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…
The Fintech Industry’s Biggest Problem Isn’t What You Think While everyone obsesses over AI, the fintech industry is quietly being reshaped by something far more urgent — and far less glamorous. How fast can you deploy software? That question is…
A Court Finally Said What Survivors Already Know A High Court judge has done what too many courts across Africa refuse to do — called out victim-blaming in a rape case by name and rejected it from the record. Acting…
Tax Criminals Are Winning. Here’s Why That Should Terrify You. South Africa is hemorrhaging R100 billion every year to illicit trade — and for decades, the government’s response has been little more than a slap on the wrist. Now, a…
Joburg Is Drowning in Debt and Broken Pipes — And Your Mayor Just Gave a Speech About It On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero stood inside St Mary’s Anglican Cathedral and told the city’s residents what they…
A Seven-Day Ultimatum the Government Cannot Afford to Ignore Kenyans walked to work for two straight days. Four people died. Over 700 were arrested. And after all that, the government cut diesel prices by just 10 shillings. Transport operators called…
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations has dismissed what it called misleading reports claiming Corporal James Muiruri Mburu died at the DCI headquarters in Nairobi. The agency said the officer died at his home in Ngong. In a statement posted on…
President William Ruto briefly paused his speech on Thursday after a man breached security and ran toward the podium in Mandera. The incident happened as the Head of State was addressing beneficiaries of the Nyota Fund. The man, who has…
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested five suspects, including former Mwea MP Peter Njuguna Gitau, over the theft of two Isuzu lorries stolen from Murang’a County. Detectives later recovered the vehicles in Mombasa after tracking the suspects through…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has rejected online allegations that it released mosquitoes in Kenya, saying it does not carry out mosquito release activities in the country or elsewhere. In a statement issued on Monday, the foundation said it…
