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Early predictions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by some public health scientists painted a gloomy picture for Africa.

On Monday over 200 people marched in Pretoria to protest against corruption within the Public Health Department.

In Africa, for example, the purpose of the Great Green Wall initiative, which began in 2007, is to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land by 2030.

Residents from Joe Slovo Extension in Mthatha are living off whatever water they can get, with little assistance from the municipality.

The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, is happening at a time when the world has just experienced one of the warmest years on record.

Video gamers in California consume more electricity than entire nations. The average Tanzanian used only one-sixth the electricity consumed by a typical American refrigerator in 2014.

Local economic development and better municipal service delivery are vital if South Africa wants to broaden economic participation and reverse its unemployment trend.

Residents from Mhlathuzane protest, blocking the road, after more than 50 shacks were demolished without any notice.

Over a year ago, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari launched an economic plan designed to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents, angry at the lack of action taken by the City of Cape Town, gather funds themselves to house local homeless people.

The stories range from tiny interventions such as the sharing of a WiFi password to the exceptional, like allowing strangers to live in one’s house for as long as they needed to.

Members of the Abahlali movement accuse the local government of wrongful arrests of three women, saying that "They are good people".

Plastic pollution is a prevalent issue across the globe. Countries in Africa are no exception. The state of plastic pollution in parts of Africa is dramatic as a result of weak policies and indiscriminate dumping of solid waste.

For biological research, red tape comes mainly in the form of dramatically increased requirements for permits and clearances, causing biodiversity research to be heavily regulated.

Vandalised and unused, the Homu sports centre in Mopani District, Limpopo is due for another revamp, scheduled to be completed in December 2021.

Shareholder activists in South Africa have disapproved of lengthy tenures for directors on boards of listed public companies. They have exerted pressure on long-serving directors to resign.

National Lotteries Commission (NLC) suspends its COO while facing inquiries from corruption investigations.

The vaccine RTS,S, trade name Mosquirx, is given in four doses to children between the ages of 5 months and 17 months; the first 3 doses are given monthly with the first at 5 months and the third at 9 ...

COVID-19 and the government interventions to respond to the pandemic had overwhelmingly negatively affected the farmers.

Kenya has a particularly vocal political public on Twitter. Commonly known as KOT (Kenyans on Twitter), they have made the platform integral to political conversations in the country.

Reform is needed because the current National pension system is simply not working. And with a replacement rate of 17%, it's no wonder.

South Africa has a large, and growing, wage gap. The pay gap between executives and employees at the lowest end of the pay scale is increasing. This has seen an increase in shareholder interest in director pay.

Zandvlei has been reopened for boating however swimming is still prohibited since the water quality is still "at risk".

Countries with abundant natural resources – gold, diamonds, crude oil– often fail to transform that advantage into favourable development outcomes.