Organizers say the competition continues to broaden access to ballet, helping develop a more diverse generation of performers while raising South Africa's profile on the international stage.

The International Court of Justice has set the timetable for the Democratic Republic of Congo's case accusing Rwanda of violating international law. Kinshasa must file its arguments by October 2027, with Kigali's response due in December 2028.

By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@gmail.com Political history occasionally produces moments that fundamentally reshape expectations. Such moments are characterised not merely by the emergence of a new leader, but by a convergence of public mood, demographic change, political fatigue and an appetite for renewal. Few elections in modern democratic history have captured the public imagination quite like the United States presidential election of 2008. The victory of Barack Obama, then a first-term United States Senator from Illinois, transformed assumptions about political leadership, party establishments and electoral possibility. It demonstrated that even in one of the world’s oldest constitutional democracies, political history can change with remarkable speed when an unusual combination of leadership, organisation and public sentiment converges. More than a decade later, the phrase “Obama Moment” has entered the vocabulary of political analysis far beyond the United States. It is freque...

Kiharu MP, Ndindi Nyoro. PHOTO/UGC. BY MUHOHO FRANCIS Kiharu MP, Ndīndī Nyoro, stands as a revealing mirror of Mount Kenya’s contemporary leadership crisis. The Member of Parliament is not a leader in the traditional or transformative sense. Rather, he resembles a discotheque performer of economic rhetoric—animated, visible, and constantly in motion, yet ultimately detached from the structural realities he claims to address. He frequently brandishes spreadsheets, speaks fluently about bottom-up economics, and tweets gross domestic product figures as though he alone discovered the arithmetic of development. Yet the fundamental question remains unanswered: where is the parliamentary Bill that translates these assertions into binding law? Where is the motion designed to dismantle the entrenched coffee cartels that continue to impoverish farmers in Kangema, Mathira, and Othaya? Where is the legislative intervention aimed at breaking the dairy sector monopolies that determine the pr...

First, Nigerian security forces say that they've returned 308 abductees home after freeing them from their kidnappers in a northern forest. Also, in South Africa, the textile industry is facing a workforce crisis after thousands of migrant workers fled the country in the past few months, in the wake of violent xenophobic protests. And, in Lagos, a Nigerian artist is turning ordinary clay into vibrant portraits, blending science, tradition and creativity in a technique he hopes will redefine the canvas.

DR Congo has recorded nearly 4,000 confirmed cases of Ebola and over 1,800 deaths, as the epidemic resurges. The country is experiencing the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

Johannesburg’s street food scene is gaining global recognition, creating new opportunities for local entrepreneurs, small businesses and South Africa’s growing tourism economy.

AI-driven search is changing digital competition. African companies will need to build topic authority, industry expertise and trusted visibility rather than relying only on traditional SEO rankings.

OpenAI asked a federal judge Wednesday to throw out Apple’s trade-secret lawsuit against the company, a case built in part on Apple’s allegation that OpenAI’s chief hardware officer directed job candidates still employed at Apple to bring “actual parts” from the company to their interviews for “show and tell” sessions designed to extract confidential information. […]

Health investigators have traced a Salmonella Javiana outbreak sickening 345 people across 27 states to a single jalapeño pepper grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, with Minnesota and Colorado each reporting 110 cases — nearly two-thirds of the national total — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Illinois […]