Azad Essa is a journalist, columnist and the author of Zuma's Bastard. He calls Durban home, but is currently working for the Al-Jazeera Network in Doha, Qatar.

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Walikale: The curse of El Dorado

Walikale is one of those towns you won’t spot from the window of a plane. Squeezed between rolling carpets of treetops, you might just detect a brown blot on a green canvas if you strain…

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How Goma saw the election

I spoke to DR Congo citizens about how election proceedings in their city differed from the rest of the country.

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Thousands in DRC expected to return to polls

Voting in African nation opens for those who were unable to cast ballots due to long queues and a late start on Monday.

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  • Praise for Zuma’s Bastard

    “What a wonderfully refreshing read” The Witness

    “The book is chutzpadik, refreshing and – at its core – deeply humanistic” The Jewish Report

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    If Essa represents the voice of the new, politically aware astute youth of South Africa, then the future looks very bright indeed. — Melany Bendix, The Big Issue.

  • My blog on Thought Leader

    My blog on Thought Leader