Kgomotso Molefe, an auto glass repair technician, is brimming with pride after emerging as a winner at a global competition in Lisbon, Portugal, and raised the South African flag high. Molefe ...

Uncle Waffles, real name Lungelihle Zwane, continues to push boundaries. Her headlining set further solidifies her status as a trailblazer. For a South African amapiano DJ to headline such an ...

My evil uncle has finally presented an informal accounting of his younger deceased brother’s estate. His lawyer sent me a “refunding bond” and “release form” to sign which includes a ...

For the first time my great uncle, who has been more myth than man to me, starts to become real. The Rivonia Trial is itself now steeped in a kind of myth, part of the great story of South Africa ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

Security and Governance. Africa’s security and governance landscape is constantly in flux, from military coups to civil war to violent non-state actors. The CSIS Africa Program anticipates how these ...

Save the Children has worked in Africa for more than 60 years. Today, with millions of children and families in Africa already struggling to cope with the impacts of conflict and climate change, ...

What is an African forest elephant? Of the two species of African elephants, forest elephants are both smaller and more rare than their cousins, African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana).

An exploration of the past, present, and future of Africa in a multidisciplinary setting. A dozen Africanist faculty members collaborate in an effort to shed light on both the huge potential of Africa ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

"Uncle Sam" is a personified representation of either the United States federal government or the United States of America in general. In finances, Uncle Sam can refer to a specific tax or ...