southern Africa Articles

John Harris was not yet 30 when he went to the gallows. Convicted of the bombing of Johannesburg train station, he was the only white person to be executed by the South African apartheid regime for crimes committed in resistance to apartheid. The account of Harris’...

The next two years will see a really important debate about the global partnership for sustainable development after 2015. There are many calls for this or that area of policy to be important, but personally I hope peacebuilding and freedom from violent conflict are...

Swaziland is small, beautiful country in southern Africa bordered by South Africa and Mozambique. However, it is also Africa’s only absolute monarchy and a country that is currently gripped in economic crisis. King Mswati has ruled Swaziland since 1986 and shows no...