Symbolic attempts at national unity in Ethiopia managed to achieve only short-lived national pride.
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Pravin Gordhan was throughout his life driven by a deep commitment to non-racialism.
Workers tunnelling through mountains and redirecting rivers, powering and irrigating the nation. We think of the Snowy scheme as a successful nationbuilding project – but it wasn’t always that way
Colonialism set Nigeria up for failure as a united country. But successive governments since independence have a lot to answer for too.
He helped found a church with three million followers in 168 countries, a hospital, a university and several schools.
Justice Mokgoro’s advocacy for group solidarity and reconciliation is discernible in several of her judgments.
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, more and more Ukrainians say that they feel pride for their country.
Remembrance Day has typically focused on commemorating the costs of military conflict. It is time to reconsider what and we remember and how.
Abiy’s administration should stop talking about reform and liberalisation and focus instead on stopping the country from sliding into disarray
The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
Both South Africa’s courts and its legislature have failed to do their bit in creating a culturally diverse society.
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