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Western Cape Academics Track Snakes’ Eating Habits with Help of Facebook Group
Snakes are a diverse lineage of reptiles that are found on every continent except Antarctica. Despite differences in appearance, habitat preference, defence tactics and...
DA’s Open Letter to President Ramaphosa: It’s Time to Fire Minister Zulu
Dear Mr President
The Covid-19 pandemic caught the entire globe by surprise, and despite this, South Africans willingly joined the fightback in March.
The pandemic has...
Herbicides Accumulate in Camps Bay Sea Life, South Africa
Herbicides which have been banned in other parts of the world have been found in seawater in Camps Bay, and accumulating in seaweed and...
Three South African Vice-Chancellors Paint a Post-COVID Picture for Universities
Across the world, the higher education sector is changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked vice-chancellors from three South...
Hundreds Protest in Joburg Against Government Response to Covid-19
People from various organisations protested in Johannesburg on Saturday. Photo: Zoë Postman
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Central Johannesburg to the Gauteng...
How a Soweto Bicycle Tour Operator is Riding the Cycle
Perhaps it has taken a small cruel virus to open my eyes... writes Steve Hall. This invisible thing has brought a new clarity to...
SANParks Praises Rangers as Rhino Conservation Awards Winners Announced – Full List
On World Ranger Day, the winners of the prestigious Rhino Conservation Awards were officially announced during an online event to celebrate the people and...
Residents’ Association Wants Activist’s Soup Kitchen Closed in Kuilsriver
Members of a residents association in Sunbird Park in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, are at loggerheads with a community activist running a soup kitchen in...
Taxi Drivers Warned to Wear a Mask or Face Fines by Associations
“If you see a driver not wearing a mask during a trip, report him,” warns Themba Kubheka, secretary of the Greater North Taxi...
Cathy Buckle in Zimbabwe: “Dashed Hopes and a Journalist called Hopewell”
Dear Family and Friends writes Cathy Buckle from Zimbabwe. I write this letter from a bitterly cold Zimbabwe where tension is high and people...
