There is a particular kind of silence that descends on a country before its press is broken. You don’t hear it coming. You feel it — in the hesitation of an editor before publishing, in the self-censorship of a journalist…
The Movement That Rattled the State Is Now Fighting Itself Picture this: a political movement born from the raw fury of Kenya’s Gen Z uprising, one that had the establishment visibly nervous, now turning its energy inward — arguing, fracturing,…
It started with a break in routine. Rigathi Gachagua had been deep in his 45-day political consultation retreat at his Wamunyoro residence — a deliberate, calculated withdrawal from public life — when the call came from the Coast. Leaders of…
A Movement Draws a Line — and Dares the Government to Cross It Twenty-seven civil society organisations are marching on June 30. They are not shutting down South Africa. They are demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave — and they…
Your Child’s Teacher Doesn’t Exist As of January this year, 17,450 teacher posts across Kenyan schools sat completely vacant. Not understaffed. Not underfunded. Empty. That means tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms this term with no qualified teacher…
A 17-Year-Old Went to Pick Up His School Uniform. His Mother Found Him in a Mortuary, Listed as Unidentified. Nanyuki, Kenya — Lucy Kagure spent two days searching hospitals and police stations for her missing son. She found him in…
The Women Feeding Kenya Are Being Left Out of the Policies That Affect Them Most Women smallholder farmers grow the food on your table. They manage the land while climate change dismantles everything they’ve built. And yet, when governments sit…
South Africa’s Police Are Eating Themselves — And It Should Terrify You Fourteen senior South African Police Service officers are now suspended. A businessman allegedly linked to organized crime sits in a jail cell. And a R360 million (approximately KSh…
Africa Has Everything. Africans Have Nothing to Show for It. Let’s be honest about something that should make every young Kenyan furious: this continent holds 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, supplies the cobalt in your smartphone, the…
SPAR Is Bleeding in Court — And Calling It Normal SPAR Group, one of Kenya’s and South Africa’s most recognisable retail giants, is drowning in litigation. More than 20 court cases. Fraud allegations against senior executives. A R1.6 billion software…
