Potholes and water outages often begin with bad planning. A town planner explains seven ways South Africans can push municipalities to do better.
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Frameworks built mainly on the data and institutions of the global north risk being least accurate where inequality is most severe.
The purpose of social listening is to connect what is being heard to decisions about what needs to be communicated.
Diabetes is manageable. With timely support, people can lead long, healthy lives free from preventable complications.
A new model offers a template for just and transparent accounting of loss and damage.
New laws will clarify accountability in South Africa’s civil service.
Biokineticists can help identify NCD risk in rural communities, but gaps in referral pathways and public healthcare integration may limit access to follow-up care.
The recovery of Medellín in Colombia depended on a city government that could combine security, investment and capable utilities.
There is no single pathway from small-scale farming to improved livelihoods.
South Africa’s first five-year pollen calendars reveal when allergy seasons hit seven cities, and how sufferers can prepare before symptoms start.
Africa has the minerals to power the green transition. Capturing more value means countries must pool market power and build shared capabilities.
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
Mutual suspicion and prejudice continue to undermine relations between South Africans and African immigrants.
Green ratings are growing in South Africa, mainly for upgraded older buildings, but some low scores suggest buildings may appear greener than they are.
Rather than telling a single story, street names preserve several layers of public memory.
South Africa’s minibus taxi industry contains extensive knowledge, organisation and social practices developed by the people who work in and depend on it.
Moving can change the conditions that shape health, so health and social policy must plan for a mobile population.
Teenage pregnancy makes visible the pressures, relationships and reproductive conditions that shape young people’s lives across southern Africa.
Transformation in South Africa’s institutions of higher education has been slow and uneven.
Even South Africa’s remote sacred springs are not untouched: research found microplastics in all nine tested, including waters used for healing and drinking.
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