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Discrets mais essentiels, le léopard et le chat doré jouent un rôle clé dans l'équilibre fragile des forêts tropicales d'Afrique équatoriale. Ils rappellent l'urgence d'une conservation adaptée.
Social media is an effective way to raise conservation awareness about wildlife living on the urban edges.
Individuals must be equipped with the tools to understand and practise consent.
Mental health needs for pregnant women and mothers with newborn babies are being recognised at last in South Africa.
It’s not the same as pain tolerance, which measures how much pain someone can endure before they require relief.
Climate change is heating up the ocean and marine species are starting to migrate in search of cooler water. This could throw ecosystems out of balance and disrupt fisheries, leading to a food crisis.
Robert Sobukwe was committed to individual rights, a key tenet of liberalism.
South Africa’s social relief grant has enabled recipients to search for work or start small businesses.
Aids was first identified 40 years ago: these are the game changers that have revolutionised treatment – and the obstacles that remain.
The death of six children from a pesticide galvanised the South African government to declare a national disaster.
Le pingouin d'Afrique a été déclaré en danger critique d'extinction et pourrait disparaître à l'état sauvage d'ici 2035 si la pêche commerciale dans ses zones de reproduction n'est pas limitée.
It isn’t easy to leave a gang, but some people do. Patrick and Emersons are two examples and both used the church to help guide them – and help them perform a new role on the streets.
The outlook for the tobacco industry is uncertain. This is unlikely to change.
The African penguin has been declared critically endangered and could become extinct in the wild by 2035 unless commercial fishing in its breeding areas is limited.
Past initiatives to entice public servants to take early retirement have done little to reduce the cost of government.
African countries need to unite and negotiate strongly at COP29 for more climate change adaptation grants and fewer loans that only leave the continent paying back debt.
There’s an opportunity for Africa’s cities to learn from the successes and challenges faced by cities in other parts of the world.
The film explores the lasting impact of the killings on the Mitchells Plain community and raises questions about the police investigation.
Les 33 milliards de dollars de droits de tirage du FMI accordés aux pays africains après le COVID n'ont ni accru leur dette, ni été assortis de conditions, ni coûté aux donateurs.
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Professor and Head of the Environmental Health Division, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, lecturer and researcher in the African Feminist Studies Department, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change Risks, University of Cape Town
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Research Associate and Research Manager at SANCCOB, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Fellow - University of California and Institute for Communities and Wildlife, University of Cape Town
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, conservation and wildlife ecology , University of Cape Town
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Resesarcher, SALDRU, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor and Pain Researcher, University of Cape Town
