Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter Makaziwe offers a unique portrait of the statesman and underscores the price many struggle activists' families paid, writes Mike Siluma.
Visionary leader who helped forge the new South Africa; murderous villain with blood on his hands. Yes, we’re talking about the same person, writes Mike Siluma
Democracy, it’s been said, is government of the people. If that’s true, what do we say to Zimbabweans, who fulfilled their civic duty by voting, and yet have seen their lives going backwards with every election, asks Mike Siluma.
In times when good news is a rare commodity, many would have breathed a sigh of relief at this week’s unemployment numbers, which showed a drop of 0.3 percentage points in the jobless rate to 32.6%, writes Mike Siluma