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Chris Roper is deputy CEO at Code for Africa, a director of the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting and a former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian Online.
The UN has voted to phase out the Mercator projection in favour of an accurate world map, restoring Africa's true geographical scale
Journalism, but make it live …
Modern propaganda has moved from physical leaflet drops to covert digital influence campaigns
AI grows despite resentment. We must be prepared
News organisations deserve scrutiny, but so do those exploiting journalistic mistakes.
There’s a disturbing arithmetic to profiteering amid catastrophe. The $93bn that oil companies have made off the Iran war is testament to this
It may seem like a trivial matter, but do the people who declare 'I stand with Iran' on their Facebook profiles mean that they support the mullahs and those in the Tehran regime…
Though The Economist describes Musk as a genius, it’s hard to square that with the fuzziness of his logic when interviewed about his beliefs.
From the legalised murder of San people in colonial South Africa to the rumoured 'Sarajevo safaris' of the Bosnian War, people have performed the mental contortion of placing…
Over-optimism, as in the case of rebuilding parliament, seems to be in the DNA of politicians — or perhaps they're just willing to promise anything in the hope of winning votes.…
It says a lot about his presidency that no-one was surprised when Trump hosted a UFC tournament at the White House to mark his 80th birthday. For many people around the world,…
Bills criminalising homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities are becoming more common in Africa. We can be proud of the fact that South Africa is an outlier in this…
A Reuters survey indicates that up to two in five people don't want to 'read all about it' because it will ruin their mood. They are also increasingly ditching the legacy media…
Why are we talking about Glocks? Because that’s the weapon name-checked in a News24 story about the attempted expulsion of a 16-year-old Pretoria Boys’ High School pupil.
If you want to see what Chinese state interference in African states looks like when it flexes its muscles, I invite you to consider the recent cancellation of RightsCon 2026 by…
How to change the world — for the worse — one bet at a time.
Corruption without punishment is becoming a way of life in South Africa, and elsewhere.
With all their flaws, human solutions may be the key to preserving the ethics of a democratic information ecosystem
Trump’s gifts have a kick to them: wear these or be considered disloyal. There is also a tale to be told about clothes being used to score political points in South Africa.
Few people don’t have an opinion about Iran, given its tormented history and prominent role in geopolitics over the decades, and the past 50 years of photos from the country have…
