How gas keeps the UK’s electricity bills so high – despite lots of cheap wind power: The UK has become a world leader in offshore wind power. iweta0077 / shutterstock Gas and electricity bills will rise again for millions of UK households on April 1, when the latest energy price cap takes effect. A typical …
South Africa’s ruling party is performing dismally, but a flawed opposition keeps it in power: The African National Congress has lost electoral support but remains dominant. Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images. As power cuts continue, the economy falters, unemployment rises and the currency tumbles, South Africa’s political commentators tend to agree that support …
Tech startup PrimHive keeps cleaning entrepreneurs booked and busy.: As South Africa continues to grapple with high unemployment, young graduates are finding themselves forced to create their own job opportunities. The statistics paint a bleak picture. According to the recent Quarterly Labour Survey results released by StatsSA, 45.5% of young people between the ages of …
Traditional wrestling in Senegal – much more than a sport, it keeps culture alive: Senegalese wrestlers in action. Getty Images Traditional wrestling plays an important role in much of Senegalese society and is one of the country’s national sports. Traditional wrestling is mostly practised in rural areas where it’s not just a sport, it has …
Ukraine recap: Kyiv keeps its friends close, but will they send the latest warplanes?: The latest dispatches from the Institute for the Study of War make for sobering reading. After a few months in which the initiative on the battlefield was generally considered to be firmly with Ukraine, the pendulum appears as if it could …
Street food keeps Johannesburg going – but working conditions of vendors are unhealthy: Vendors lack proper infrastructure to ensure protection against environmental health hazards. Shutterstock Informal vendors are a common feature in urban areas. Also known as street vendors, they sell products or provide services on a public road, in a regulated market or in …
Ethnic poverty: dividing and excluding people keeps them poor: Tribalism often leads to diversion of funds meant for development in Africa. Photo by John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Sub-Saharan African countries are the most ethnically diverse in the world. Within each African country there are more ethnic groups than there are in most of the …
The challenges of governing Lagos, the city that keeps growing: Michael Kraus/EyeEm/GettyImages From its historical origins as a fishing village and the site of a pepper farm, to today’s bustling metropolis, Lagos has evolved into a complex agglomeration of people, settlements and vested interests. As the economic powerhouse of Nigeria and West Africa, Lagos is …
South Africa in the news: Australia’s travel ban on African countries over Omicron variant keeps loved ones apart: Australia has banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, The Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique Some of the banned countries have low COVID cases and no known …: “South Africa” – BingNews Haryana to test …
Why the idea of ‘African time’ keeps on ticking: GettyImages “African time” delivers more hits on internet searches than “African nature” or “African people”. This shows that people seem to need to feed a stereotype. As anthropologists, we’re interested in why this need exists and what impact it has on people’s lives. Various scholars have …
South Africa in the news: “Rugby keeps us away from doing drugs” | Rugby Explorer: Jim Hamilton travelled to South Africa to learn more about the culture of rugby there. He visited multiple townships where the sport is helping keep young children out of gangs and trouble.: “South Africa” – BingNews Mako and Billy Vunipola, …
Circles of impunity: why sexual violence by humanitarians and peacekeepers keeps happening: Getty Images I first visited the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1994 during the genocide in neighbouring Rwanda. In Goma’s emergency hospital, I witnessed rows and rows of rape survivors who had fled across the border. A …
Community initiative keeps Kenyan women breastfeeding exclusively for longer: Kenyan women march towards a restaurant after a female client was allegedly thrown out for breastfeeding and not covering up. Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images Exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, as recommended by the World Health Organisation, is vital for …
South Africa in the news: UK to ease holiday travel ban yet keeps most quarantines: Britain announced a “first tentative step” Friday toward resuming international travel, saying U.K. citizens will be able to travel to countries including Portugal, Iceland and Israel later this month …: “South Africa” – BingNews Trips abroad for people in England …
Dinosaurs: how our understanding of what they looked like keeps changing: Microraptor: fossils show it had feathers on each limb. Michael Rosskothen via Shutterstock This is a transcript of episode 11 of The Conversation Weekly podcast Dinosaurs: from giant reptiles to warm-blooded, feathered creatures, how our understanding of what they looked like has changed. In …
South Africa in the news: Aquaponics farm keeps Orange Farm children fed: The Aquaponics farm at Pudumo Primary School in Orange Farm is a life saver for many pupils there who depend on it for food.: “South Africa” – BingNews Accenture Acquires Businet System to Help Clients Deliver Personalized and Seamless Cloud-Based Ecommerce Experiences at …
South Africa in the news: More Travel Restrictions in Europe as Pandemic Keeps Spreading: Many unknowns still surround the spike of the virus’ two recently-discovered new variants, in the U.K. and South Africa.: “South Africa” – BingNews Pfizer vaccine ‘works’ against key variant mutation, study suggests: The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can still target a key mutation …
South Africa in the news: De los Santos keeps winning: James de los Santos snatched his 16th gold medal at the Golden League on Sunday morning to remain atop the e-kata world rankings. De los Santos defeated the world No. 3 Silvio Cereno-Biagioni of South …: “South Africa” – BingNews Tuisova hat-trick helps Lyon hammer …