July 05, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambican Terror Group Is Strikingly Similar to Nigeria's Deadly Boko Haram
Terrorism is a global problem affecting many countries. Until 2017, however, southern Africa was largely spared from this phenomenon. The bloody conflict sparked by Ansar al-Sunna… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Mozambique: Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique's Grand Novelist, Finally Receives Her Prestigious Award
Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese literature, the… Read more »
South Africa: South African Universities Must Do More to Tackle Staffs' Race and Gender Imbalances
At the advent of South Africa's democracy in 1994, an overwhelming majority of academics in the country's public higher education institutions were white men. Black South Africans… Read more »
July 02, 2023
South Africa: Zondo At Your Fingertips - New Book Offers an Accessible and Condensed Version of South Africa's Ambitious Corruption Inquiry
Anti-corruption activist Paul Holden has done South Africa a great favour by summarising the work of the judicial commission that probed massive corruption under former president… Read more »
June 29, 2023
South Africa: Intermittent Fasting Could Help Protect the Brain From Age-Related Diseases Like Alzheimer's
As the world population has grown older, Alzheimer's disease has become increasingly common. Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Dementia is a term used to… Read more »
South Africa: Lions Are Still Being Farmed in South Africa for Hunters and Tourism - They Shouldn't Be
A man was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 June 2023 with five lion carcasses in his luggage. He was about to board a flight to… Read more »
Mozambique: Dung Beetles - Expedition Unearths New Species On Mozambique's Mount Mabu
Mount Mabu in north central Mozambique supports the largest continuous block of rainforest in southern Africa. Read more »
South Africa: National Health Insurance Bill Has Noble Aims but Leaves Too Much Uncertain - It Needs More Work
South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has passed the first hurdle towards becoming law, getting the country closer to its vision of achieving universal access to… Read more »
June 27, 2023
South Africa: Cholera - Vaccines Can Stop the Spread, but the Biggest Deterrent Is Clean Water
South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is a bacterial… Read more »
June 21, 2023
South Africa: Bathrooms Are Political - How Gender-Inclusive Toilets Can Combat Indignity and Violence
A new hate crimes bill is inching closer to the possibility of becoming law in South Africa. The bill entrenches human dignity as a foundational value of the country by providing… Read more »
Southern Africa: Unicorns in Southern Africa - the Fascinating Story Behind One-Horned Creatures in Rock Art
One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little to do with one another, they have multiple associations in European… Read more »
South Africa: Sign Language Is Now Official in South Africa - How This Will Help Education in Schools for the Deaf
South African Sign Language is set to become the country's 12th official language. Parliament approved a constitutional amendment in a bid to "promote the rights of persons who are… Read more »
June 20, 2023
South Africa: Milisuthando - a Powerful Documentary That Will Get South Africans Talking About Identity
Milisuthando is a debut feature length documentary film by Milisuthando Bongela. Taking the form of a personal essay, it's an intimate story about family and ancestors, about… Read more »
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 11, 2023
Zimbabwe: Animal Farm Has Been Translated Into Shona - Why a Group of Zimbabwean Writers Undertook the Task
Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has in some ways become like Animal Farm. Like the pigs in the classic 1945 novel by English writer George Orwell, the country's… 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 »