South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from COVID-19 fallout: A woman walks past a market stall in Kliptown, Soweto. COVID-19 has wrought havoc on poor households in countries across the world. In South Africa, more and more people are facing hunger resulting from mass job losses and small, poorly implemented supplementary cash grants. On top of … [Read more...] about South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from COVID-19 fallout | The Conversation
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Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3 | The Conversation
Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3: The hydropower potential at the Grand Inga site on the Congo River, the largest remaining untapped hydropower potential in the world. Seven years ago the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) proposed the Inga 3 – a 4.8GW hydropower project on the Congo River – with great fanfare. Third in a … [Read more...] about Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3 | The Conversation
Getting closer to a much better count of Africa’s lions | The Conversation
Getting closer to a much better count of Africa's lions: A young lion cub rests in the branches of a large euphorbia tree in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area. Alex Braczkowski, Author providedAfrican lions are one of the world’s favourite animals. But their numbers have been shrinking over the past century, especially over the past 30 years. Some scientists … [Read more...] about Getting closer to a much better count of Africa’s lions | The Conversation
Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa | The Conversation
Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa: Members of South Africa's Zip Zap Circus. Washington Post/Getty ImagesAcross cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognised. Steve Biko, the South African Black Consciousness thinker, once said that we need to speak from where we stand. Seeing the impact of our environment on our … [Read more...] about Better access to stories can improve adolescent lives in Africa | The Conversation
We think there’s a better way to assess the research of African academics: here’s how | The Conversation
We think there's a better way to assess the research of African academics: here's how: Many African researchers feel they should do research that would be acceptable for publication in Western outlets. Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn the past two decades, much has been made in academic circles about global rankings of educational institutions. Bodies such as Times … [Read more...] about We think there’s a better way to assess the research of African academics: here’s how | The Conversation
