Lorna Okitoyi has been a cross-border trader based in Malaba, western Kenya for over 10 years. The 46-year-old mother-of-two sells food staples and kitchen utensils […]
Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. Debates around these malpractices were given fresh impetus four years ago […]
Recent changes to the law, and the promulgation of new regulations governing refugees in South Africa, have been heavily criticised by civil society organisations. The […]
The number of reported cases and deaths of coronavirus is doubling every couple of days, and patients have now been reported from many Asian countries, […]
The European Union is in a green state of mind. Last December, the new president of the European Commission placed the fight against climate change […]
The beaches of Bula, a small fishing district in southern Philippines, are perpetually covered by a layer of seaweed several centimetres thick. But unlike tourist […]
Despite the staggering inability of world leaders to come up with any meaningful response to the global climate emergency at the COP25 in Madrid (relocated […]
With its small buildings and numerous private gardens, the Schmelz municipal housing complex in Vienna’s 15th district could easily be mistaken for an affluent suburban […]
Organisations representing backyarders in Cape Town say that government’s housing database has to be laid bare to ensure the most deserving people receive subsidised houses.
How long will the fight last? Water is eroding land all over the world, threatening people’s lives and livelihoods, especially those living along the coastline. […]
Two decades ago, when Pramila Mandal got married in the remote Indian village of Atapur in West Bengal, agriculture was considered men’s work. But ten […]
If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]
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