Ghana is boosting Africa's ascent to astronomical heights: The refurbished radio telescope in Kutunse, Ghana paves the way for astronomy in Africa. SKAThe Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is the world’s largest radio telescope project, which will collect data over one million square kilometres from radio astronomy telescopes on the African and Australian continents. In the long run … [Read more...] about Ghana is boosting Africa’s ascent to astronomical heights | The Conversation
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SA News: South Africa’s Most Expensive Hotel Suites
South Africa's Most Expensive Hotel Suites: With South Africa about to debut Zeitz MOCAA—the continent’s largest museum dedicated to African art—all eyes are on Cape Town. This jewel of a city has been sprucing itself up for the opening, and the best luxury hotels in the city and the ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews SA to host 28th Mrs World in December: THE 28th … [Read more...] about SA News: South Africa’s Most Expensive Hotel Suites
Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz | The Conversation
Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa's first generation of free jazz: South African trumpeter, Marcus Wyatt. Muntu Vilakazi/Sunday Times“We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue Notes, a multiracial modern jazz outfit formed in Cape Town in the early 1960s. … [Read more...] about Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz | The Conversation
Africa’s ambitious new biodiversity laws come with teeth, will protect people too | The Conversation
Africa’s ambitious new biodiversity laws come with teeth, will protect people too: The Maputo Convention recognises traditional rights of local communities and indigenous knowledge. ShutterstockAfrica is known for its rich biodiversity. On a continent where people depend on this biodiversity for their daily livelihood, the question of how animals and plants that live on it will … [Read more...] about Africa’s ambitious new biodiversity laws come with teeth, will protect people too | The Conversation
A shift in thinking is needed to counter South Africa’s startling rise in poverty | The Conversation
A shift in thinking is needed to counter South Africa's startling rise in poverty: REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoSouth Africa urgently needs new policy ideas to reverse the alarming increase in poverty among its population. New figures reveal an increase of three million South Africans living in poverty over the last five years. More than half (55%) of the … [Read more...] about A shift in thinking is needed to counter South Africa’s startling rise in poverty | The Conversation
