“As public health and societal debates play out in the coming months, I very much hope that we can hear more of the voices of those deemed ‘vulnerable’.”
How will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together practise social distancing? Does Ebola offer any lessons?
The push towards digital sovereignty is frequently criticized as a Trojan horse for authoritarian measures. It's tremendously naïve to think it the only explanation.
Reform is crucial to change the silent messaging that black people, people living with disabilities and other marginalised groups, are inferior to the able-bodied, heteronormative white people in the sector.
Movies depicting LGBTIQ experiences have been banned in Kenya and South Africa – adding fuel to the dangerous narrative that ‘homosexuality is unAfrican and harmful.’
Recent campaigns waged in two Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries provide some interesting lessons about challenging excessive state security power.
