A report by the UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every…
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In low-income and lower-middle-income countries, the number of people unable to afford healthy diets grew from 2019 to 2022
If current trends continue, about 582 million people will be chronically undernourished in 2030, half of them in Africa
Disruptions caused by climate change increase the cost of doing business, undermine competitiveness and dampen employment growth. These disruptions result in lower tax revenue and increased expenditure on disaster relief, health care and social support for affected communities
New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world’s ocean, including top producer countries and those with…
The Proclamation effectively abolished amaHlubi as a cultural group or people as they had, in terms of the Proclamation ceased to exist. Their cattle and other property were ‘eaten up’ by the colonial government as was the practice during that period.
The voices of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church choir filled the corridors of the Polokwane International Airport in Polokwane, Limpopo as scores of people…
This year, Rwanda has planned a series of memorial events, Kwibuka30 with the theme ‘Remember-Unite-Renew’. The commemoration week began on 7 April 2024, and similar ceremonies will take place throughout the world. The word ‘kwibuka’ means to remember. The country will also stage a walk to remember and night vigil to honour the victims and survivors.
The government's failure to issue permits to small-scale miners, particularly in rural areas such as the chrome rich Sekhukhune has criminalised artisanal miners who mine on a small scale on tribal trust lands.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza saying it…