Marriage and Migration: What Happens When Men Return to the Family Home in Botswana
Labour migration separated husbands and wives for long periods.
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How an Arms Company Tried to Block Your Right to Know – And Failed
Integrated Convoy Protection misled the court
Managing Conflict Between Baboons and People: What’s Worked – And What Hasn’t
Conflict between baboons and humans won’t change unless human behaviour changes.
Coups in Africa: How Democratic Failings Help Shape Military Takeovers – Study
Popular disappointment in elected governments was a prominent trigger for coup makers.
Artist Brings Joburg Nature Reserve Back to Life
The Wilds, once forgotten and crime-ridden, has been transformed
Sudan’s Protesters Built Networks to Fight a Tyrant – Today They Save Lives in a War
Sudan’s neighbourhood committees represent a unique blend of political and practical action. They mobilise for change while addressing immediate community needs.
St Lucia’s hippo celebrities
While tourists take excursions to see them on the lake, these semi-aquatic mammals wander into town every night
Sunday Times Need Not Apologise for Self-Corrected Errors
Ombud rules reputations may be harmed if it is in the public interest
South Africa Needs to Rethink How It Measures Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – What’s Lacking
South Africa needs to take pragmatic steps to plug the shortcomings in the data that’s collected on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Eskom Starts Environmental Assessment for a Third Nuclear Power Station
Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites
Understaffed, Crumbling Eastern Cape Clinic Cannot Meet Demand
New temporary structure set to cost R1.2-million and take two years to complete
A Provincial Capital Sunk in Sewage
Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth
Gag Order Against Open Secrets Lifted
Case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, which sells armoured vehicles to UAE, dismissed
Matlala Last Ditch Attempt at Postponement a Slap in the Face
The attempt by Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to postpone his testimony to the Ad Hoc Committee probing alleged police corruption should be rejected with contempt.
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Criminal Courts in Cape Town Are Near to Collapse
We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system
How a Group of Landowners Brought the Agulhas Plain Back to Life
The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008
Africa Has a Debt Crisis: Momentum From G20 in South Africa Can Help Find Solutions
South Africa can continue to advocate for its G20 presidency priorities beyond its 2025 term.
When Giving Evidence in Court Could Cost You Your Life
Witnesses tell stories of intimidation and threats
This One Resource Shapes Power and Security in Africa
Control over water underpins national security, economic stability and social wellbeing, as disputes over rivers from southern Africa to the Nile show.
DA Khakis the Water at Environment Ministry
The DA’s request to replace Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dion George, with the party’s national spokesperson, Willie Aucamp, would place custodianship of South Africa’s environment directly in the hands of the wildlife breeding, trading, and hunting lobby.
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Transgender Prisoner Wins Right to Hormone Therapy
The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as “cosmetic medication”
Our Silence Is Policy: Five Women Killed in 96 Hours
In just four days, five women were brutally murdered in Cape Town. These are not isolated tragedies; they are part of a relentless pattern of violence that has become woven into the fabric of our society.
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Land Is Africa’s Best Hope for Climate Adaptation: It Must Be the Focus at COP30
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
Climate Tipping Points Are Close: Scientists Urge Radical Action Before It’s Too Late
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.