Examining the possibilities of what our country can become Good Governance Africa, in partnership with the Mail & Guardian, is hosting the third seminar on the SA 2020 Scenarios Project. In this webinar, the youth are called to provide their…
Angry scenes in Gomorrah as residents riot against power cuts, leading to clashes with police and disruptions to daily routines. Gomorrah informal settlement, west of Pretoria, resembled a battlefield as angry residents demanding electricity blocked the roads with burning tyres…
A lack of resources and space in urban centres will mean high density informal settlements will only continue to grow. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Over the past decade, fires have consumed informal homes in South Africa, leading to…
Residents in southern Brazil grapple with escalating floods, with rivers swelling anew, exacerbating an already catastrophic crisis. River levels rose again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed 145 people and forced hundreds of thousands…
A truck driver secures a cover over his cargo of corn maize after loading it from a cargo ship at the city port in Cape Town. File photo by Halden Krog/Bloomberg via Getty Images On May 10, the United States…
Rescuers search for survivors in Indonesia’s worst-hit districts after homes and mosques are swept away by floods and volcanic debris. The death toll from flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has…
Former president Thabo Mbeki. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images The party’s provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi believes that reaching this target and helping the party retain its national majority are high This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community…
Armenia briefly detained scores of demonstrators in Yerevan protesting the government’s plans to cede territory to Azerbaijan, sparking weeks of unrest. Armenia on Monday briefly detained scores of demonstrators trying to block streets in the capital Yerevan as part of…
The death toll from the building collapse in George, Western Cape, has reached 27 The death toll from the building collapse in George, Western Cape, has reached 27, one week after the five-storey property on 75 Victoria Street fell to…
While the motive is currently unknown, police say they cannot rule out domestic violence. A family attack, described as horrific, happened on Monday morning in Limpopo, where a man was beheaded and a woman and her child were severely injured,…