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
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the country’s schools closing and teachers being left without jobs
In Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe torture is used to extract information, elicit confessions, punish or sometimes for sadistic reasons
The physics 2021 Nobel prize means the conversation is no longer about debating whether climate change is real, but rather what we should do about it
In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North
Large companies such as International Breweries and Nigerian Breweries are vying for the population’s drinking money
The past 18 months have been tough for women cross-border traders, who saw their income vanish when borders closed
Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.
The Congo Basin – the world’s second-biggest rainforest – resists extreme heat and drought and deserves the spotlight at COP26
Once South Africa secured adequate amounts of vaccines, we were faced with a baffling dilemma. Not everyone wanted to take it
MMSEZ chief executive Lehlogonolo Masoga, the Limpopo Economic Development Agency and the consulting agency Enviroxcellence failed to address the concerns of people living in the Vhembe biosphere
It’s best to plan ahead by ensuring you have the correct visa (if one is needed) and other documents, the vaccinations required as well as knowledge of Covid-19 restrictions
David van der Westhuizen, a street bookseller based at the KwaZulu-Natal Society of the Arts Gallery in Durban, tells Paddy Harper how he survives unemployment
Reducing socioeconomic inequalities and improving mental health are twin goals that cannot be separated; we must demand better from government, while also taking collective responsibility
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi have been announced as the joint winners
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The Makana Citizens Front brings together diverse groups with a focus on accountability
Paddy Harper can choose not to swim in Durban’s dirty sea but he has little choice about swimming with the political sharks
According to the annual report, there is a shortage of 548 detectives in the province, and one detective deals with between 40 and 60 cases
Imraan Coovadia’s new book connects the programmes of poisoning in Rhodesia and South Africa in five essays about the circumstances and men at the centre of their making
Research by a Cape-based academic centre found that the implementation of legislative provisions was done selectively in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia
Our collective apathy towards public order policing has had deadly consequences, especially for the poor
Wealthier countries need to give emerging economies three resources: time to adapt, financial support and policy assistance
After 12 years serving at the apex court, Sisi Khampepe and Chris Jafta have retired from office
Informal banking and trade are both a lifeline for local communities and a grey area for terror financing, requiring progressive efforts to develop rather than de-risk
In the round-up: The Catholic Church and abuse, literature, journalists win a Nobel peace prize and South Africa among the world’s worst polluters
The draft Bill proposes to shield academics and scholars who propagate racist and bigoted ideas