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Mon, 18 Oct 2021 03:00:00 +0000
South Africa’s mothballed ‘supermall-ification’ sets strip malls up for success
Analysts agree that the country has enough malls and that, post-Covid, the convenience of local centres lure customers The post South Africa’s mothballed ‘supermall-ification’ sets strip malls up for success appeared first on The Mail &...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:00:00 +0000
Ugandan teachers turn to coffin-making after schools close
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the country’s schools closing and teachers being left without jobs The post Ugandan teachers turn to coffin-making after schools close appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000
Mabuza’s Russian jaunts and the slippery consequences of medical tourism
For more than five years the deputy president has remained steadfast in his right to travel abroad to receive medical treatment The post Mabuza’s Russian jaunts and the slippery consequences of medical tourism appeared first on The Mail & Guar...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:12:00 +0000
A new book asks the timeless question: ‘Can We Be Safe?’
Ziyanda Stuurman’s new book critiques the South African police and their role in society The post A new book asks the timeless question: ‘Can We Be Safe?’ appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000
‘These people are barbarians’: Police torture in Southern Africa
In Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe torture is used to extract information, elicit confessions, punish or sometimes for sadistic reasons The post ‘These people are barbarians’: Police torture in Southern Africa appeared first on The Mail &...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000
Nobel prize for physics is a game-changer
The physics 2021 Nobel prize means the conversation is no longer about debating whether climate change is real, but rather what we should do about it The post Nobel prize for physics is a game-changer appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0000
COP26 touted to resolve long standing issues on climate debt
Only 16% of losses in South Africa from weather-related disasters in the past four decades were covered by insurers, leaving governments and communities unable to build back The post COP26 touted to resolve long standing issues on climate debt appea...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0000
Conservation boosts cattle farmers
By adopting sound grazing practices livestock owners get access to markets in a foot-and-mouth disease red zone near the Kruger National Park The post Conservation boosts cattle farmers appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000
Most climate science is written by white men
In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North The post Most climate science is written by white men appeared first on The Mail & Guardian...

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:00:00 +0000
Zondo commission: 10 unanswered questions
Zuma went to jail rather than testify. Some who did told blatant lies. Who decided Cabinet appointments and how much money was carried out of Saxonwold? The post Zondo commission: 10 unanswered questions appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.



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