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Without finance, infrastructure and power, many Black South African farmers remain dependent on white commercial farmers.
Climate change is threatening sheep farming in South Africa’s Drakensberg. Farmers are adapting but need mountain infrastructure, better climate warnings and vets.
Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of collapsed government irrigation systems.
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.
While the experience of transitioning from higher education to entrepreneurship was challenging, participants were able to draw heavily from informal networks to build and grow.
The South African government has failed to reverse the decline in smallholder farming that began during apartheid. A different approach is needed to support smallholder livelihoods.
South Africa’s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive.
Almost one in three teen mothers do not return to school. Cash incentives help get them back, but affordable day-care is essential too.
The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching.
The social, ecological and governance objectives of marine protected areas need to be understood to enhance benefits to both people and the environment.
The shocking story at the centre of When the Village Sleeps is as heartbreaking as it is - ultimately - full of hope.
Eggs can remain in the soil for several years with the embryos waiting to receive sufficient moisture to complete development. This results in synchronised hatching when there’s sufficient rain.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
Brutus’s life was closely interlinked with the rise of apartheid and offered a way to look at resistance to this system.
The precedent-setting ruling may cause jitters in dysfunctional municipalities around the country.
The Bomvana say the global development agenda has created division because it sees people as individuals rather than primarily as members of a collective.
Book adds a great deal to our understanding of how children were ensnared into the Indian Ocean slave trade.
Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
Land is culturally and historically important to people and often this is ignored when addressing land issues.
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