In 2013 stories emerged of gangs stealing plasma TV screens to use to make street drugs. It’s a myth, but it tells us something about South Africa’s social anxieties.
Minibus taxis ferry millions of South Africans around each day.
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People make decisions throughout their lives about their health. But when they are terminally ill they are not allowed to decide when they want to die.
Telemarketers at an international outsourcing call centre in Nairobi.
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It’s still fashionable today to promote tech startups and tech hubs based on models from the global north. But new, alternative and more sustainable models might be emerging.
Every student should have a trusted adult in the building and every teacher should be the coach of a given number of students.
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Schools and teachers are reporting increased cases of ill-discipline and behavioural problems as a result of the challenges pupils experienced during the pandemic. Here’s what can be done.
Greywater is used all over the world for domestic and agricultural irrigation.
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Understanding the impact of the digital environment on children’s mental health requires a balanced consideration of not only the potential risks, but also the benefits of the online world.
Mntafufu Estuary in the northern part of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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We expected to find that screening everybody for TB would identify individuals not yet diagnosed, and treating them quickly would reduce the prevalence of TB in the community.
Learning is a cumulative process and in language and maths, it is especially critical as every year of learning sets up the building blocks for the next year of learning.
Heavy rains in April 2022 killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes in Durban, South Africa.
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Understanding the depth of vaccine hesitancy, and the drivers behind the lack of take-up is critical to preventing further deaths, infections, and continuing harm to the economy.
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand