Monocle: How to make a nation
Monocle is one of the top companies when it comes to positive literature in the world today. Whether you subscribe to their monthly magazines...
A Different Kind of Television
You may ask why another Whitehouse drama is worth watching. Between the heightened melodrama of Olivia Pope in Shonda Rhimes' Scandal (South Africans know the show as The...
Protest and the “Miss” of Dismissing
South African Universities are in a bit of a crisis at the moment. But exactly how deep the crisis is, might depend on where...
‘Fake’ Interpreter or Fake ‘Interpreter’?
I guess most of you have heard something about what is probably the biggest 'sideline' story to the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela in...
Trump wins US elections
After months of a brutal campaign, Donald Trump has achieved the unthinkable, and won the US Presidential election.
In January next year, the President-elect will...
Corruption, the silent killer
The word corruption is undoubtedly one of the biggest buzz words on our continent – even in our world. We tend to throw the...
Five Films About Africa To See This Summer
From searingly personal stories to pressing political narratives, here are the documentaries about the continent that are not to be missed.
Africa is becoming increasingly...
Ransom for the Chibok Girls
In April, militant group, Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 girls from a boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens of the girls escaped, but...
Culture Kingdom or Kingdom Culture?
Culture: the customs, civilisation, and achievements of a particular time or people.
Today there is a lot going on in the world. And with media...
Ferguson On Fire
We recently wrote a post called State of Emergency in Missouri. In it we, like many others, were eagerly waiting to hear a decision that...