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Upper chambers in some African parliaments have been used to weaken opposition groups.
The participants all said they often felt anxious and hypervigilant when commuting.
A South African team had a rare chance to capture information about Pluto’s atmosphere.
Austerity means choosing not to invest in citizens, contrary to the mandate of South Africa’s constitution.
Meteorites contain a wealth of information about the origins of our solar system, helping us to understand their, and even Earth’s, origin and evolution.
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.
Many African countries have a major youth unemployment problem. More must be done to create jobs and help young people develop the right skills.
South Africa’s new electricity law is good news for electricity market reform. But big hurdles still need to be overcome before success is achieved.
Baobabs have been a source of food, fibre and medicine in Africa for centuries.
The drought is driven by El Niño, an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that shifts weather patterns.
A tool was needed to understand what drives people’s food choices in emerging economies.
In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help.
83.6% of the 367 residents in the survey said that they did not want the historic town’s name to be changed.
Inequality is bad for politics, the economy, society and climate change.
Climate and weather play a large role in people’s leisure travel decisions.
Echoes of Southern African Independence is an audio archive project that brings history alive in a fresh and unique way.
For want of state support or formal employers, slum dwellers in South Africa and Kenya rely on street savvy, friends and a strong tolerance for hardship and precarity to do business.
South Africans saving for retirement should do whatever it takes to keep their funds invested.
South Africa is making improvements to repair the country’s weak state of saving. The changes have important implications for people planning for retirement.
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