The color of their skin — white, due to their European ancestry — and the historical racial struggles in their home country of South Africa have helped shift the political battle lines being ...

told users on Thursday evening that an “unauthorized modification” had caused its chatbot to repeatedly bring up South African politics in unrelated conversations and falsely insist that the ...

Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the ...

Lady Justice (Retired) Effie Owuor, Chairperson of FEMWISE-Africa, convened a Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Women's Political Participation in Lilongwe, Malawi. Organised by the African Union ...

This Week on the Born Free Podcast: South African politics is at a crossroads—and Budget 3.0 may be the tipping point. Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with political journalist Lunga ...

transcript President Trump shared a video with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa that he claimed showed evidence of racial persecution against white South Africans. “Thank you very much.” ...

In a seismic shift that could redefine Somalia's political future ... Joining them is former Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur (Jamac), who previously navigated tensions with both men ...

Leroy Maisiri is a researcher and educator focused on labour, social movements and emancipatory politics in Southern Africa, with teaching and publishing experience in industrial economic sociology.

Political party bans by military authorities ... since their January withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States. Niger's General Abdourahamane Tchiani was sworn in as president ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said an “unauthorized modification” to its chatbot Grok was the reason why it kept talking about South African racial politics and the subject of ...

(X/Seyi Tinubu) Quiet talk is turning louder as the son of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu takes on a bigger role in Lagos State politics. The rumoured governorship ambition of President Bola Tinubu’s ...