The plant has been propagated worldwide, but every surviving specimen of Encephalartos woodii is a male clone – and without a female, natural reproduction is impossible.
President Ramaphosa is hoping to create a government of national unity.
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Cyril Ramaphosa sees a Government of National Unity as the way ahead, but finding parties to agree to go ahead with this is challenging.
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and of South Africa, speaks at the official election results announcement.
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Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
ANC leader and South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, attends an election rally at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2024.
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South Africa’s ANC party has dominated government for 30 years, but it looks like it is about to be thrown out.
Students erect ‘shantytowns’ at Johns Hopkins University in 1986 to call for divestment from South Africa.
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In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
Small businesses need state support to impact economies.
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The COVID-19 pandemic did not deter wildlife traffickers from going about their illegal business. Their methods may offer lessons about resilience in crisis scenarios such as climate emergencies.
Contract farm workers harvest grapes in the coastal region of the Western Cape of South Africa.
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Caesarean section births are often thought to be safer. In fact they disrupt the natural bond between mother and baby and can interrupt brain development.
The Lemba view is that one can be indigenous to more than one place, and that more than one people can be indigenous to a single place.
Young jobless South African graduates protest outside the Union Buildings, the seat of government, in Pretoria.
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The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast. Featuring interviews with Sithembile Mbete and Richard Calland.
Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma: two very different styles of governing.
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The second episode of What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa?, a three-part podcast series on The Conversation Weekly. Featuring interviews with Mashupye Maserumule and Michael Sachs.
Social media platforms can provide safe, accurate and confidential information about sex to teens.
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand