Land seizure and South Africa’s new expropriation law: scholar weighs up the act
South Africa has a new law to govern the expropriation (or compulsory acquisition) of private property by government for ...
Looking to a Time When Most of the World’s Babies Will Be African
Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...
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Bob Munro: Two-time Nobel nominee who championed excellence amid mediocrity
Monro was a force for good whose singular vision transformed hundreds of thousands of lives in Nairobi’s poorest quarter. He ...
How South Africa’s migrant labour system shapes lives and communities
Explore the lasting effects of South Africa's migrant labour system, examining how historical injustices continue to shape ...
Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says
The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last ...
Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
An all-formats team reported from the scene of a South Africa mine disaster where hundreds of men working illegally ...
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Why Munro’s impact went well beyond the football field
Ingrid and Bob Munro began their journey in Kenya in 1987 when they moved to Nairobi. Motivated by the struggles kids in the Mathare slums faced, Munro founded MYSA to empower young people and use ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...