We cannot have a conversation about rethinking political consciousness in South Africa without addressing the race and class parity in the country. A quote by Karl Marx demonstrates why reactionary thinking on gender, race or sexuality still reign mostly unchallenged in South Africa”It is not the consciousness of men...
By Andile Zulu Last week the true nature of South Africa’s post-apartheid order was unveiled. Not through a righteous revolution or illuminating national discourse, but through mass food riots and looting, racial violence and organized efforts by anti-democratic forces within the ruling party to destabilize the country. A precarious...
As calm is slowly returning to the streets of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces of South Africa, businesses and citizens are beginning to count the cost of week-long violence. The protests which were triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma for contempt of court quickly degenerated into scenes...
By Margaret Chinowaita From the time a baby is born in Zimbabwe, most of the goods they will consume...
The AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the restoration of order in South Africa following days...
The National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is expected to announce the results of the first set of voting...
Kenneth Kaunda will be laid to rest in Lusaka today. His final resting place will be at the presidential...
Helen Zille’s new book, #StayWoke: Go Broke aims to tell us why “South Africa won’t survive America’s Culture Wars”....
Tanzanians are “very kind people.” That is the praise bestowed on us by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She made...
Over the past few days, the continent’s last absolute monarchy of eSwatini has been rocked by political instability due...
The continent celebrated 58 years since the formation of the Africa Union (formerly Organization of Africa Unity) towards the...
Ebenezer Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi Devoid of any attempt to extenuate the absolute truth, Ghana has woefully failed and has exposed...
Since COVID-19 was first reported in Africa in early March 2020, the virus has continued to disrupt lives across the continent. Even with hopes of a vaccine gaining traction, more than 1.5 million cases and over 35,000 deaths have been reported, healthcare services remain exposed, education has almost ground to a halt and economies are struggling. Africa Blogging contributors from across the continent have analysed how different countries are responding to the pandemic.
Go to topicUgandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija narrates the harrowing story of how he was arrested and reportedly tortured for writing two novels The Greedy Barbarian and The Banana Republic. He also talks about the role social media played in his release.
In this episode, I chat with Ruth Aine, a fellow AfricaBlogging author from Uganda discussing the five-day internet blackout in our country that began on the eve of the 2021 general elections. We share our personal experiences and discuss the effects to the economy and free speech in the...
The proliferation of smartphone devices has led to more meaningful access to the internet as more Ugandans are using the internet to politically organise, speak truth to power. In this episode, we chat with Songa Stone about the role social media is playing in the 2021 upcoming general elections...