The Conversation
Urban farming helps Johannesburg’s poorest households survive – now it needs bigger investment
1st July 2026 Urban agriculture, where plants and livestock are farmed within city limits, is increasingly recognised and promoted as a solution to food... →
Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis
29th June 2026 South Africa is in the midst of its most significant anti-immigrant mobilisation in years. The emergence of the March and March movement, calls... →
Johannesburg has taken a big new loan to help fix its electricity problems, but the results will take time
29th June 2026 Just over a third (38%) of the residents of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, reported being satisfied with their electricity... →
How a basic solar grant brought cheaper electricity to one shack settlement in South Africa
25th June 2026 In South Africa, 47% of the national population is energy poor, meaning that they spend more than 10%-15% of their income on power and still do not... →
Fossil fuels still dominate in Africa’s electricity future – study tracks 3 139 power plants
24th June 2026 Only about 57% of the people in Africa have access to electricity, the vast majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa. To meet the United Nations goal... →
We are mapping and monitoring Africa’s underground water supplies in preparation for a hotter future – scientists
24th June 2026 As global temperatures rise, surface waters – including rivers, lakes and reservoirs – are becoming dangerously erratic. This is because in a... →
Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil
22nd June 2026 Vaccine uptake has been declining in Brazil and South Africa over the last decade. This decline has reversed important gains in protecting children... →
Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline
22nd June 2026 Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official development assistance, the technical term for... →
South African scientists make breakthrough in decoding cancer’s most effective survival strategy
19th June 2026 In the intricate biology of the human body, organs such as the breast, the colon and the lungs are lined with a defensive barrier known as the... →
Could the roofs of low cost houses be South Africa’s secret weapon against hunger?
18th June 2026 South Africa’s hunger crisis is no longer a distant warning. Millions of poor households are forced to choose between food, electricity, transport... →
