Khadija Sharife

In the April issue of The Africa Report, we investigated how Zimbabwean casual workers, excluded from applying for residency via the official channels, were resorting to ‘purchasing’ South African identities through ‘late registration’ birth certificates arranged through intermediaries.

Across Africa, China has become known as the agent of mass construction, wisely bartering infrastructural development – chiefly mining-specific – for long-term access to strategic resources.

There is nothing like a R16.5-billion merger to put South Africa on the map as a safe geopolitical investment jurisdiction, not least when the world's largest company and private sector employer, Wal-Mart, is the company giving you the nod.

This issue of Pambazuka News carries a piece on role of speculation in the cocoa futures market.

Some weeks ago, a Pambazuka article written by Pierre Sané, former secretary general of Amnesty International, disclosed the relations between Côte d'Ivoire’s new president, Alassane Ouattara, and Loïc Folloroux, stepson of the hea

KHADIJA SHARIFE: Will the uprising in Egypt and Tunisia spark a similar response in Nigeria?

The lessons for the authorities in Cairo echo those learned too late in Tunis: cracking down on dissent is not so easy when social network sites and citizen bloggers can gain a global audience in a matter of days.

Wikileaks did not cause the ground-up revolution in Tunisia that resulted in the collapse of dictator-president Ben Ali's repressive hold.

Al Jazeera says: "With the internet blackout still hindering access for most people in Egypt, a new service could help circumvent those obstacles. Now, people inside Egypt can call a number to post a 'voice tweet'.

she said i'm not
altogether there
grasping at bits of myself
like playdoh
that just won't come together

think inside the box
she said
the universe will
get with the programme
and who can you believe
if not
the advertising?