The super El Niño could push up South African maize prices, but large grain stocks will help limit price rises.
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A super El Niño could spell disaster for southern Africa’s bean farmers. Better seeds, water storage and early warnings could help protect the next harvest.
Unusually for his generation, he never scrambled to gain positions of power after independence.
Several key actions that could help are not yet on the table, including mobilising other political parties as well as civic society to fight anti-foreigner hysteria.
The qualities forged by his intense involvement in the struggle for democratic practices shaped his approach to conflict and strife, wherever it occurred.
There were several times in Swapo’s exile history when internal critics were silenced.
Stone tools from different sites suggest people long ago were connected over a huge region and shared ideas.
This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.
Zimbabwe’s graduates feel let down because the modernist promises of education have failed them.
A new coffee table book explores the ties that bind the work of southern Africa’s contemporary artists.
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.
It is not enough to merely send street children home to their families: everyone involved needs sustained support.
Korekore people in the Rushinga district have not wavered in their beliefs about and ways of healing mental illnesses.
There’s a clear need for policies that improve healthcare access, reproductive health education, and support systems for young women.
The image underscores the depth of indigenous knowledge exemplified by San people.
What outsiders might view as wasted time (betting on sports) is actually being used productively to prepare for the future.
The drought is driven by El Niño, an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that shifts weather patterns.
In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help.
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.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer, Lúrio University
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Director of the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg
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Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, Agricultural Research Council
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique