Persisting low-level to acute crises throughout southern Africa may make 2017 a year to remember with regret.
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Anthony Egan, S.J., contributes from Johannesburg.
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In South Africa, are student demonstrations a sideshow to the nation’s real problems?
Chaos and intransigence in the universities is matched by absurd criminal charges against a minister of finance who may only be doing his job too well.
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Zuma government critic is charged with fraud
The decision by South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority to charge Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and two associates with fraud is significant to say the least.
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Pope’s “finger-wagging” at Congolese president reflects wider concern about corruption in Africa
African Jesuits vow to help create a new generation of leaders for the continent.
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In South Africa, the Hawks hunt down a crusader against corruption
Just when we thought that the Hawks (the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) had finally got their claws out of South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, they’re back! Conveniently waiting until after the local elections, they have once again subpoenaed Gordhan regarding
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Is a crime or public corruption motivating an investigation in South Africa?
President Jacob Zuma has insisted that he fully supports his minister of finance but claims he can do nothing to stop the investigation.
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Municipal government losses suggest perils ahead for South Africa’s ruling party
The local elections suggest an uneasy period for municipal governance in general and the A.N.C.’s leadership in the country.
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At the 21st International AIDS Conference, new H.I.V./AIDS treatments were introduced.
The 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) was held in Durban, South Africa on July 18-22.
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A performing arts festivals speaks some uncomfortable truths about contemporary South Africa
Grahamstown, the small university city that hosts South Africa’s annual National Festival of the Arts each year, is historically a frontier town—the meeting place in the 19th century between the British Empire and the Xhosa nation, before the latter was annexed, creating the present-day
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What Provoked the Battle of Pretoria?
On Tuesday morning the main national road was blocked by debris and tires, street disturbance similar to the kind of actions folks who are old enough will remember were common in streets leading into townships during the protests in the 1980s apartheid era.