Reviving South Africa’s grasslands: Eastern Cape villagers explain the challenges they face

Rural communities in South Africa rely on public land to graze their livestock. They must be part of fighting soil erosion ...
The Mail & GuardianOpinion

South Africa’s role in the draft UN Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

Given the close comparison between apartheid and the challenges faced by Palestinians, the government must be called upon to ...
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South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Block Roads Demanding Water

Villagers from Ga-Sekgopo outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo took to the streets on Monday in a desperate plea for water. The protesters blocked the busy R81 road with stones, rubble, and burning ...
Time

South Africa’s Poor Tune In to Mandela’s Funeral

Jonathan Torgovnik’s photographs on assignment for TIME of people watching Nelson Mandela’s funeral on television in Alexandra township, in Johannesburg, one of the poorest urban areas in all of South ...
LAist

Land Ownership Elusive for South Africa's Poor

LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now. Some two-thirds of Africans live in rural areas, and most are without lifelines into the economy. Even in ...
Yahoo

South Africa's Ramaphosa focuses on the poor as he seeks ANC re-election

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the plight of poor South Africans left out of nearly three decades of post-apartheid prosperity, he promised on Sunday ahead of a ...
The Economist

The crisis of South Africa’s missing dads

In 2023 Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, said that “the challenge of absentee fathers is one of the greatest ...
The New York Times

South Africa Is a Warning

This essay is part of The Great Migration, a series by Lydia Polgreen exploring how people are moving around the world today. When people in the rich world imagine a migrant from the poor world, I ...