Electricity market transforming apace but security a worry: Energy Security Board

Feb 25, 2020 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The transformation of the national electricity market has progressed at a remarkable pace and scale over the last year as it moves towards renewables, but security is a critical issue, according to the Energy Security...

Three financial firms could change the direction of the climate crisis – and few people have any idea

Feb 25, 2020 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A silent revolution is happening in investing. It is a paradigm shift that will have a profound impact on corporations, countries and pressing issues like climate change. Yet most people are not even aware of it. In a...

Vaping and heart disease: setting the record straight

Feb 25, 2020 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In June 2019, a paper by prominent US academics found that people who used e-cigarettes were at greater risk of a heart attack. The authors concluded that e-cigarettes were just as risky as tobacco in provoking heart...

How South African universities can tap into the continent's knowledge systems

Feb 25, 2020 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views

South Africas higher education sector has experienced turmoil in recent years. Some of it stems from students financial woes. Some relates to experiences of alienation in the countrys universities. Some students, most...

Lessons from Rwanda on tackling unsafe drinking water and household air pollution

Feb 25, 2020 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Unsafe drinking water and household air pollution are major causes of illness and death around the world. This is also the case in Rwanda, where most people living in rural areas drink untreated water and burn firewood on...

South Africa's spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

Feb 25, 2020 12:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Small informal retailers are ubiquitous feature of any developing country urban landscape. Known as spaza shops in South Africa, they are an important, even vital, component in the townships. Numbering over 100,000 across...

The ancient Greeks had alternative facts too – they were just more chill about it

Feb 25, 2020 12:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In an age of deepfakes and alternative facts, it can be tricky getting at the truth. But persuading others or even yourself what is true is not a challenge unique to the modern era. Even the ancient Greeks had to...