Media and entertainment giant Naspers ‘has engaged in the kind of “aggressive” tax planning devised to strategically move such assets into low-tax regions’, writes Khadija Sharife.

Gado suggests the market for George W. Bush's new book, 'Decision Points', is somewhat small.

Tanzanian President Jakaya Kiwete rides a tired CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) horse, says Gado.

Internationally acclaimed Kenyan poet, playwright and activist Shailja Patel has launched 'Migritude' in the US. 'Part memoir, part political history, part performance tour-de-force', the project 'weaves together family history, reportage, and monologues of violence, colonisation, and love, to create an achingly beautiful portrait of lives and migrant journeys undertaken in the boot print of Empire.’

As Yoweri M7, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni launches a hip hop appeal to the Ugandan electorate…

Newly re-elected Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete receives calls to level the political playing field, suggests Gado.

Fears that antiretroviral therapy might lead healthier-feeling HIV-positive people to have more sex and potentially infect others may be unfounded, according to a new South African study, which recorded patients having significantly less sex as well as safer sex after starting treatment. The study followed 2,332 HIV-positive patients enrolled in care who eventually started treatment at a large urban clinic in Soweto, Johannesburg's largest township, and a rural clinic in Mpumalanga province between 2003 and 2009.

EG Justice and its partners welcomed UNESCO’s decision on 21 October to suspend, indefinitely, the prize funded by and named after President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. The groups reaffirmed their call for UNESCO to ultimately abolish the award.

Instituting a reading and book writing culture is key to encouraging intellectual renewal, writes Steve Sharra.

With Tanzania witnessing elections, Gado depicts the swearing-in of incumbent Jakaya Kikwete.

As the US goes through its mid-term elections, Barack Obama's positive presidential campaign is now being qualified with 'terms and condition apply', says Gado.

Cheche, a radical, socialist student magazine at the University of Dar es Salaam, first came out in 1969. The former editors and associates of Cheche revive that salutory episode of student activism in this book with fast-flowing, humor-spiced stories, and astute socio-economic analyses.

The eighth edition of Sauti za Busara music festival takes place in Stone Town, Zanzibar 9 – 13 February 2011. Five nights of 100 per cent live African music under African skies. Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) is an international festival showcasing and celebrating the wealth and diversity of music from East Africa and beyond. For more information on the line-up and to sign up for a newsletter visit

The first book by academic and journalist Azad Essa has been called controversial, brash and insightful, attracting much interest and favourable reviews. 'I have no doubt that this will be the first book of many. I am honoured to be associated with it,’ says Ferial Haffajee, City Press editor-in-chief.

FIFA, the world's governing body for football, announced Wednesday that it has provisionally suspended two of its executive committee members who allegedly demanded money in return for their votes in the bidding process for the 2018 World Cup.

Lack of affordable and accessible transport is emerging as a major hindrance towards poorer South Africans accessing state health care, especially for those living in rural areas. The Western Cape is perceived as a well resourced province, but for some HIV-positive patients living in Mooreesburg, accessing treatment means relying on the goodwill of strangers for a lift and running the danger of defaulting on their treatment.

Francodus wonders whether Nigeria at 50 might more accurately be seen as a 50–50 split of the country.

With Chile's trapped miners freed, Hollywood will be quick to capitalise on the rescue, according to Gado.

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak is economic progress with political paralysis, says Gado.

Gado depicts Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete begging for funds.