A senior soldier who is part of South Africa’s peacekeeping missions is accused by her colleagues of swindling them out of of hundreds of thousands of rands in a nonexistent business deal
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included a request for “provisional measures”, asking that the UN court immediately order Myanmar to cease genocidal activities and to report to it within four months. Under the 1948 Genocide Convention any […]
By working with neighbours, business tycoon Richard Maponya managed to get around oppressive laws and create an empire
The electricity crisis has spurred the government on to use independent power producers to boost the grid
They represent a range of views and are tasked with reaching an agreement on divisive issues
A report on displaced people criticises governments that fail to ensure children get a good education — but recognises progress in some countries
People of all ages must challenge governments and fossil fuel industries to do more than pay lip service to the global crisis
The value of indigenous languages is reflected in the isiZulu greeting, sawubona — we see you
Caritas has been operating in the strife-torn country since 1991, mainly coordinating programmes to protect children and assist displaced people
Countries must take steps to build young people’s social, political and economic involvement
We need to move beyond tolerance to acceptance: an appreciation and celebration of different ideas, opinions and practices
Farmers in Ambohitrimanjaka village are facing off with the authorities over a scheme that threatens to engulf a thousand hectares of rice fields
As the city expands, the state’s provision of infrastructure and basic services lags behind
The sea level can be expected to rise by at least a metre by 2300 in the unlikely event greenhouse gas emissions fall to zero in the next 11 years
Kenyans who were expelled from their land by British colonisers — to make way for tea plantations — are demanding justice
A groundbreaking agreement will see traditional knowledge holders of rooibos earn more than R10-million a year for their rights
A year after the UN sounded the klaxon, warning of ‘some countries becoming dysfunctional’ thanks to the climate crisis, governments aren’t responding
Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko has lost the latest round in her ongoing battle with the department
Chemical elements from the perspective of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Mendeleev’s discovery accurately maps the link between atoms and elements, and the micro and macro worlds
Detecting crap is difficult but essential, because it conceals truth, needed for survival and prosperity
The power utility keeps applying for exemptions to minimum emissions standards. But its ongoing pollution is causing citizens’ death
South Africa needs more teachers, and they must be able to handle diverse learning situations
Young people are demanding that governments act against climate change. Here is a Cape Town schoolgirl who laid a legal complaint at the UN
Climate-friendly policies for urban areas have immediate benefits, both social and economic
The plan calls for a significant increase in renewable energy, but still includes coal, gas and nuclear power
Scientists using new climate models say a bigger heat rise than expected is possible by the end of the century
The Horn of Africa will not get stability and security without accountability and peace in neighboring Yemen
We need to work across all boundaries to make our systems and societies sustainable – and survivable
The country’s fragile peace deal needs all
the help it can get — and South Africa has a a major role to play
Local communities are wary of the sudden arrival of outsiders and of their interest in regions where there’s been violence for years