A new constitution is being written after a series of student protests rocked Chilean politics. Now, an upcoming presidential election could shift the country towards economic and social change
New scientific research shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trial and errors, its success and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned
A green investment increases resilience and adapts cities to the harmful effects of climate change — and increases property prices and addresses issues such as health, water, sanitation and transport
A failed coup in September, weeks of brinkmanship, and a looming crisis in eastern Sudan have laid bare tensions between civilians and military leaders
Rebels killed Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011, months into the Nato-backed rebellion that ended his four-decade rule
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Only four populations of the micro frog, endemic to the wetlands near Bredasdorp, were known before this discovery
The availability of blood is crucial for the treatment of acute and chronic diseases and in emergencies such as during child birth
Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour
The high court has ruled that the dissolution of the water entity’s board by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu was unfair and unprocedural
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The proposal was made during the Cop15 biodiversity conference in China last week when the conference adopted a post-2020 framework to save nature
Proteas steer course twixt hope and dread
Stability in Kenya hinges on a just, equitable distribution of resources, and a commitment to progress human development for the marginalised
I went to my first interviews believing that the onus lay on the university to find good candidates — not on the applicants to ‘sell’ ourselves
Unpaid labour, primarily done by women, played an essential role in sustaining society during the pandemic – now policymakers must give this work its proper due
The apparent benefits of the internship model need to be offset by operational, political and academic challenges
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Organ recipients are at greater risk of death from Covid-19, while waiting lists for transplants grow
Instead of ‘lean and mean’ businesses should rather be aiming to create a ‘caring and sharing’ culture
Poor basic service delivery is linked to children’s poor nutrition
We are at our best when we feel hurt but resist the impulse to exact revenge
Journalists are censored through cruel and illegitimate detention, torture and the removal of means to disseminate information to citizens crying – and dying – for it
Like so many victims of domestic and gender-based violence, the star Kenyan road runner was killed in her home, robbing her of what seemed like a rosy future in world athletics
A programme that trains caregivers, mostly women, gives children a better start in life, helps close the gender pay gap and retains now-qualified women in the workforce
Financial investments and high-tech measures aimed at increasing farm productivity and cutting food waste can solve chronic global hunger by 2030
The island hosts the vulnerable African penguins, endangered bank cormorant and roseate tern
Come rain or sun, waste pickers push their trolleys full of recycled material. But despite providing an environmental service they are not treated as the public-service workers they are
Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 will be able to register to receive their Covid-19 jab from 20 October. This group will be given only one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, for now
The 84-year-old died as a result of complications from Covid-19
Lamont Marcell Jacobs is an unlikely star to take over from Usain Bolt. But those who have been following his and Italy’s athletics progress weren’t surprised that they won Olympic gold
An examination of the language the party uses shows that it is echoing right-wing voices the world over in its insistence that those who point out its racism are, in fact, the real racists