects, a history of South Africa itself. It is a story of land…
Siyabonga Hadebe | A Message to the ‘Hippos’: Informal Economy Is Not Africa’s Development Strategy
Something remarkably optimistic is unfolding as Africa’s informal economy is rediscovered. For decades, informal traders, street vendors, domestic workers, casual…