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Africa/Middle East

17 May 2009

An interview with South African political cartoonist Zapiro, Guinea's corrupt politicians get their come-uppance, and pilgrims go high-speed.

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The Global Countdown - South Africa

3 August 2023

For this week’s Global Countdown, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the music charts in South Africa – expect plenty of ‘amapiano’.

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The Global Countdown - South Africa

15 April 2021

For this week’s Global Countdown, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in South Africa. Expect plenty of amapiano, the country’s jazz-inflected house music.

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Africa/Middle East

16 February 2012

Why Africa is frantically going green, Saudi Arabia is desperately building houses, and South Africa is learning to love fracking.

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Africa/Middle East

20 January 2011

South Africa's ambition to host a mega-telescope, the new calendar for Senegal, and the Ugandan president's desperate measures to win the election.

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The defence industry is intertwined with politics and nationhood, and Ivor Ichikowitz is a man at the heart of all three in Africa. But don’t call him an arms dealer – he only has the best intentions for the continent, he…

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Rainbow warrior

15 November 2009

In the first of a series on World Cup players, nations and managers, Monocle looks at South African Matthew Booth. He’s an unlikely poster boy for the tournament but his tough tackling and marriage to a top black fashion…

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Ready for kick-off

15 April 2010

As national coaches from Brazil to South Korea plot World Cup tactics, so too do the world’s journalists. Monocle visits Durban and Johannesburg to see how 18,000-plus writers, pundits and photographers will be accommodated…

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Kerb appeal

29 April 2021

Driving along a road less travelled reveals South Africa’s charms. We start the ignition to take you from roadside craft shops to homely inns and pretty pit stops. Get your kicks on Route 62.

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Over the rainbow

19 October 2017

It’s been more than two decades since South Africa’s first democratic election and, while corruption allegations persist, there is some blue sky peeking through the clouds.

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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 176: Can land expropriation help heal South Africa?

31 July 2019

This week an advisory report on land reform in South Africa has recommended changing the constitution to allow the government to seize land without compensation. The aim is to help ease the huge inequalities in land owne…

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The Bulletin with UBS - Change in South Africa

1 April 2018

This week our panel gauges the political and economic impact of the recent leadership transition in South Africa. We’ll ask how the Zuma exit and Ramaphosa arrival have shaped the story in the terms of growth, reform and…

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Africa/Middle East

18 March 2010

Why leopard skins and white trainers are de rigueur for South African president Jacob Zuma, and the first stirrings of a spa revolution in Saudi Arabia.

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Freedom fighter

17 February 2008

As editor of ‘The Zimbabwe Independent’, Trevor Ncube became all too familiar with the consequences of criticising the government. Now based in South Africa, where around 35 per cent of people live in poverty, he has plans…

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Africa/Middle East

17 September 2012

We kick off a new series on strategic flight paths, starting with Istanbul to Mogadishu.

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Africa/Middle East

16 August 2012

The king of Swaziland's motorcade, Israel's robot wars and spy games in Africa.