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In recent years, research Wright and colleagues led has highlighted how prolonged heat exposure places outdoor workers, children, older people and low-income communities at increased risk of dehydration, heat stress, respiratory illness and other adverse health outcomes. The risks are expected to intensify as temperatures continue to rise. (Envato Elements)
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Extreme heat is becoming Southern Africa’s defining climate and health threat, report warns

Extreme heat is no longer a future problem. A major new report warns it is intensifying inequality, illness and climate vulnerability across Southern Africa and the worst-hit are…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund believes that when children lead, the digital world becomes more humane, more creative, and more just
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Hopes pinned on Dr Naledi Mbude to improve SA’s abysmal reading scores

Mbude is now Deputy Director-General for Special Projects including African language education, seen by many as a key to improving child literacy

  • Michael Cherry
5 min read