Energy in South Africa did not feature as a major part of the 2016 budget speech – unlike in 2015. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoSouth African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered on Wednesday what many considered the most-important budget speech of President Jacob Zuma’s administration. In setting out the profile of the country’s economy, Gordhan said: The Treasury currently … [Read more...] about Budget 2016 suggests that energy isn’t high on South Africa’s agenda | The Conversation
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What can be done about badly depleted nitrogen levels in Africa’s soil | The Conversation
Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for soils and Africa doesn't have enough. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoAfrican soils have been mined for their nutrients for far too long. Nutrients are removed in harvesting across the continent, but they aren’t being returned to the soil. This usually happens in the form of manures or fertilisers. As with a bank so too with soil: … [Read more...] about What can be done about badly depleted nitrogen levels in Africa’s soil | The Conversation
South Africa’s finance minister tackles wastage, boosts confidence | The Conversation
South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 budget address to parliament in Cape Town. Reuters/Mike HutchingsA great deal was at stake for South Africa when its Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his much-anticipated 2016 Budget speech. The political stakes for the governing African National Congress are high as it battles charges of corruption … [Read more...] about South Africa’s finance minister tackles wastage, boosts confidence | The Conversation
How South Africa’s media deny the country’s youth a voice | The Conversation
ReutersDuring the transition to democracy in the early 1990s, the media in South Africa underwent a shift in their operations and understanding of what their role in society was to become. The result was a strong move towards a normative ideal of a watchdog media, which would work in the interest of “the public” by exposing the shortcomings of the new government. Community … [Read more...] about How South Africa’s media deny the country’s youth a voice | The Conversation
A new narrative unfolds about South Africa’s protracted war in Angola | The Conversation
Cine Petro Atletica, once Huambo's finest cinema, was destroyed during fierce fighting in Angola's bloody civil war. Reuters/John Chiahemen MH/WSThe book A Far-Away War: Angola 1975 - 1989, about the war waged by apartheid South Africa against its neighbour, has attracted the attention of historians and those who fought in it. More than a quarter of a century after it … [Read more...] about A new narrative unfolds about South Africa’s protracted war in Angola | The Conversation
