Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique: Mozambique’s parliament and its new president, Daniel Chapo, were sworn in in mid-January 2025 after a tumultuous post-election period of protests, barricades and police violence. The 9 October 2024 elections prompted countless reports of fraud, leading the European Union election …
Britain is at bursting point and its flood barriers need to be updated: The Thames Barrier is already being used far more than was originally intended. Sunke Trace-Kleeberg Flooding is the top environmental hazard identified in the UK’s National Risk Register, after a pandemic. Around one in six homes are currently at risk of flooding …
Kenya and South Africa are working to address trade barriers: where to start: Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and William Ruto (R) at a joint press briefing in Nairobi on 9 November, 2022. SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images Trade volumes between Kenya and South Africa have always been minimal compared to each country’s engagement with its …
Reviving the UK’s textile industry could help replace fast fashion with homegrown clothes, but there are barriers: Rejecting fast fashion for "homegrown" sustainable clothing. View Apart / Shutterstock The world has experienced massive disruption to supply chains in recent years as a result of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This has restricted …
Kenya’s push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers: At least 57 of the government's affordable housing units completed so far have been allocated to the KDF soldiers Courtesy/Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that “Every person has the right to accessible and …
As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers: A new artificial wetland runs through the city of Ningbo, China. Wang961201 / shutterstock Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times …
Immigrant entrepreneurs: the barriers they face and how to remove them: Shutterstock/song_about_summer Immigrants often do well in the business world. They are behind one in seven of all companies in the UK, where half of the fastest-growing businesses have a foreign-born founder. In the US, 45% of the largest 500 companies were founded either by …
COVID smell loss can have profound effects on your life, from weight change to intimacy barriers: Flotsam/Shuttestock It took a while to be officially recognised, but smell loss eventually became known to be one of the defining features of COVID-19. It’s now widely acknowledged that COVID-19 has a unique effect on smell receptors, and about …
How multicultural churches in South Africa are breaking down race barriers: shutterstock Race is an issue that’s always simmering below the surface in South Africa. One of the ugliest aspects of the recent wave of looting and violence was the killing of people based on their race in a neighbourhood in the port city of …
Rewarding academic achievement in schools creates barriers: a South African perspective: Schools believe that rewards recognise the pupils’ hard work and academic achievements. Getty Images Most South African parents and learners are familiar with the school practice of rewarding learners for academic achievement visibly, tangibly and publicly. Schools tend to reward in ways that are …
South Africa in the news: Meet the Zimbabwean sommeliers breaking barriers, one cork at a time: Blind Ambition” follows the journey of Zimbabwe’s first sommeliers to take part in the Blind Wine Tasting Championships in France in 2017 and 2018.: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa hits record 24,000 new COVID-19 cases in third wave: …
COVID: The three barriers that stop people being vaccinated: Getting everyone in a country vaccinated is like watching software updates load: it whizzes along for the first 80% or so and then seems to take forever to finish the rest. Around 80% of the UK adult population has received at least one dose of the …
Women in jazz still face many barriers to success – new research: Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur has worked in many of the world's best jazz bands and been described as "deserving wider recognition". Gunnar Hovgård/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA There are are relatively few female musicians in jazz. Recordings led by women formed only one-fifth of the …
My Linux story: breaking language barriers with open source: My open source journey started rather late in comparison to many of my peers and colleagues. read more: Opensource.com mitradranirban Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
Managing Cultural and Language Barriers in the Workplace – a Culture interest event taking place on 2019-08-29 09:30:00 in United Kingdom If you’re looking to enhance your Communication Skills with non-English Speakers or speakers from other Cultures — PAB Languages Centre Can help. Whether it’s a face-to-face conversation or a professionally written e-mail exchange, a …
The three barriers blocking Zimbabwe’s progress: Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa and the military: EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been cautiously welcomed with the hope that he will place Zimbabwe on a more democratic trajectory. He has spoken of a new democracy “unfolding” in Zimbabwe. But this is wishful thinking. There are three major barriers …
Six barriers that make it difficult for African states to use research for policy: Using research evidence to implement development goals isn't just a technical process. Shutterstock African policymakers need access to high quality evidence to implement the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) successfully. The SDGs are arguably the most broad-ranging development goals to be …