Namibia: Namibia's Forgotten Genocide - How Bushmen Were Hunted and Killed Under German Colonial Rule

The genocide of Namibia's Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next - the genocide of the… Read more »

South Africa: South African Study Finds 4 Low-Income Communities Can't Cope With Global Warming - What Needs to Change

Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities… Read more »

South Africa: South African Learners Struggle With Reading Comprehension - Study Reveals a Gap Between Policy and Classroom Practice

South African learners consistently struggle with reading comprehension, performing poorly in both international and local assessments. A significant issue is that 81% of grade 4… Read more »

South Africa: Ubuntu Matters - Rural South Africans Believe Community Care Should Go Hand-in-Hand With Development

The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of thought, to call for alternatives… Read more »

South Africa: Communities Near South Africa's Kruger National Park Prefer Wildlife-Friendly Ways to Earn a Living Over Killing Animals

Kruger National Park is a flagship South African conservation area home to lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. Tourists from all over the world flock to the park to see… Read more »

South Africa: Cricket's Great Global Divide - Elite Schools Still Shape the Sport

If you were to walk through the corridors of some of the world's leading cricket schools, you might hear the crack of leather on willow long before the bell for the end of the day… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Electricity Price Is Soaring. Why Protests Are Often the Only Way for People to Be Heard

Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 (about US$21) per month, are not able to pay for… Read more »

South Africa: 8 Policies That Would Help Fight Poverty in South Africa's Economic Hub Gauteng

Poverty goes beyond income. It often arises when health, education and opportunities fall short of meeting people's needs. Read more »

South Africa: Land Reform in South Africa - How One Community Set Up a Successful Game Reserve

In South Africa, most of the arable land was taken from African people by colonial settlers. Ever since apartheid ended in 1994, people who were dispossessed of their land have… Read more »

South Africa: Kippie Moeketsi At 100 - the Soul-Stirring Story of a South African Jazz Legend

It's 100 years since the birth of reedman Jeremiah Morolong "Kippie" Moeketsi on 27 July 1925. He was one of the most influential saxophonists shaping South Africa's modern jazz… Read more »

South Africa: Smart Cities Start With People, Not Technology - Lessons From Westbury, Johannesburg

African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we build cities that are not only smart but also fair, inclusive… Read more »

South Africa: 3d Printed Food - Yuck or Yes? Researchers Ask South African Consumers

Would you eat food that was printed by a machine? 3D printed food is built up by equipment (a 3D food printer), layer after layer, using edible pastes, dough and food slurries in… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Who Will Bury You? Short Stories From Zimbabwe About Women Who Refuse to Be Easily Defined

Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa's debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention. Read more »

Malawi: Forest Loss in Malawi - How Having Women At the Table Affected Debates and Decisions About Solutions - Research

Around the world, climate change is being tackled, not just in parliaments and global summits, but also in villages and farming communities. In these local spaces, lives and… Read more »

South Africa: Surprise Results in Search for South African Lizard Species That Have Been Missing for Decades

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species". We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply… Read more »

South Africa: Learning Statistics Through Story - Students Get Creative With Numbers

Statistics professor Johan Ferreira was feeling overwhelmed by the amount of "screen time" involved in online learning in 2021. He imagined students must be feeling the same way,… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Police Serve the ANC Insiders, Not the People - Here's How It Happened

After South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the South African… Read more »

South Africa: Johannesburg's Creative Hubs Are Booming - How Artists Are Rejuvenating a Failing Inner City

Johannesburg is weathering a storm of crises. Nowhere is its complex tangle of challenges more visible than in the inner city, where crime, overcrowding, and infrastructure… Read more »

South Africa: South African University Programmes to Support Black Students Aren't Working. What Needs to Be Done

Most universities and colleges have formal and informal programmes and initiatives to support student and staff development. Their goal is to create learning experiences that help… Read more »

South Africa: Nelson Mandela Was a Hard Man Who Played a Hard Game. What If He Was in Ramaphosa's Shoes?

In 2023 South African author Jonny Steinberg published a book on former South African president Nelson Mandela and his tumultuous marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. To mark the… Read more »

South Africa: Bribery in South Africa - Law Now Puts a Duty On Companies to Act

Bribery is one of the most common forms of corruption in South African companies and state institutions. This has a number of harmful outcomes. Read more »

Zambia: Zambia Facing a Democratic Crossroads As It Enters a Fresh Constitutional Crisis

The election of Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema, in 2021 was widely interpreted as a victory for democracy. Zambia had suffered rising repression under former leader Edgar… Read more »

South Africa: Bullying, Violence and Vandalism in Primary School - Study Explores a Growing Crisis in South Africa

South African primary schools are facing a crisis. Every day, learners fight, bully, destroy property, and intimidate other learners and teachers, turning what should be safe… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Lithium Is in Demand for Making Batteries - How to Make Sure Benefits Flow to the Local Economy

Zimbabwe has the largest lithium reserves on the African continent. Lithium has been mined since the colonial period in the 1950s. It's a critical part of rechargeable lithium-ion… Read more »

Africa: Berg Winds in South Africa - the Winter Weather Pattern That Increases Wildfire Risks

Winter in some parts of South Africa is a time of low (or no) rainfall and high fire danger. Sheldon Strydom studies the relationship between weather and fire, in particular how… Read more »