Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy: The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. ShutterstockPeople in sub-Saharan Africa are now living longer than ever before. A child born in the region today is expected to live up to 64 years on average. This is a remarkable increase of 11 years since the year 2000, when … [Read more...] about Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa’s rising life expectancy | The Conversation
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Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa | The Conversation
Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa: Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown citing cost as a reason to stop the last phase of renewables. Flickr/GovernmentZASouth African power utility Eskom recently repeated that it will not conclude supply contracts with the developers of new renewable energy power stations. These developers were selected … [Read more...] about Nuclear and coal lobbies threaten to scupper renewables in South Africa | The Conversation
