South Africa: Land Reform in South Africa - How New Landholders Could Prosper From Wildlife and Not Just Farming

South Africa has a thriving wildlife economy - enterprises like trophy and meat hunting, ecotourism, live wildlife sales and game meat production. Read more »

South Africa: Johannesburg Has Failed Its Informal Traders - Policies Are in Place, but Action Is Needed

Johannesburg's inner city is a bustling hub of economic life - a dense, dynamic web of informal traders, adjacent businesses and other users. Informal trading remains an essential… Read more »

South Africa: Why Do South African Teachers Still Threaten Children With a Beating? A Psychologist Explains

Corporal punishment - usually referring to adults hitting children - was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill… Read more »

South Africa: What Makes Mountain Birds Sing At Dawn - and Why Are They Sometimes Quiet? Ecologists Explain

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a… Read more »

South Africa: Amazing Pineapple Leaf Powder That Fights Crime and Pollution - New Research

In South Africa, manufacturers of pineapple juice and other pineapple products discard thousands of tons of pineapple leaves every year, with most ending up in dumpsites. Read more »

Africa: When Kids Move Overseas - Why Visits Are So Rare for South Africa's Emigrant Families

More than one million South Africans, about 1.6% of the country's population of 63 million, currently live overseas. Emigration is never a solitary event or a purely economic… Read more »

South Africa: Millennials Enjoy Creative Tourism - New Research Uncovers a Business Opportunity for South Africans

Creative tourism is a growing form of travel where visitors learn by taking part in hands-on, culturally rooted activities. These can include classes in local cooking, craft… Read more »

South Africa: How to Make Sure Water Is Safe to Drink - Four Practical Tips

Water is a vital resource. Life on earth, as we know it, is impossible without access to safe drinking water. Concerns over declining quality and consistency of municipal drinking… Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Price of Going Home - Christmas Boxes and the Final Return From South Africa to Zimbabwe

Each December, long-distance buses, minibus taxis and private cars stream northwards from South Africa as Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second biggest city, prepares for its annual ritual:… Read more »

South Africa: Bloemfontein, South Africa - How to Turn Clear Skies, a Planetarium and an Observatory Into a Tourist Attraction

Astro-tourism is a niche form of tourism where visitors explore the night sky through stargazing events, guided tours, educational presentations and digital astronomy experiences.… Read more »

South Africa: Food Waste in South Africa Is Dumped in Landfills - Study Weighs Up Healthier and More Sustainable Options

Every year, millions of tonnes of food end up in South Africa's landfills. This is a wasted resource that deepens environmental damage, worsens food insecurity and costs the… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Declared Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster. but How Will Frontline Workers Be Kept Safe?

Social workers are often the first to arrive at scenes of gender-based violence and femicide. They often enter unsafe homes without backup or protective equipment. As one told me: Read more »

Africa: South Africa and Pakistan - Countries Brought to Their Knees By Elite Capture and Economic Paralysis

In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa's political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Water, Energy and Food Crisis - Why Fixing One Means Fixing Them All

South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency Is Over - What Did It Achieve for Climate and Clean Energy in Africa?

South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and sustainability. The Johannesburg G20… Read more »

South Africa: Pops Mohamed Mixed Old and New to Reinvent South African Music

Ismail Mohamed-Jan - better known by South African jazz fans as Pops Mohamed - has passed away at the age of 75. His life in music represented a struggle against narrow, oppressive… Read more »

South Africa: Who Was Albert Luthuli? the Murdered South African Leader Who Put His People Above Himself

South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest concluded his… Read more »

South Africa: Expensive Data and Poor Internet Access - South Africa Fails to Measure Up Against Brazil

Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming more and more digital - from paying… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Needs to Rethink How It Measures Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - What's Lacking

The effective planning and delivery of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in South Africa is severely constrained by the lack of reliable data. Read more »

South Africa: Fossil Hunters Find Tracks of Animals From About 3 Million Years Ago - a First in South Africa

South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago. Read more »

South Africa: Machines Whisper Before They Scream - We Built an AI Model That Predicts Expensive Problems

In most industries, maintenance is a waiting game. Things are fixed when they break. But in the 21st century, an age defined by data and automation, that approach no longer makes… Read more »

South Africa: Johannesburg's Produce Market Has Supplied the Informal Sector for Decades - a Refresh Is Due

South Africa's food system is a complex landscape where high levels of production coexist with severe food insecurity. In a 2024 survey, 63.5% of households were found to be food… Read more »

South Africa: Youth Workers Are Spreading Health Messages On Social Media - How to Support What They Do in South Africa

Mental health messaging on platforms like TikTok and WhatsApp is becoming common in the digital age. Globally, digital media technologies have become integral to how young people… Read more »

South Africa: No Space for Culture - 'Matchbox Housing' Leaves Residents Unable to Honour Customs in a South African Town

In South Africa, urban planning is influenced by western-centric and colonial planning, including social housing, building technologies, architectural form, master plans, zoning,… Read more »

Africa: News Influencers Are Reshaping the Media - Insights From Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

News creators and influencers have become increasingly important sources of news as more people turn to social media and video networks like Facebook and YouTube to inform… Read more »