SINCE the dawn of democracy, South Africans have been treated to a series of colourful claims about alleged plots to overthrow the government.The most recent and serious of these came during the July ...

Fierce government critic Nyokayemabhunu also known as Wellington Masiiwa who is facing extradition to Zimbabwe was back at a South African court last week facing charges of identity fraud. Masiiwa ...

US scrutiny grows over SA’s systemic corruption and failed governanceLaw enforcement collapse fuels perception of a ...

Police Commissioner Lieutenant‑General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi publicly accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of colluding with ...

The release of these documents marks a significant move toward greater transparency and public participation in matters of ...

Kenya’s pro-democracy anniversary protests on June 7, 2025, were marked by violence, looting and vandalism. Following these events, posts shared on social media purported to show a road vandalised by ...

Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, ...

This avoidance of the term coup exhibited some of the mendacity of international relations in Africa and anti-coup mechanisms’ lack of traction with some African leaders.

The coup involved flying into the former Spanish colony in a plane loaded with arms and more than 50 black ‘Buffalo soldiers’ – former members of the now disbanded South African defence forces’ elite ...

The three young men, who were sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last May, were handed over to U.S. authorities and are on their way to the U.S.

Jazz, politics and continents collide in the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. The film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of ...