South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country's cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that.Focused on ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

In the late 1990s, Lauren Francis-Sharma attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission amnesty hearings when she briefly lived in Johannesburg while attending law school. The hearings were set up ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

South Africa’s economic future hangs in the balance as education officials report alarming decline in STEM subject enrolments. Business leaders warn of dire consequences for the country’s ...

While the success of this cohort is celebrated, many voices have raised concerns about the state of South Africa’s education system, calling for urgent reforms to address disparities and systemic ...

The 2025 Global Persecution Index from International Christian Concern paints a sobering picture of Christian persecution across Africa’s Sahel region. Countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, ...

Data provided by Nielsen BookScan NZ. Let it be known, New Zealanders read novels by New Zealand writers. The best of our novelists, featured here in Listener’s Top 10 power list, have sold more ...

It was a tumultuous end to 2024 for South Korea. On December 14 ... Far-right YouTube personalities and evangelical Christian leaders have often taken prominent roles. Pro-Yoon protesters have ...

Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band Culture.

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France. France's President Emmanuel Macron greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane ...

We lived in the Hong Kong University Staff Quarters at Pok Fu Lam; my parents worked at HKU as doctors. After Australia, we didn’t have much personal space, but we had a lot of personal freedom ...