The Conversation
91% of sub-Saharan African workers don’t save for old age: why that’s a problem and how to fix it
18th May 2023 Less than 10% of the workers in sub-Saharan Africa save for old age, the lowest rate for any region in the world. That implies most of the... →
Did South Africa sell arms to Russia? Only a series of unlikely scenarios could have made it possible
17th May 2023 On 11 May 2023 the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, claimed that South Africa had secretly exported arms to Russia in December 2022.... →
Sudan is awash with weapons: how the two forces compare and what that means for the war
16th May 2023 Armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated following an outbreak of violence in April... →
Millions of young South Africans are jobless: study finds that giving them ‘soft’ skills like networking helps their prospects
16th May 2023 The fact that more than half of the South African population is under 30 years could be beneficial for the country’s economic growth and... →
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro: South Africa’s trailblazing defender of justice, human dignity and the constitution
16th May 2023 Many great legal minds have made important contributions to the development of the law, justice and constitutionalism in South Africa. One figure... →
South Africa walks a tightrope of international alliances - it needs Russia, China and the west
12th May 2023 Relations between the People’s Republic of China and Russia on one hand and the west, specifically the US, on the other have become increasingly... →
Zulu vs Xhosa: how colonialism used language to divide South Africa’s two biggest ethnic groups
12th May 2023 South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common... →
West Africa has a small weapons crisis – why some countries are better at dealing with it than others
12th May 2023 Research has found that globally, small arms and light weapons increase the likelihood, intensity and longevity of conflict. Small arms and light... →
China’s population has peaked and is now falling – opportunities and risks for Africa
11th May 2023 China will no longer be the world’s most populous nation. India’s population will overtake it this year at an estimated population of 1.42-billion.... →
Media freedom and democracy: Africans in four countries weigh up thorny questions about state control
11th May 2023 In July 2022, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary on gang activity in northwestern Nigeria. The programme, The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara,... →