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Rural communities

Groundbreaking HIV-prevention initiative harnesses AI to bring medicine to the people

Sci-Tech

Groundbreaking HIV-prevention initiative harnesses AI to bring medicine to the people

By Tarique Variava, Vuyolwethu Ncube, Matshidiso Chabane, Shawna Cooper, Dino Rech, Boitumelo Ramashala, Maria Sibanyoni and Jacqueline Pienaar

Meet the villagers working with the Kruger National Park to turn waste into profit

South Africa

Meet the villagers working with the Kruger National Park to turn waste into profit

By Shiraaz Mohamed

Black Mfolozi coal slurry spill: If you contaminate our river, you contaminate our souls

South Africa

Black Mfolozi coal slurry spill: If you contaminate our river, you contaminate our souls

By Bridget Pitt and Sicelo Mbatha

Survival and solidarity in the face of a crisis

South Africa

Survival and solidarity in the face of a crisis

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: ‘Not enough support for rural women’

South Africa

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: ‘Not enough support for rural women’

By Suné Payne

Tenuous tenure: Deputy minister aims to give farmworkers more muscle

South Africa

Tenuous tenure: Deputy minister aims to give farmworkers more muscle

By Suné Payne

Climate change denialism? COPAC, affiliates, challenge the media

Newsdeck

Climate change denialism? COPAC, affiliates, challenge the media

By Lelethu Tonisi

World Wildlife Day: Emotive and poorly informed campaigns could harm conservation efforts

South Africa

World Wildlife Day: Emotive and poorly informed campaigns could harm conservation efforts

By Leith Meyer

Traditional leaders – not rural citizens – are at the centre of the land expropriation debate

South Africa

Traditional leaders – not rural citizens – are at the centre of the land expropriation debate

By Ayesha Motala