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A flotilla of hundreds of boats sailed effortlessly on the Vaal River at the weekend, without being hindered by invasive water lettuce and water hyacinth
ANTI POLLUTION FORUM

Invasive weeds cleared from Vaal River through community-government collaboration

This was achieved through a partnership involving the Vaal community, Rand Water, Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control, the water and sanitation department and the…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Bill Gates with farmer Mary in Kenya. (Photo by Gates Notes)
AFRICA

Bill Gates plays God in Africa’s agriculture and gets it wrong

Agra’s drive for a ‘green revolution’ has reduced crop diversity, created a dependency on commercial seeds and fertiliser and increased vulnerability to drought

  • Simon Allison
8 min read
A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour

About half of South Africa’s maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes…

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read