Former South African president Jacob Zuma is campaigning for a new opposition party opposition.
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Jacob Zuma claims that his new political home, the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party, is the authentic ANC, not the one led by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The Ingonyama Trust has been accused of illegal practices in rural villages in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
Dividing land borders in Ghana is a contentious issue.
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Ghana’s regions have no autonomy, yet creating new ones is contentious as it threatens the interests of chiefs and political parties.
A rural homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
Charcoal is an essential fuel for most parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
Hand hygiene is important to fight COVID-19 but how can you do that without water.
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African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.
South Africa’s east and west coastlines have some of the world’s richest, unexploited, naturally occurring heavy mineral sands.
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Clashes between mining companies and communities are often about the age-old question of whether mining, with its adverse impacts, can benefit the many or only a selected few.
Ugandan protesters call for an end to President Yoweri Museveni’s despotic rule.
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Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
Emir Sanusi.
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Recently, the Kano State government in the north west region of Nigeria removed the Emir, the first highly westernised and educated person on the throne.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s increasingly repressive government uses colonial-era laws to silence dissent.
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The unstable authoritarian pathway that many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements within African societies.
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The role and efficacy of the traditional crime-prevention measures in Iraye-Oke are widely acknowledged by people who live in the area.
A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare.
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While not all men are willing to become involved in women and children’s health, some situations force them take on ‘women’s work’.
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, right, with Dali Mpofu and Winnie Mandela in 1989.
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Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.
Mining activities in South Africa’s rural areas tend to occur at the expense of local communities and the environment.
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South Africa’s rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
Malawian villages operate according to strict hierarchies. NGOs can unsettle these.
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The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
A Xolobeni villager protesting against mine development.
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Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
Communities in South Africa’s North West Province are embroiled in battles with chiefs over land.
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South Africa has made progress towards interrupting the looting of land by chiefs, state officials and mining capital.
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The main reason land reform in South Africa has been lethargic is not the Constitution, but a flawed approach.
Land reform discussions in Namibia don’t address capital or profits.
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Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
AmaXhosa women want to play a bigger role in cultural rituals.
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Women don’t want to be reduced to ceremonial roles; they believe they can add value in making decisions.