South African English is not like any other English. Of course it is English, but it’s got its own characteristics and a lot of...
“I really want to contribute”
Abigail Mbalo is the dental technologist turned master chef – almost literally, in fact – and with her burning passion for trying to make...
Africa’s Year of Elections
On December 30 last year, around 40 million voters went to the polls in a hotly contended election in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
Sydafrikas valrörelse har inletts
Vissa kallade det för det bästa sydafrikanska State of the Nation-talet (SONA) sedan Nelson Mandelas dagar. Det var också det längsta: Cyril Ramaphosa talade...
“Mitt land är värt att kämpa för”
För drygt ett år sedan, den 18 november 2017, samlades tiotusentals zimbabwier på gatorna i huvudstaden Harare för att demonstrera mot den 93-årige presidenten...
Letter from Tanzania
”He’ll be on time,” said the lady at the front desk at the hotel where I was staying. I’d been in Tanzania and Dar...
“We started a small business”
The development of social protection programmes is something relatively new in Africa. However, in the last decade almost all African governments have set up...
It’s Africa, not Disneyland
If only I’d had a penny for every time I’ve been on game drive with guests and someone, when seeing their first warthog, shouts:...
The Year in Politics
It’s the time of the year when we start to look back at major events of 2018. From a political perspective there have been...
Why you should visit Majete
This post is part of a series about African safari destinations. Reading the title however, you’d be forgiven for thinking “Eeeh…Majete?” In fact, even...
”The unknown can be very rewarding”
The exact number of Zimbabweans who live and work in South Africa is not known, some say 500,000 others say many times more. Ronika...
The slaves who built the Cape
“You have entered the oldest surviving slave building in South Africa” reads a sign at the entrance of one of Cape Town’s most important...
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