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On Wednesday, 15 April 2026 Burkina Faso’s ministry of territorial administration and mobility announced the dissolution of 118 NGOs and associations and banned their activities.
AL JAZEERA

Burkina Faso is right to regulate NGOs

The West does not have a moral claim over African security. African states retain the right to choose partners according to their own historical interests. A multipolar world…

  • Gillian Schutte
8 min read
ADAM SMITH

OPINION | The ANC is not the only obstacle to change

To reimagine a better South Africa, capitalism and its unequal class structure have to be challenged

  • Andile Zulu
8 min read
(Photo by Michael Cohen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ADAM SMITH

Much more than the ANC needs to go to forge a better South Africa

The class structure and capitalism have to be challenged to reimagine a viable and just country

  • Andile Zulu
9 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

We have become spectators in our own democracy

The discontent we feel must mobilise citizens towards agitating for radical change, not aimless rebellion

  • Andile Zulu
8 min read
Gatvol: Citizens march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria protesting against corruption in government. (Delwyn Verasamy)
GOVERNMENTS

The social contract is broken

The government misuses taxes and does not maintain our safety, justice, health and infrastructure systems. Eventually citizens will tire of the lack of delivery

  • Geoff Embling
3 min read