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COLLINS DICTIONARY

Tall inside, but not short of opinions

Navigating the world as a little person is no big deal. But it can be exhausting when other people feel entitled to comment on your height

  • Theresa Mallinson
5 min read
In the factory: Plaster is slapped on models of legs whirring on machines as workers shape them and then slather them in dark brown plastic. (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)
FRAN BLANDY

New limbs, new life for South Sudan amputees

South Sudan’s five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established

  • Fran Blandy
5 min read
A trader weighs onions at a New Delhi market. India’s unemployment rate is about 7%, 23-million people are artisans and small businesses employ 40% of the workforce. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
BRICS

South Africa’s entrepreneurs remain elusive

Perhaps the reason is less about poor support and more about a bad attitude to self-employment

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Mkhize told the Mail & Guardian this week that she was “very relieved” by the judgment. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BANGUI
Video

The boy who walked again

Conflict in CAR has left thousands of people without limbs. A new prosthetics centre is helping a lucky few to get back on their feet

  • Simon Allison
5 min read
As part of the new qualification programmes
CURRICULUM

Tshwane University of Technology curriculum gets 21st Century upgrade

TUT has launched an online platform and will soon offer province-specific qualifications

  • Sfiso Atomzo Buthelezi
6 min read