A basic income grant for South Africa: more money in poor people’s pockets, but at a heavy cost: A South African street vendor awaits customers. The country has some of the highest inequality in the world. Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images Analyses of the implications of extending income support measures in South Africa, including a …
Facial injuries hurt Nigerians’ pockets too: how to reduce the burden: Road traffic crashes are the most common cause of facial injuries in Nigeria. Getty Images Injury to the face – from road traffic accidents, for example – can leave a person with a damaged appearance or functional impairment, like difficulty chewing. Treatment helps to …
South Africa in the news: Most of Melbourne’s slum pockets were demolished, but a few survived: Social reformer F Oswald Barnett came to take a photo of it in the early 1930s as part of his campaign to rid Melbourne of its slums. It was a grim, tough-looking little street behind St Vincent’s …: “South …
South Africa in the news: SA’s Erik van Rooyen pockets career-best R4.3m at Irish Open: JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen was unable to convert an overnight four-shot lead into victory with a final round two-over 74, as he settled for a share of fourth at the Irish Open at Ba…: “South Africa” – …
School feeding schemes can fill children’s tummies and farmers’ pockets: School feeding schemes play a major role across Africa. Reuters/Thomson Reuters Foundation Every day, about 370 million children worldwide benefit from national school feeding programmes. Sometimes it’s breakfast; sometimes it’s lunch and sometimes it’s both. But whatever the meal, school feeding schemes are a nutritional …