Ginger is one of the spices that can be contaminated by mycotoxins.
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Mycotoxins contamination causes health issues. Paying attention to storage of agricultural produce can save many lives.
The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.
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The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.
More and more households in South Africa are opting to install their own solar power.
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A growing number of people are opting to generate their own renewable energy and escape load shedding.
Un agriculteur de subsistance ramasse du maïs flétri dans sa ferme.
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Les petits exploitants subissent de plein fouet les effets du changement climatique en Afrique subsaharienne. Il faut des mesures volontaristes pour soutenir et stimuler la production agricole,
Inmates are seen sitting at the male section of the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, known as Sun City.
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Finland’s experience shows the value of applying sensible conflict transformation perspectives in the management of crime.
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Smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Deliberate steps are required to support them and boost agricultural output,
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If public administration education is designed and delivered poorly, it sets a course for the systematic destruction of state capability.
Scientists collect water and sediment samples to study how the oceans and climate are changing.
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Oceanographic systems vary over years, decades and centuries.
Informal traders in Cape Town are heavily dependent on foreign tourists.
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Cape Town’s informal traders need support, but they need to be consulted first.
Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
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Collusion between the police, the department of correctional services and the private company, G4S, has made it impossible to enforce accountability.
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Le contenu politique de nos flux personnels ne représente pas seulement le monde et la politique à nos yeux. Il crée de nouvelles réalités, parfois “alternatives”.
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The political content in our personal feeds not only represents the world and politics to us. It creates new, sometimes “alternative”, realities.
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.
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Fossils aren’t just pieces of the past that allow scientists to look backwards. They can play a role in modern policy decision-making, too.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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A policy intended to help the majority of South Africans improve their lives has instead been abused to benefit only a few.
The pink periwinkle is used as a tonic and emetic for the treatment of many health conditions.
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Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important pharmaceutical drugs.
Anti-corruption protests are a regular feature in South Africa.
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South Africa could benefit from having a dedicated institution to oversee whistleblower protection.
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Medicinal plants and the associated indigenous knowledge could offer alternatives for women who lack access to modern contraceptives.
Street traders continue to be harassed by municipal officials.
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Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
A child in the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Cities have the authority and duty to consider children’s rights as part of climate change responses.
Litter after recent looting in Durban, South Africa. The city recently introduced a scheme that looks to protect biodiversity and associated ecosystems.
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Urban ecosystem services sustain life but aren’t well protected.