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Why storms that used to happen every 50 years are hitting more often
Climate scientists agree that intense downpours and heavy storms will probably happen more often and become more unpredictable. But can every extreme weather event be pinned on climate change? We look at what past data and future predictions say
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How the US-Israel-Iran conflict is reshaping South Africa's coal exports
Middle East tension has pushed up energy prices and boosted demand for South African coal, raising questions about climate commitments and exports
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Which foreigners are unwelcome in South Africa?
The lack of clarity about which foreigners must go has translated into the victimisation of some who are not targets, including South Africans who look like those who are unwelcome
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The anxious money wait: Why African soccer fans dread payment disputes before major tournaments like the Fifa World Cup
For millions of fans, a familiar cloud of anxiety looms — not over tactics or form but over something far more basic: whether players will be paid what they are owed by their football federations
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President Ramaphosa's migration speech gets the diagnosis right: The real test is whether South Africa has the system to deliver
Migration outcomes are largely determined by the quality of the systems into which migrants enter. When any one of the systems underperforms, the pressures become amplified. When several fail simultaneously, migration become politically explosive
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Are Africans welcome at the World Cup?
African music megastars Tyla and Rema are scheduled to perform at the World Cup's opening ceremony in Los Angeles. But while African music and soccer are welcome at the tournament, many African fans and journalists, it would seem, are not.
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Kenya's Ebola case and the politics of contagion
The Kenyan court's decision should be read well beyond Kenya. Across Africa, governments will need to negotiate such arrangements with greater care, more transparency and a firmer sense of constitutional discipline and national interest
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Africa's conservation models struggle to shake colonial yoke
Two of the continent's premier game reserves – Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve and South Africa's Kruger National Park – stand on the frontlines of species loss, working tirelessly to protect wildlife under the shadow of rising extinction threats. Yet they also reveal how different leadership approaches to park management can shape conservation success, advance inclusivity, and distribute economic benefit to local communities.
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Joburg ANC mayoral process faces scrutiny amid claims of flawed nomination process
Party insiders say concerns over compliance with ANC guidelines could result in the process being challenged or restarted, while similar disputes have emerged in other Gauteng metro regions
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Murders in Gauteng decrease while sexual assault and kidnapping trend upwards
Gauteng experienced a notable 15% decrease in murders and a 9.9% drop in rape cases but kidnapping increased by 1.6% and sexual assault by 5.2%
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@mailandguardian 6 hours ago
The president has spoken but whether he can deliver hangs in the balance
Opposition parties are highlighting the massive gap between the government's policy goals and its capacity to execute them as it tackles migration management
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@mailandguardian 7 hours ago
Oxford study finds world's highest heat-risk cities concentrated in Asia and Africa
Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban heat vulnerability, with most of the highest-risk cities in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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@mailandguardian 7 hours ago
BMW CEO says technical skills are key to South Africa's future workforce
South Africa has no shortage of graduates. It does, however, have a shortage of technicians, artisans, engineers, coders and other skilled workers. That contradiction lies at the heart of what BMW South Africa chief executive Peter van Binsbergen sees as one of the countrys biggest economic challenges. "There is a need for technical skills In
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@mailandguardian 7 hours ago
Violent attacks on black African migrants will not resolve national employment crisis
South Africa has a structural unemployment problem that is not primarily caused by increased labour migration.
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Nigeria's perilous French gambit
Nigeria's increasingly close relationship with France marks a departure from six decades of foreign policy aimed at reducing French influence in West Africa. An increasingly close relationship with a power that has long sought to undermine Nigerian influence in West Africa will benefit only politically connected business elites.
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