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Nature wants South Africa’s next government to talk to their researchers
South Africa is the world’s most unequal country, a University of the Western Cape researcher said. The researcher, Léo Czajka, said that South Africa has much better information on people’s income than on their wealth. “We have much better information on people’s income than on their wealth,” he added. South Africa reported the world’s highest…
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The ICJ found the Gaza genocide case plausible
South Africa on Friday asked the International Criminal Court to charge Israel with genocide over the war in the Gaza Strip. In her opening speech, South Africa’s lawyer stated that “genocide is never declared in advance” but that Israel’s actions over the last three months showed a systematic pattern of conduct that she argued was…
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Israel defends itself at the UN’s top court
Israel’s lawyer on Friday told the International Court of Justice that South Africa’s case against Israel for the alleged crimes of genocide against Palestinians was “a smear campaign”. The court will hear a request for an advisory opinion regarding Israeli policies in the West Bank. South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians…
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This plan could work to get rid of the world’s coal habit
South Africa has become a beacon of clean energy and green hydrogen after it signed an agreement with the US, the European Union and South Africa to speed up the transition to renewable energy. The agreement aims to give $8.5 billion in loans and grants to help South Africa develop renewable energy. It was forged…
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Scientists face challenges in their work to eliminate Malaria
Scientists have developed a machine learning method to predict the likelihood of malaria in future in South Africa. The method provided forecasts at the district level, two of which, Vhembe and Mopani, each covering around 20,000 square kilometres, are of particular interest because of their high risk of malaria, scientists said. “This is a more…
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What the new treaty could mean for the next Pandemic
Researchers in low- and middle-income countries need to ensure research is based on “fairness, equity and diversity”, Cape Town University has said in a statement that aims to strengthen research integrity. Researchers in low- and middle-income countries need to be able to work across borders to collaborate on research, it added. South Africa is one…
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Putin digs himself ever deeper into a quagmire
South Africa has announced that it will hold naval drills with Russia and China in the Indian Ocean. The drills will be held on March 1 and 2, the country said. It added that the exercises are “an exercise with friends” and will focus the world’s attention on South Africa during the anniversary of the…
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Stone tools show that early humans ate on Hippo
Scientists have said that they don’t believe Paranthropus made the Oldowan tool kit, which is believed to have been developed over 10 million years ago. The emergence of the tool kit was largely related to the large teeth and giant jaws of Paranthropus, which were much larger than those of Homo habilis, it added. The…