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What did you eat for breakfast? Imagining Africa’s conservation future starts with simple questions

Africa

What did you eat for breakfast? Imagining Africa’s conservation future starts with simple questions

By Don Pinnock

Community pleads for preservation as Western Cape government eyes Oude Molen Eco Village

South Africa

Community pleads for preservation as Western Cape government eyes Oude Molen Eco Village

By Kristin Engel

South Africa’s economic growth depends on well-functioning secondary cities

South Africa

South Africa’s economic growth depends on well-functioning secondary cities

By Shabari Shaily-Gerber and Diale Josiah Lodi

Study demonstrates green spaces are good for wellbeing, yet many in SA cannot access them

South Africa

Study demonstrates green spaces are good for wellbeing, yet many in SA cannot access them

By Susanne Vetter, Michelle Cocks and Valerie Møller

‘We sleep in sewage’ – government promises change but Namibians still suffering

Africa

‘We sleep in sewage’ – government promises change but Namibians still suffering

By Frederick Clayton and Sonja Smith

Why South Africa would benefit from denser cities

Business Maverick

Why South Africa would benefit from denser cities

By Emma Ruiters

Light pollution has cut humanity’s ancient connection with the stars – but we can restore it

Maverick Life

Light pollution has cut humanity’s ancient connection with the stars – but we can restore it

By Or Graur

The church ‘must be a space for the marginalised’, activists and faith leaders told

South Africa

The church ‘must be a space for the marginalised’, activists and faith leaders told

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Southern Africa’s housing crisis needs progressive policy with less stringent urbanisation regulation

Africa

Southern Africa’s housing crisis needs progressive policy with less stringent urbanisation regulation

By Alize le Roux and Mark Napier

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

Magazine

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

By Mariëtte Pretorius

Child targets: South Africa faces an obesity-related health catastrophe linked to poor regulation of food advertising

South Africa

Child targets: South Africa faces an obesity-related health catastrophe linked to poor regulation of food advertising

By Adèle Sulcas

Joburg 58: Pinch me, I’m dreaming — in my ward, the ANC councillor candidate is a servant of the people

South Africa

Joburg 58: Pinch me, I’m dreaming — in my ward, the ANC councillor candidate is a servant of the people

By Ferial Haffajee