A world where BIG is definitely beautiful. In a remote village in Southern Ethiopia, men dream and compete to be the fattest. The men here have…
Browsing: Op-Ed
Marilyn Naidoo, University of South Africa Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the…
Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question. Issues like corruption and…
Janerose Mutegi Kibaara, Kenyatta University More than a million students completed primary school in Kenya last year. All were expected to join high schools in early…
Peter Teske, University of Johannesburg; Carl van der Lingen, University of Cape Town; Christopher David McQuaid, Rhodes University, and Luciano Beheregaray, Flinders University One of the…
Chocolates mean glad tidings to most kids. It is, however, different realities to different people across the world. A privilege for some, a never-to-be-tasted bar of beauty…
Dr Westen K Shilaho, University of Johannesburg A failed attempt to overhaul Kenya’s progressive constitution less than a year before elections illustrates continuing struggles between the…
In August 2021, the National Association of Resident Doctors embarked on its fourth strike within one year.
Rory Horner, University of Manchester The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination…
Albano Agostinho Troco, University of the Witwatersrand It’s four years since João Lourenço was sworn in as Angola’s third president. He succeeded former president José Eduardo…