Access to water is limited for the 60 million South Africans due to a variety of factors such as episodes of drought, aging supply and sanitation infrastructure, and polluted rivers and reservoirs. These factors are creating a challenging situation for the citizens. Ayanda Lepheana is fully committed to a citizen science project. As a member […]
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“The Earth Community” (La Découverte), the final book in a trilogy exploring Africa’s position in global discourse, has been published by a Cameroonian scholar. During a brief visit to Paris, a Cameroonian scholar who is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has taken the opportunity to increase his public engagements. His objectives during the visit […]
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How South African athletes have survived in world sport for decades 31 years ago, on July 9, 1991, the end of the apartheid policy in South Africa was officially announced. Because of it, for three decades the country was under the influence of various kinds of sanctions, including sports ones. Some of them, such as […]
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It is in songs and dances in the Moses Mabhidade stadium in Durban that the official enthronement of the new ruler of the Zulu, Misuzulu Zulu, 48 years old, took place on Saturday. He succeeds his father, King Zwelithini, who died in March 2021, after more than 50 years of reign. The event marks the […]
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South Africa’s cabinet has approved an investment plan to help the country move away from coal. The decision is a key step in raising $8.5 billion in funding from the richest countries in the world. The plan calls for the closure and repurposing of coal-fired power plants owned by state-owned energy company Eskom so that […]
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Tourism in South Africa has improved significantly in the first six months of this year, with the country receiving more than 2.2 million foreign tourists, up 147 percent from the same period last year, thanks to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu released data for January-June last week. Most tourists came […]
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Delegates from across the African continent began discussions in Rwanda on Monday at the first African congress on the role of protected areas in the future of the planet. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Protected Areas Congress, ICCA, is taking place a few months ahead of COP15 Biodiversity in December in […]
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Aid and expanded social protection are needed to prevent hunger Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the food availability situation in many African countries, Human Rights Watch notes. Many states in East, West, Central and Southern Africa are covering much of their wheat, fertilizer and vegetable oil import needs at the expense of Russia and […]
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Kenyan Adelheid W. Onyango, head of WHO Africa, recalls that the urban middle class is still the most affected by the increase in overweight. While the Sahel or the Horn of Africa are fighting against food insecurity, overweight and obesity are taking hold in other regions of the continent, particularly in southern Africa. Botswana, Gabon, […]
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The interruption of classes due to the pandemic has increased school dropout in the African country. A group of researchers quantifies the magnitude of the problem that can translate into fewer opportunities to get a job and poorer health in the future Governments around the world are trying to estimate precisely how many students have […]
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