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Call for nominations: Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2025
National
/ 13 December 2024

Call for nominations: Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2025

Nominations for the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2025 are now open

By MG Reporter
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National
/ 11 December 2024

SA Vaccine Producers face delays in snakebite antivenom production

About 4 000 people are bitten by snakes annually but only a quarter of those being admitted to hospital and only 10% require antivenom

By Umamah Bakharia
Nelson Mandela Foundation takes state to court over equitable land access
National
/ 6 December 2024

Nelson Mandela Foundation takes state to court over equitable land access

The foundation says the legislation aims to redress apartheid spatial planning and advance land reform

By Aarti Bhana
Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment
The Green Guardian
/ 5 December 2024

Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment

1 500 megawatts of new coal power locked in landmark legal victory

By Sheree Bega
How South Africa’s HIV fight has changed
Health
/ 4 December 2024

How South Africa’s HIV fight has changed

In 25 years, new infections have dropped from about 1 463 each day to about 370, but HIV ‘is still an issue’, experts say

By Bhekisisa Team
Wits relaunches state of the art digital dome after R90 million refurbishment
Education
/ 2 December 2024

Wits relaunches state of the art digital dome after R90 million refurbishment

The dome has over the years projected significant historical events, including screening footage of the Apollo 11

By Umamah Bakharia
Boxer debuts on JSE, outshines parent Pick n Pay in value
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/ 29 November 2024

Boxer debuts on JSE, outshines parent Pick n Pay in value

R8.5 billion payday for Pick n Pay after listing

By Anathi Madubela
Games could help people stick to HIV treatment
Health
/ 29 November 2024

Games could help people stick to HIV treatment

People with HIV can live a long, healthy life — if they take their medication correctly. But too many don’t. A game might help to change that, research shows

By Thalyta Swanepoel
How much does public transport save on carbon emissions? We worked it out at COP29
Columns
/ 27 November 2024

How much does public transport save on carbon emissions? We worked it out at COP29

Bhekisisa had a team of four reporters at the climate conference. On average, our journalists walked eight to nine kilometres a day

By Linda Pretorius and Mia Malan
Plastics industry ‘unduly influences SA’s global plastic treaty’
National
/ 25 November 2024

Plastics industry ‘unduly influences SA’s global plastic treaty’

South Africa is a primary plastic producing country with significant imports of primary plastic for local manufacturing

By Sheree Bega
$250bn a year for climate action is too little, say developing countries
The Green Guardian
/ 22 November 2024

$250bn a year for climate action is too little, say developing countries

The final draft text for COP29 shows there has been limited progress made on funding, a failure given that this was meant to be the ‘finance COP’

By Ozayr Patel
Environment minister pushing for climate action breakthrough at COP29
The Green Guardian
/ 21 November 2024

Environment minister pushing for climate action breakthrough at COP29

Dion George is tackling resistance to mitigation and climate finance with just days left at the conference

By Ozayr Patel
SA accused of double standards for selling coal to Israel while condemning ‘genocide’ in Gaza
The Green Guardian
/ 20 November 2024

SA accused of double standards for selling coal to Israel while condemning ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Pro-Palestine groups at the COP29 conference are arguing that there is a clear link between climate rights and human rights

By Ozayr Patel
Unified African voice needed at COP29
The Green Guardian
/ 19 November 2024

Unified African voice needed at COP29

The continent must also ignore the dangled carrot of small bits of money for carbon forests or just transitions, said Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at Power Shift Africa

By Ozayr Patel
Sporting world needs to play its part in mitigating climate change, COP29 hears
The Green Guardian
/ 18 November 2024

Sporting world needs to play its part in mitigating climate change, COP29 hears

Athletes have not been spared the impact of climate change, with high temperatures, pollution, weather events and dirty water affecting performance

By Ozayr Patel
The second week of COP29 needs to reach funding commitments
The Green Guardian
/ 18 November 2024

The second week of COP29 needs to reach funding commitments

There is an air of impatience as talks on finance hit a stalemate

By Ozayr Patel
New KZN political party to champion rights of Indians
Politics
/ 18 November 2024

New KZN political party to champion rights of Indians

The party will challenge the 2026 local elections and is eligible to contest by-elections in KZN until then

By Clive Ndou
Bluff ‘cat lady’ cares for 34, with sterilisation a priority
National
/ 15 November 2024

Bluff ‘cat lady’ cares for 34, with sterilisation a priority

Nomathemba Manqongopha may be poor and unemployed but her big heart and home is open to local strays in her informal settlement

By Lyse Comins
Toyota: SA must seize new energy vehicle opportunity
Motoring
/ 13 November 2024

Toyota: SA must seize new energy vehicle opportunity

The country is well-positioned in the global supply chain to increase exports and beneficiate raw materials for electric vehicle batteries

By Lyse Comins
Batohi asks judiciary to assign state capture cases wisely
Politics
/ 12 November 2024

Batohi asks judiciary to assign state capture cases wisely

It was crucial that trial judges had the necessary skills and experience to hear complex corruption cases, she said

By Emsie Ferreira
Mining’s mess is just energy transition’s opportunity
The Green Guardian
/ 11 November 2024

Mining’s mess is just energy transition’s opportunity

Rehabilitating mines presents an opportunity for environmental restoration and economic empowerment in the energy transition

By Thabo Molelekwa
By 2025, sangomas will have to be registered to practise
Health
/ 11 November 2024

By 2025, sangomas will have to be registered to practise

The health department says new regulations likely to come into force early next year are a step towards getting Western and traditional medicine to work together

By Sipokazi Fokazi
Sewage flows in streets as KZN township faces water crisis
National
/ 7 November 2024

Sewage flows in streets as KZN township faces water crisis

For six months, Sithembile township in Glencoe has been struggling with water shortages

By Bongane Motaung
Trump takes popular vote and Electoral College in race not as close as predicted
World
/ 6 November 2024

Trump takes popular vote and Electoral College in race not as close as predicted

In her concession speech, Kamala Harris urged her supporters to accept the results and ‘keep on fighting’

By Des Erasmus
Harris, Trump locked in tight US presidential race as swing state results pending
World
/ 6 November 2024

Harris, Trump locked in tight US presidential race as swing state results pending

Bitcoin surged to over $75,000 as early returns appeared favourable for Trump on Tuesday night

By MG Reporter
Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump hours before US voting begins
World
/ 5 November 2024

Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump hours before US voting begins

On the eve of the election, Trump and Harris delivered closing arguments in a heated final push across battleground states

By MG Reporter
Rampage and ransom as heavyweight in Sudan’s RSF defects
Africa
/ 4 November 2024

Rampage and ransom as heavyweight in Sudan’s RSF defects

A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families

By Liban Mahamed
Big Agriculture is watching critics, pesticides and GMO food
Article
/ 4 November 2024

Big Agriculture is watching critics, pesticides and GMO food

A new investigation details a covert campaign that companies such as Monsanto, now Bayer, and Syngenta waged against critics who threatened its profit

By Lydia Namubiru, The Continent, Elena DeBre and Margot Gibbs
Lesufi ‘sat on’ dignity pack fraud report
National
/ 1 November 2024

Lesufi ‘sat on’ dignity pack fraud report

The project was meant to supply dignity packs to girls and women at no-fee schools and colleges

By Khaya Koko
AI is a disruptor to newsrooms, African Investigative Journalist Conference warns
National
/ 30 October 2024

AI is a disruptor to newsrooms, African Investigative Journalist Conference warns

Research shows that 38% of South African journalists make use of artificial intelligence tools

By Umamah Bakharia
SA’s LGBTI market contributes R250 billion annually to economy
Business
/ 30 October 2024

SA’s LGBTI market contributes R250 billion annually to economy

According to The Other Foundation’s latest report, this showcases economic resilience and growth

By Umamah Bakharia
Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs
Africa
/ 29 October 2024

Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs

With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers

By Ngozi Monica Cole and Amélie David
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