SPORTS 7: LeBron James – basketball legend fighting for black rights
LeBron James is not simply an athlete of astonishing ability. He has always embraced the…
ZEROES 7: John Pombe Magufuli – a good year for tyrants
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli won an election that was marred by cheating and violence.…
HEROES 7: Slim Karim and SA’s scientists – bringing light to a dark time
They’ve all been heroes and heroines, South Africa’s medics. The chair of the ministerial advisory…
HEROES 8: Linda Twala – caring for the poor, the sick and the hungry
For more than five decades, Linda Twala has been the hope for many desperate people…
ENTERTAINMENT 8: Tsitsi Dangarembga – Zimbabwe’s world-acclaimed author standing on a street corner against corruption
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, 61, had a packed 2020.
SPORTS 8: Lungisani Ngidi – Black lives really do matter
What brought Lungisani Ngidi to the spotlight more than his bowling in 2020 was when…
ZEROES 8: Ace Magashule – ANC’s farce about Ace
Ace Magashule is the biggest political survivor of 2020.
HEROES 9: Jacinda Ardern – the leader who crushed the curve
As leaders across the world failed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, New Zealand quickly…
ZEROES 9: Helen Zille & Julius Malema – the self-defeating opposition
Helen Zille and Julius Malema, the unhappy couple in opposition politics, have earned recognition this…
SPORTS 9: Letsenbet Gidey – Ethiopia shatters another world record
Many jokes have been made by comedians exaggerating the speed of Ethiopian runners. Letsenbet Gidey’s…
ENTERTAINMENT 9: Big Zulu – native tongue rapper from the taxi ranks
It’s not every day that you see a rapper who prides himself on being Zulu…
