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Why you should visit – and stay in – Johannesburg’s Soweto
Travelling through South Africa, Annabel Grossman finds that Soweto – a township often associated with crime and poverty – is ...
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South Sudan peace deal stalls with rivals locked in unending fights
The regional body is urging global pressure to push South Sudan’s leaders to implement ...
Trump funding cut stalls water projects, raising risk for millions
The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people ...
South African cooks join forces to fight hunger on Mandela Day
JOHANNESBURG -- Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hungry, ...
A former Singapore Airlines flight attendant started a food stall in 2017. Now, it's a 31-outlet chain featured in the Michelin Guide.
Noorman Mubarak worked a comfortable job as a flight attendant. But he felt unfulfilled, like he was wasting his life away ...
US to destroy 500 tons of emergency food as aid freeze stalls global relief efforts
A large quantity of US-purchased food aid is set to be destroyed. The biscuits were intended for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bureaucratic delays caused the food to sit in a Dubai warehouse.
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Investing in youth potential: World Youth Skills Day in the South African context
On 15 July, the world makes time to celebrate possibility. World Youth Skills Day, established by the United Nations, isn’t ...
US funding cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa
The news devastated the researchers, who live and work in a region where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the ...