Pik Botha’s life’s work was dedicated to the protection and entrenchment of apartheid.
Media 24/Alet Pretorius
The sympathetic take on Pik Botha as a man of peace and a frustrated democrat is a travesty.
Rice fields in Madagascar. There is a project in the country to increase climate resilience in the rice sector.
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The private-sector plays an increasing role helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa adapt to a changing climate.
A fisherman holds up the saw of a sawfish caught in Madagascar. The species is dwindling along the coasts of Madagascar and Mozambique.
Ruth H. Leeney
Africa’s remaining sawfishes are found along the coasts of Madagascar and Mozambique. But they are under threat.
The myth of the empty sea is largely the product of European imperialisms and their map-making.
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A new project takes a different look at the role of oceans.
Many rural communities across Africa have dropped kerosene lighting for various electrical lights.
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A lighting revolution is underway across Africa that’s occurred largely without government or donor involvement.
Cybersecurity is everyone’s problem, all over the world.
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In reality, cybersecurity attacks are like a disease affecting people globally.
Both South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa need to reform their parties.
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Southern Africa’s liberation movements have been losing popularity and confronting a crisis of legitimacy.
A satellite image of the pristine forest atop Mount Lico.
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Conservationists scaled the sheer cliffs of Mount Lico as part of wider effort to build the case for the protection of Mozambique’s mountain forests.
Many residents in cities in the global South have very poor and limited access to water.
Sean Wilson
Cape Town’s water crisis holds valuable insights for other cities that need to adapt to the realities of climate change.
Parts of Mozambique are under attack from an Islamist militia that wants to uphold sharia law.
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A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government’s plans for stability and prosperity.
A woman harvests groundnuts in Malawi. Land ownership does not automatically empower women.
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We found that even when women own land, their husbands are still perceived as household heads.
The funeral of Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama.
EPA-EFE/Ricardo Franco
The death of Mozambican opposition leader Alfonso Dhlakama could affect the progress made to end hostilities in the country.
Hugh Masekela performing in 2015.
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The protest song “Stimela” remains as much a song about present and future aspirations, as it is of the past.
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Character, resilience, convenience and sustainability are what make cities great places to live and learn.
In Mozambique, gender-based violence, early marriage and early pregnancy all play a part in compromising the health of mothers and infants.
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Mozambique has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. Researchers hope to reduce this, with an ambitious project aimed at empowering women and girls.
Reconstruction of a Permian swamp.
Rose Prevec
Plants, in their fossil forms, can reveal a great deal about past environments and climates.
A woman carries a water canister in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya.
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New ways of managing water have emerged in some of Africa’s urban and peri-urban areas.
Exploring ways to improve the turnaround times for HIV tests on babies.
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Diagnosing babies with HIV as early as possible is critical to ensuring that they get onto treatment.
Introducing rural and indigenous communities to science, through experiments and communication, is vital.
Felipe Figueira
The combination of knowledge and communication, along with a few other fundamental conditions such as liberty and respect , leads to social, cultural and technological development.
An image by MeerKAT shows hydrogen gas in M83, a famous spiral galaxy.
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A precursor to the Square Kilometre Array- the MeerKAT telescope - is being built right now and remarkable progress has been made in the last 12 months.