Adam Rotbard

Jonasi Gomora is currently one of Africa’s most debated and hated men. A wealthy, self-made businessman, he rose from the township of Soweto to a life of luxury in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has built a thriving business empire and what appears to be a perfect family with his wife, Joyce, and their two children. Beneath this polished image, however, Jonasi secretly juggles multiple wives and mistresses, leading a complex life that ultimately leads to his death.

AFCON, the Africa Cup of Nations held last December, has recently turned into a battlefield. It was meant to showcase Pan-African unity, but for Morocco, the host, it was also part of a broader strategy to cement its status as a diplomatic and sporting power ahead of co-hosting the 2030 World Cup with Spain.

In the early hours of a Friday morning in November 2025, Hussain and his colleagues began their weekly routine of picking olives from their land. They live in Deir Istiya, a Palestinian village in the northern Occupied West Bank in the Salfit Governorate, roughly a 45-minute drive from Tel-Aviv. Deir Istiya has a long-standing heritage of olive harvesting, dating back to the 14th century.