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Human rights for only some are human rights for none
18th March 2024 Dear Fellow South African, Later this week, on 21 March, South Africa will celebrate Human Rights Day. On that day we will recall the Sharpeville... →
Sewage leaks put South Africa’s freshwater at risk: how citizen scientists are helping clean up
15th March 2024 Across South Africa, sewage systems are leaking and contaminating the country’s freshwater. Involving the affected communities can help prevent... →
Hot Water – Nadine Dirks
15th March 2024 In a gripping and eye-opening literary work, Nadine Dirks takes readers on a journey through her life as a young African woman from the Cape Flats... →
Thousands celebrate release of jailed Senegal opposition leaders
By: Reuters 15th March 2024 Senegalese opposition firebrand Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in the March 24 election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were... →
Limpopo 2024 Budget Speech is just more of the same rhetoric
14th March 2024 Today’s budget speech debate shows why it failed to truly address the needs of the people of Limpopo. It is more of the same talk of socio-economic... →
Unicef Kenya head tabled stats on child poverty, health and the economy - but do her figures add up?
By: Africa Check 14th March 2024 As the Kenyan government prepares its budget for the new fiscal year starting in July, Unicef, the United Nation's children's agency, has called... →
Sustainable bioenergy potential in Caribbean small island developing states
14th March 2024 This IRENA study on sustainable bioenergy in the Caribbean provides a holistic view of the bioenergy potential in six small island developing... →
Crisis of confidence has exacerbated sub-Saharan Africa’s funding squeeze
By: Marleny Arnoldi 13th March 2024 Various shocks have resulted in commodity price pressure and fiscal constraints globally, but sub-Saharan African countries, in particular, have... →