It's time to wake up to the devastating impact flying has on the environment
Jan 11, 2017 17:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Ready to get over your post-festive comedown by booking an escape to the sun? For many of you, that will involve flying. And while Im sorry to put a downer on your holiday plans, there are several problems with this from a...
The Trump dossier and why verification is important in the era of fake news
Jan 11, 2017 17:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
To verify, or not to verify? That is the question that journalists face on an almost daily basis; but the issue of whether media organisations should publish information that isnt 100% watertight has been brought into...
A 'tougher' citizenship test should not be used to further divide and exclude
Jan 11, 2017 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently raised the prospect of changing the law around acquiring Australian citizenship. He acknowledged the vast majority of migrants are well-integrated, and should be fast-tracked...
Slave heritage is big business, tainting the diaspora's bonds with Africa
Jan 11, 2017 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Ghanas meandering coast is dotted with numerous forts and castles. These monuments were built between the 15th and 17th centuries by early modern European chartered companies. They were initially used for trading gold and...
If Africa is serious about a free trade area it needs to act quickly, and differently
Jan 11, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Africa is moving towards crystallising an ambitious integration agenda of establishing a continental free trade area by October. This comes against a backdrop of an apparent trend away from mega-regional trade agreements...
South Africa's foreign policy has been at sixes and sevens – here's why
Jan 11, 2017 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas notice to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has once again raised questions about the ethics of its foreign policy. Responses to the move have highlighted inconsistencies and...
Is the crisis in the NHS as bad as the Red Cross says it is?
Jan 11, 2017 15:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
There have been many warnings over the past few years about the problems facing the NHS and social care. But the British Red Cross is the first to describe the situation as a humanitarian crisis. The Red Cross is one of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects