Tag: South Africa
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Record marathoners: Keeping up with Africa’s fastest women
Africa has come to dominate long-distance running. No less than 82 of the world’s 100 fastest female runners were born in Kenya and Ethiopia.
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Shell’s divestment from SA follows global energy trends
Although Shell plans to sell off its service stations and refinery, it will retain its explorative and extractive activities in the Karoo and off the Wild Coast.
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South Africa poised to strike gold with green hydrogen
Green hydrogen could have a transformative effect on South Africa: it could be used to clean up domestic industries and its export could add billions to the GDP.
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Despite rising crime rate, SA has dire shortage of forensic experts
South Africa should ideally have 330 forensic pathologists, an expert says. Instead there are only about 50 working in the public sector.
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Migration: Where South Africans are moving to
There were just more than 900,000 South Africans living abroad in 2020, with many choosing Australia and New Zealand as their new home.
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Why the price of chocolate is skyrocketing
It’s not your imagination – chocolate is getting much more expensive. Falling cocoa production, driven by changing weather patterns, is a key reason.
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How Shoprite is outpacing Pick n Pay in almost every race
Two decades ago, two of South Africa’s biggest retailers were almost on a par. We take a look at the metrics to see what has changed since then.
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Elections24: The funders behind SA’s political parties
One-third of the R437-million in party donations declared to the IEC was made by Durban-born billionaire Martin Moshal and members of the Oppenheimer family.