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Rural retreat: Allowing people to return home during lockdown could turn a tide
It is important to note that the phenomena of translocality and circular migration in Africa have often served as a strategy of resilience in tough times
Prejudice against immigrants cuts across class and race
Xenophobia, the study shows, is part of a broader problem of prejudice in South African society
The world ignores Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
SA must up its skills in wooing skilled migrants ― report
South Africa’s job opportunities, established education system and modern technology attract skilled immigrants to the country, the report noted
Searching for new queer terms
Words in local languages to describe queer people are offensive and in English are inaccessible
Research: More than 50 000 teachers at public schools are living with HIV
The purpose of the research was to look at the health and wellbeing of public schools, with specific focus on the HIV profile of school leadership
SA has highest number of new HIV infections worldwide – survey
With over 400 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, South Africa ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an HSRC survey.
Tsvangirai set for Mugabe showdown
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader looked set on Sunday to return home from South Africa to face Robert Mugabe in a presidential run-off poll despite a risk of "more violence, more…