June 19, 2023
South Africa: Climate Change Journalism in South Africa Misses the Mark By Ignoring People's Daily Experiences
South Africa's media houses rely too heavily on events like conferences, climate disasters and the release of scientific papers in their reporting on climate change. That's a… Read more »
June 18, 2023
South Africa: South Africa's Ruling Party Is Performing Dismally, but a Flawed Opposition Keeps It in Power
As power cuts continue, the economy falters, unemployment rises and the currency tumbles, South Africa's political commentators tend to agree that support for the governing African… Read more »
June 15, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Is Famous for Its Biodiversity - a New Network Will Store and Manage Its Plant and Animal Samples
South Africa has created a network of facilities to store hundreds of thousands of samples of biological material from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. The samples are… Read more »
South Africa: Measles and Whooping Cough Outbreaks in South Africa - a Sign of Low Vaccination Coverage, Experts Warn
The concentrated global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began in 1974. Since then, vaccination has changed our lives. Worldwide, in the decades 2000-2020,… Read more »
June 14, 2023
South Africa: Water Quality in South Africa - Reports Show What Needs to Be Fixed, and At What Cost
The citizens of Hammanskraal, a small town north of South Africa's capital, Tshwane, have been dealing with the deaths of 23 residents from cholera since 23 May 2023. Tests to find… Read more »
June 13, 2023
South Africa: South African Activist Frank Anthony Wrote a Novel That Has Been Forgotten - Why It Shouldn't Have Been
How does it come about that a man who dedicated the greater part of his life to a vision of a just South Africa, and sacrificed his family and personal relationships to do so,… Read more »
South Africa: Shaka Zulu Is Back in Pop Culture - How the Famous King Has Been Portrayed Over the Decades
Shaka Zulu is one of the most famous figures in South African history, even though not much is actually known about him. The subject of a hit 1980s TV show and of many books, Shaka… Read more »
June 12, 2023
South Africa: Social Entrepreneurs Have Different Reasons for Creating Their Ventures - Policymakers Should Take These Into Account
Social entrepreneurs embrace social as well as economic value. They create ventures that aim to meet social needs. They are not only risk-takers and proactive innovators but have a… Read more »
South Africa: HIV Care for Migrant Women in South Africa - the Gaps and 5 Steps Towards Offering Better Services
Around 8.45 million people in South Africa live with HIV - an estimated 13.9% of the population. Of South African women aged 15-49, approximately 24% are HIV positive. Read more »
June 09, 2023
South Africa: Drinking Water Quality Has Dropped Because of Defective Infrastructure and Neglect - New Report
A report released by the South African government paints a grim picture of the country's water resources and water infrastructure as well as the overall quality of its drinking… Read more »
South Africa: Should I Get the Flu Vaccine? South African Experts Say Yes - Here's Why
The winter months are synonymous with the flu in South Africa. Similar to other countries in the southern hemisphere, South Africa has an annual influenza season stretching from… Read more »
June 08, 2023
South Africa: Sex, Money and Love - What South African University Students Say About Romance and Dating in a Material Age
Transactional sex - the exchange of consensual sex for material support like gifts, money or food - occurs on university campuses in many parts of the world. Read more »
June 07, 2023
South Africa: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome - Facial Modelling Study Explores Technology to Aid Diagnosis
Foetal alcohol syndrome is a lifelong condition caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. It's a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Power Crisis Will Continue Until 2025 - and Blackouts Will Take 5 Years to Phase Out
South Africa is in the middle of a severe electricity crisis, with enforced power cuts that have worsened every year. Electricity is sometimes unavailable for 10 hours a day. The… Read more »
June 05, 2023
South Africa: Major New Research Claims Smaller-Brained Homo Naledi Made Rock Art and Buried the Dead. but the Evidence Is Lacking
On September 13 2013, speleologists Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker descended deep into South Africa's Rising Star cave system and discovered the first evidence of an extraordinary… Read more »
June 06, 2023
South Africa: Learning to Read Is a Journey - a Study Identifies Where South African Kids Go Off Track
Any parent who has watched a child learning to read knows that it is a journey. Various skills and processes must come together and build "brick by brick" before a child can read a… Read more »
June 05, 2023
South Africa: Farming Is Being Hobbled By Power Cuts and Poor Roads
South Africa's agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector's gross value added grew by 14.9% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021 and modestly by 0.3% in 2022 . This… Read more »
June 02, 2023
South Africa: Eusebius Mckaiser Played a Transformative Role in Talk Radio in a Democratic South Africa
South African broadcaster, author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser passed away suddenly on 30 May 2023 at the age of 45. News of his death reverberated through media… Read more »
Africa: What is Brics, and Why is It Presenting South Africa With a Dilemma?
South Africa will host the BRICS summit in August 2023. The event could offer the country an opportunity to exercise leadership in the BRICS' efforts to reform the arrangements for… Read more »
June 01, 2023
South Africa: Solutions to Power Blackouts Lie in Solar Farms and Battery Storage At Scale - And an End to State Monopoly
Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost every economic activity. It has… Read more »
South Africa: Harry Oppenheimer Biography Shows the Mining Magnate's Hand in Economic Policies
In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, Michael Cardo shows that there is still mileage to… Read more »
May 31, 2023
South Africa: Remembering South Africa's 'Grand Geek' Barry Dwolatzky - Engineer and Programming Pioneer
To some of his former students, Professor Barry Dwolatzky was the "Grand Geek" - a name of which he was very proud. But Barry, who passed away in Johannesburg, South Africa on 16… Read more »
May 30, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Has Changed Its Electoral Law, but a Much More Serious Overhaul Is Needed
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed into law a change to the country's electoral act to allow individuals to contest national and provincial elections… Read more »
May 29, 2023
South Africa: Drink Up, It's Closing Time - South African Study Calculates That Limiting Opening Hours Will Save Lives
South Africans are among the heaviest drinkers in the world. The country has the highest per capita rate of alcohol consumption in Africa. Excessive drinking is especially… Read more »
May 28, 2023
South Africa: South Africa's Pact With Russia - and Its Actions - Cast Doubt On Its Claims of Non-Alignment
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 South Africa has proclaimed a policy of non-alignment in that conflict. This position was placed in doubt when US Ambassador… Read more »