South Africa joins global charge to overhaul undergraduate economics: Economics teaching needs to be more relevant and rooted in reality, not theory. Jason Winter/ShutterstockAre universities teaching the right kind of economics? Are they equipping students with the right kind of skills? These are some of the questions academics in the economics discipline have been grappling … [Read more...] about South Africa joins global charge to overhaul undergraduate economics | The Conversation
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Runner Mina Guli Arrives in South Africa to Highlight the Global Water Crisis
Runner Mina Guli Arrives in South Africa to Highlight the Global Water Crisis: Mina Guli standing in the empty Leeu-Gamka Dam in Beaufort West Photo: Kelvin Trautman 100 MARATHONS IN 100 DAYS: RUNNER MINA GULI ARRIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA TO HIGHLIGHT THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS World Faces 40 Percent Shortage of Water by 2030 – #RunningDry Campaign Raises Awareness, Urges Change … [Read more...] about Runner Mina Guli Arrives in South Africa to Highlight the Global Water Crisis
Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town | The Conversation
Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town: Cape Town residents queuing for water during the water crisis. ShutterstockBetween 2015 and 2017 South Africa’s South Western Cape region experienced three of its lowest rainfall years on record. This led to the progressive depletion of water supply reservoirs and by the summer of 2017/18 there was … [Read more...] about Global warming has already raised the risk of more severe droughts in Cape Town | The Conversation
Trump’s Africa strategy should have cast China as a regional partner, not a global adversary | The Conversation
Trump's Africa strategy should have cast China as a regional partner, not a global adversary: US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser John R. Bolton (R) Gints Ivuskans/ShutterstockUS President Donald Trump has finally approved a “New Africa Strategy”. His national security adviser, John Bolton, described the contents on 13 December at the conservative … [Read more...] about Trump’s Africa strategy should have cast China as a regional partner, not a global adversary | The Conversation
Global recognition for SPAR’s plastic initiative
Global recognition for SPAR’s plastic initiative: SPAR Eastern Cape managing director Conrad Isaac (second from the right) receives the award for consumer engagement in plastic reduction at the SPAR International Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With him are (from the left) SPAR International managing director Tobias Wasmuht, SPAR Group sustainability executive Kevin … [Read more...] about Global recognition for SPAR’s plastic initiative
