Lots of young South Africans aren't going to technical colleges. What can be done: Many South African students prefer universities and neglect technical colleges. EPA/Kim LudbrookImproved education is widely regarded as one of the key dimensions needed to address South Africa’s pervasive legacy of poverty, inequality and youth unemployment. Improving access to higher education … [Read more...] about Lots of young South Africans aren’t going to technical colleges. What can be done | The Conversation
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Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it | The Conversation
Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it: About 250,000 people live in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Shutterstock/Authentic travelA new road in Nairobi, Kenya, is set to displace up to 30,000 Kibera slum residents. The bulldozers moved in the early hours of the morning as authorities pressed ahead with a controversial decision to force people … [Read more...] about Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it | The Conversation
DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila | The Conversation
DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila: President Kabila’s time in government has shown an inability to bring together the various ethnic groups. EPA/Michael KappelerAmid a fresh wave of civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international community must question its confidence in President Joseph Kabila to achieve stability in a … [Read more...] about DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila | The Conversation
Autopsy to be done to find out Diane Nelson’s cause of death
Autopsy to be done to find out Diane Nelson’s cause of death: Autopsy to be done to find out Diane Nelson’s cause of death: Hundreds of people, many of them Nelson’s patients, have taken to the Pink Ladies organisation’s Facebook page expressing shock and horror at her death. Last day for land expropriation sessions in Limpopo: Public hearings have already taken … [Read more...] about Autopsy to be done to find out Diane Nelson’s cause of death
Millions of urban Africans still don’t have electricity: here’s what can be done | The Conversation
Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done: Millions of people without electricity access in Africa live close to existing power grid infrastructure. ShutterstockAt least 110 million of the 600 million people still living without access to electricity in Africa live in urban areas. Most are within a stone throw from existing power grid … [Read more...] about Millions of urban Africans still don’t have electricity: here’s what can be done | The Conversation
