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The Online News Association faces disinformation Nemesis
The Online News Association 2019 conference, or #ONA19, held its first session in New Orleans on Thursday, 12 September, and kicked off...
Desmond Latham
Sep 16, 201910 min read


Climate incidents: Bad start to September
As 2019 draws to an end, climate-related environmental disasters have left many regions across the world scrambling to mitigate the...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 3, 20194 min read


Africa has been short-changed by climate change
Africa has been short-changed by climate change, according to African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina. “But, it should...
Tebogo Gantsa
Aug 30, 20193 min read


Slavery generates $150bn in profits globally
If you think slavery is a thing of the past - think again. An estimated 40.3 million people around the world are victims of exploitation...
Tebogo Gantsa
Aug 28, 20193 min read


Ebola May Soon Be ‘Preventable & Curable’
Successes in the clinical trials of two new Ebola treatments have resulted in health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Thabo Thusi
Aug 19, 20194 min read


Two dead, nine injured in two air crashes in Tanzania
Des Werner(58) and Werner Froneman (36) died when the plane they were travelling in crashed in Tanzania last week. Pic: U-Dream Global...
Thabo Thusi
Aug 12, 20193 min read


How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media
#Conservation #WildlifeCrime #TheConversation #RhinoPoaching #IllegalTradeinWildlife #SocialMedia #AI #MachineLearning #Technology #China...
Enrico Di Minin, Christoph Fink, The Conversation
Aug 12, 20191 min read


Exclusive Breastfeeding: No preludes needed, this is Africa
If at least 50% of children are to be exclusively breastfed in their first 1 000 days of life, then both parents, and not just mothers,...
Tebogo Gantsa
Aug 5, 20195 min read


Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank – a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa
#TheConversatio #Breastfeeding #Breastmilk #Kenya #Africa #WorldHealthOrganisation #WHO #Health #InfantHealth #ChildhoodDevelopment
Elizabeth Kimani-Murage; The Conversation
Jul 19, 20191 min read


Internet shutdowns in Africa could trim economic growth
There have been increasing numbers of African governments attempting to shut down the flow of information in recent months as protests...
Desmond Latham
Jul 12, 20193 min read


ICC finds DRC militia chief guilty of war crimes
The ICC Trial Chamber VI declared Bosco Ntagada guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Pic: ICC-CPI Trial Chamber VI of the...
Tebogo Gantsa
Jul 9, 20192 min read


A China Crisis, made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents are determined to continue protests against the Beijing-supported extradition law, which citizens in the entrepôt say...
Desmond Latham
Jul 8, 20196 min read


A system of a down – DoS strikes cloud computing fast and hard
More companies are moving their application management and support off local servers and into the cloud, but as technology advances, the...
Desmond Latham
Jul 2, 20196 min read


Watch NASA's Mars 2020 rover take shape
Pic: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California has given the public a front row seat with "Seeing 2020”, a...
Tebogo Gantsa
Jun 24, 20194 min read


VOICES FROM THE FIELD: Sexual violence as a tool of war
OPINION: When anything goes, it's women who lose. Those who study the various manifestations of gender-based violence know that they are...
Dalaine Krige
Jun 19, 20194 min read


American Tariffs and a link to the Depression and War
As America and China bash heads about trade and tariffs, there are ominous signs from history about what could happen next between the World
Desmond Latham
Jun 11, 20195 min read


US - China trade spat dampens growth outlook, slows down trade
In its outlook the International Monetary Fund predicts China’s real Gross Domestic Product will slow down from the 8% seen in 2018 to 6.3 p
Tebogo Gantsa
Jun 7, 20194 min read


25 years of democracy: What’s next for South Africa?
Pic: GCIS Reality is setting in for South Africans as the country returns to normal after the sixth democratic elections that took place...
Tebogo Gantsa
Jun 3, 20198 min read


World MS Day - On pain and invisible scars
Marion Locke was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2015. Pic: Supplied Marion Locke sits in the restaurant, talking passionately about...
Jamaine Krige
May 30, 20195 min read


Air cargo dip another bad sign for world trade
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand fell 4.7% in...
Desmond Latham
May 29, 20194 min read
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