COLUMNIST: ISAAC ASABOR

South Africa rsquo;s recurring attacks on African migrants cannot be explained solely by unemployment, poverty, crime, p ...

There is something profoundly disturbing about Nigeria rsquo;s political experience: the country is being drained by pol ...

South Africa is buckling under two intertwined pressures: a relentless wave of violent crime and a deepening economic ma ...

There is something that does not quite add up in the way Nigeria often talks about economic progress. We hear that th ...

There is something almost tragic about watching two people who once moved as though they shared one heartbeat suddenly b ...

There is something fundamentally wrong with Nigeria rsquo;s political marketplace. It is not that Nigerians do not know ...

In an age where smartphones have literarily become extensions of our hands and social media practically dominates daily ...

There is a question Nigerians should begin asking more boldly whenever they assess those occupying public office: ldquo ...

The criticism that has followed the recent comments of Cardinal John Onaiyekan and other Nigerian clerics on the state o ...

One of the greatest misconceptions among many Nigerian politicians is the belief that every critical opinion is an act o ...

For years, a familiar refrain has echoed across parts of South Africa: Foreign Africans are stealing our jobs. It has ...

There is a world of difference between ldquo;celebrity rdquo; and yeyebrity. One evokes class, influence and admirabl ...

In every democracy, public office is a sacred trust. Those who occupy public positions are entrusted with resources that ...

One cannot examine the evolution of xenophobia in South Africa without looking beyond the obvious perpetrators on the st ...

Imagine being told by your editor as a journalist that your next assignment is to cover an event in South Africa. For ma ...

Every time xenophobic violence erupts in South Africa, the script is almost always the same. Horrific images of foreign- ...