Sipho Kings reports on the findings of a mega government report on the state of our plants and animals, and what’s being done to secure their future

The researchers say that an estimated 12.7-million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans every year

In shaping Africa’s universities we should take the best from two examples: Dar and Makerere

Minister tells academics he is responsible for higher education and they cannot undermine him by going to the presidency without talking to him first

Climate-friendly policies for urban areas have immediate benefits, both social and economic

The influx of foreign capital into emerging markets can create a boom-bust cycle

Jamal Khashoggi, a royal family insider turned critic, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 2018

The protest-wracked financial hub witnessed its fiercest political violence in weeks as riot police spent hours in running battles with protesters

South Africa has become the first country in the world to introduce ATM-like machines that dispense medicine instead of money.

Under Dlamini's time as minister of social development, centres lost funding for counselling services. Now, no one can say what the future holds.

Local members of the Slow Food movement are working to save traditional ingredients

That’s the feeling I get after a shoot, the idea that, when I’m holding film, those are the actual images.