Africa South Africa The lack of electricity stimulated the creativity of some 20 teenagers who invented the country's first completely solar-powered train to help their commuting parents forced to make difficult daily journeys
Africa South Africa South Africa will receive R2bn (€99 million) over six months from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to sustain existing HIV and Aids programs
Africa South Africa National data governance is entering a news chapter as President Ramaphosa officially put South Africa’s Statistics Amendment Act into effect; the law will reshape how SA collects and manages national statistics and data and set census every 10 years
Africa South Africa South African National Defence Force SANDF has reportedly begun the repatriation of troops and equipment deployed in Lubumbashi, DRC, after the capture of Goma, amid growing tension with the Union concerning unpaid allowances for troops in DRC
Africa South Africa An NGO has taken South African government to court over a backlog of hundreds of thousands of late birth registration, with people waiting years for a response from Home Affairs; no birth certificate means restricted access to healthcare and education