Scientists’ involvement in media reporting on fire leads to more nuanced and balanced messages.
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Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.
Coal fired power station in South Africa .
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The court ruling that it’s a constitutional right to have clean air highlights the fact that South Africa needs to improve air quality urgently.
South Africa’s Masabata Klaas (right) celebrates a victory against England.
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Kicking off the cup with three straight wins, South Africa is ranked 2nd in the world in one day internationals.
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South Africa should start offering whistleblowers monetary compensation in cases where they help identify tax evaders.
Demonstration for the rights of the Uyghurs in Berlin, 2020.
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Is history really a triumphant march of progress? It depends on your point of view.
A mural along Haile Selassie avenue in Nairobi, Kenya.
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It’s a huge cause for concern that, two years into the pandemic, the disparities and unequal power structures in global health are still intact.
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South Africa should introduce regulations that mandate the nutritional labelling of fast foods. This will help consumers make informed dietary choices.
Institutional management owes it to society to investigate whether their own culture excludes black women and makes them feel like imposters.
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The goal posts for black women at historically white higher education institutions are constantly shifting.
Russias Novovoronezh plant in central Russia which is a sister project to Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.
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Russia is a big player in the global nuclear power construction business. Why this era could soon be over.
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The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing, making them three times more likely to experience poverty than any other age group.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a global icon with local roots.
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The former secretary-general of the Commonwealth represents the true essence of a public intellectual and leader; his sense of duty defines his legacy.
Loading packed fertilisers at Russia’s PhosAgro Group in the town of Pochep.
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The ultimate crop yields that farmers harvest depends on the use of fertilisers.
South Africans wait for access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
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New research sheds light on how Canadian researchers developed a key component of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines but failed to share it with the world
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Africa runs the risk, yet again, of being an onlooker while others make policy for the continent.
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Early childhood development centres in South Africa, particularly in low-income communities, provide services which many of these children and their families wouldn’t cope without.
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It is not uncommon for people to believe that the cause of their illnesses is a result of curses or punishment from a deity or witchcraft.
South Africa’s carbon tax is in line with the international ‘polluter pays’ principle.
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The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa perhaps need to extend their hand shakes into the outer space.
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Nigeria-South Africa bi-national commission is a laudable initiative but missing the space cooperation element.
South Africa has borrowed US$7bn from international financial institutions since the start of COVID.
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A liaison group with large financial institutions has worked in the US and the Netherlands.
Winter wheat being harvested in the fields of the Tersky Konny Zavod collective farm in the North Caucuses.
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Every agricultural role-player is keeping an eye on the developments in the Black Sea region.