South Africa has been an important site for southern hemisphere astronomy since La Caille's observations in the 1750s. A new phase of international significance now dawns as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is being assembled in the Karoo. This huge project forms part of an international consortium and it promises to give South Africa a leading edge in radio astron...

The election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president at the organisation's fifty-second national conference in Polokwane in 2007 has been described, by sections of the media especially, as a triumph of ordinary members over a leadership that had grown distant, aloof and arrogant under Thabo Mbeki. It has been said that branch members, who made up ninety per cent of the dele...

For Africa, the year 2016 saw a continuation of trends rooted in the past and perpetuated by leaders and movements that were also not new. No groundbreaking developments occurred. No Arab Spring rattled the comfort zone of the continent's despots. The predations of terror groups, both indigenous and foreign in origin, waxed and waned in response to counter-insurgen...

For Africa, the year 2016 saw a continuation of trends rooted in the past and perpetuated by leaders and movements that were also not new. No groundbreaking developments occurred. No Arab Spring rattled the comfort zone of the continent's despots. The predations of terror groups, both indigenous and foreign in origin, waxed and waned in response to counter-insurgen...

For Africa, the year 2016 saw a continuation of trends rooted in the past and perpetuated by leaders and movements that were also not new. No groundbreaking developments occurred. No Arab Spring rattled the comfort zone of the continent's despots. The predations of terror groups, both indigenous and foreign in origin, waxed and waned in response to counter-insurgen...

For Africa, the year 2016 saw a continuation of trends rooted in the past and perpetuated by leaders and movements that were also not new. No groundbreaking developments occurred. No Arab Spring rattled the comfort zone of the continent's despots. The predations of terror groups, both indigenous and foreign in origin, waxed and waned in response to counter-insurgen...

Having broken away from Ethiopia in 1991, Eritrea is led by one of Africa's most secretive autocratic regimes. Some insight into the country leadership's thinking came in response to a damning UN report on Eritreans' lack of freedoms.

Having broken away from Ethiopia in 1991, Eritrea is led by one of Africa's most secretive autocratic regimes. Some insight into the country leadership's thinking came in response to a damning UN report on Eritreans' lack of freedoms.

Having broken away from Ethiopia in 1991, Eritrea is led by one of Africa's most secretive autocratic regimes. Some insight into the country leadership's thinking came in response to a damning UN report on Eritreans' lack of freedoms.