Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
A Zimbabwean broom vender pushes his bike on the streets of Chitungwiza outside Harare.
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The informal sector in Zimbabwe is massive. Finding ways to connect it to the formal sector is vital.
The farmers’ predicament can’t be viewed in isolation and must be understood within the context of global processes beyond their control.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most sunlit regions. A prototype generator uses that sunlight in place of diesel to support unreliable electricity grids.
Even if additional energy production capacity was added to the national grid through renewables, questions remain about whether access will be equitable and affordable.
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The countries share related populations, economies, ecologies and epidemiologies. This interconnectedness highlights challenges and opportunities for more effective malaria control across the region.
Public transport drivers haggling over currency exchange in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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To kick-start ethical regeneration of Zimbabwean society political leaders need to take the lead in the fight against corrupt and speculative activities.
A group of African woman walking on their way home in Zimbabwe. The informal sector has potential to harness small sustainability benefits.
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The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some.
Women continue to fetch wood and cook over smoky fires even where there are solar home systems.
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Developments in the energy sector shouldn’t be reduced to technological sophistication. They should be guided by how they improve the livelihoods of the intended beneficiaries.
Through stand-up comedy, women in Zimbabwe can resist patriarchal power relations. There are still far fewer female stand-ups in the country but the field keeps on growing.
The socio-economic and political factors that keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor can do the same with renewable energy.
The U.S. was one of 33 countries to experience election-related violence in 2020 – the worst year for peaceful elections ever.
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Elections are getting less safe in democracies and nondemocracies alike. Last year was the bloodiest year for elections in decades, with 54% of all national votes marred by some kind of violence.
Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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If the new U.S. administration can show that it’s taking action to address widespread grievances, it should be able to move forward from this period of sustained mass protest.