In South Africa men are 70% more likely to die from TB than women. Tackling social factors such as smoking and high alcohol consumption could save more lives.
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Hace unos días, un vuelo comercial de Virgin Galactic partió con dos fósiles de antiguos parientes prehumamos. Los expertos, indignados, insisten en que no hay razón científica para enviar fósiles humanos al espacio.
Experts insist there is no scientific reason for allowing these fossils to travel to space.
South Africa’s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive.
Some footprints last thousands or even millions of years, preserved in sand that turned to rock.
Remote medical care gives privacy and no travel is necessary. What’s needed now is better access to technology. Language barriers also need to be broken down
Access to economic and education opportunities increases women’s ability to withstand and recover from financial shocks.
Fossilised tracks of a group of plant-eating dinosaurs have been found in Lesotho’s Roma Valley for the first time.
South Africa’s vaping tax is not well-targeted to reduce consumption of vaping products by the youth.
Nigeria is deeply polarised along ethnic, religious, cultural and political lines – and violence is never far from the surface.
Immigration policy is so highly politicised that the South African government seems afraid to move.
Hopefully more curators and custodians of repositories of human skeletal remains will attempt to redress some of the wrongs of the past.
More than being the social problem they are often made out to be, gangs are an indication of larger problems present in their societies.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
The aim of vaccination is to prevent infection. In addition, vaccination is intended to reduce the risk of severe illness.
African states say a pan-African rating agency will enable them to access capital and integrate the continent with global financial markets.
To retain its legitimacy COP28 must advance the highest level of ambition and participation across all countries and major emitters.
La gestion économique, les pénuries alimentaires, les services de santé, les infrastructures et l'éducation sont des questions clés qui pourraient influencer le vote des Sierra-Léonais le 24 juin.
Economic management, food shortages, health services, infrastructure and education are key issues that may shape how Sierra Leoneans vote on 24 June.
Opening the Encounters documentary festival in South Africa, the film has received international praise.
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Chief research officer: Global Risk Governance Programme, Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Senior Clinical Research Officer , University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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PhD student, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Anthropologist, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer (Political Economy), University of Cape Town
