Children, close relatives, friends at the funeral service of Johannesburg mayor Geoffrey Makhubo in July 14, 2021.
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Behind the statistics are real people with real life stories of illness, death, disruption, sorrow and even despair.
Successive lockdowns under South Africa’s state of emergency law have caused tremendous hardship.
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Citizens must always be vigilant that the exceptional powers do not become permanent and that the powers are not used to achieve other objectives.
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China has been very successful at crime control while South Africa has neglected rehabilitation and failed dismally at resettling ex-offenders.
Employees at the Afrigen biotechnology company and Vaccine Hub facility at work in the manufacturing laboratory.
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Afrigen will be a technology transfer and training hub: it shares technology and develops skills specifically around how to produce a safe, effective and affordable mRNA vaccine.
Food is prepared by a South African non-profit to feed over 87 000 people in underprivileged communities at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town in 2020.
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Across the country, South Africans were stepping up to support one another in ways we have rarely seen.
Communities benefit from keeping children in school for longer.
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The ‘multiplier effect’ of literacy empowers people by enabling them to meaningfully participate in society and improve their livelihoods.
The apex court must decide if the elections can be free and fair amid the pandemic.
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The right to free and fair elections may be undermined if political parties cannot campaign due to COVID-19 restrictions by the state.
The fruit from a marula tree.
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Wider acceptance of indigenous plants could help reduce over-reliance on exotic food varieties.
An inmate busy in the woodwork area of The Leeuwkop Correctional Facility.
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One way to break the cycles that return offenders to prison is through the way society treats ex-offenders, providing them with basic human needs such as employment.
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Investment in preventing violence against children is a long-term strategy for a sustainable future, and it requires urgent action.
Castor oil plant is popular in rural South Africa for its medicinal qualities.
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Traditional herbal medicines and cosmetics remain popular in South Africa especially in rural areas where they are part of people’s culture.
It’s important now more than ever for African destinations to promote domestic tourism.
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Even though parts of the global tourism sector have started recovering from COVID-19 restrictions, tourists may still feel that home is safer than abroad. This can be beneficial for domestic tourism.
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There’s no perfect teaching approach guaranteed to prepare student teachers to teach subjects in English in a multilingual environment. But there are things universities can do to prepare them.
The are massive numbers of bird species named after European surnames.
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Ecology is dominated by colonial notions and knowledge that doesn’t consider local knowledge. This needs to change.
There are significant barriers to the development of African children.
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Policy changes and advocacy efforts have lead to improvements in the protection and wellbeing of children on the continent. But a lot more still needs to be done.
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Is Botswana allowing the hunting of elephants a good or a bad thing? Two academics weigh in.
Graduates in the science, engineering and technology fields enjoy an advantage in the labour market.
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South Africa is producing an oversupply of graduates in fields that don’t support economic growth.
A woman drying red chillies outside her hut in Niger State, north central Nigeria.
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For Nigeria to feed its growing population efficiently and support food production by small farm holders, investment in rural infrastructure is key.
The doum palm is an indigenous tree in Kenya which produces edible fruit.
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Africa’s key to future food-nutrition security may depend on the untapped potential of indigenous fruit trees.
Used bear bottles in a factory in Nigeria.
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Nigerian students are consuming alcohol in alarming quantities, and for psychological reasons. What can be done?