The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.
More and more households in South Africa are opting to install their own solar power.
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Les petits exploitants subissent de plein fouet les effets du changement climatique en Afrique subsaharienne. Il faut des mesures volontaristes pour soutenir et stimuler la production agricole,
Inmates are seen sitting at the male section of the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, known as Sun City.
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Smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Deliberate steps are required to support them and boost agricultural output,
Le contenu politique de nos flux personnels ne représente pas seulement le monde et la politique à nos yeux. Il crée de nouvelles réalités, parfois “alternatives”.
The political content in our personal feeds not only represents the world and politics to us. It creates new, sometimes “alternative”, realities.
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.
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Fossils aren’t just pieces of the past that allow scientists to look backwards. They can play a role in modern policy decision-making, too.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
A child in the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center, Potsdam and Research Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University