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Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Healthcare

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Issued by Irvine Partners 30 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Cape Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria: here’s how

Tiaan de Jager and Taneshka Kruger 5 Feb 2024

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Agriculture

China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: Why it matters for South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo 17 Jun 2022

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Agriculture

Public urged to report brown locust sightings

8 Apr 2022

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

Agriculture

Brown locusts have survived a long drought in South Africa - here's how

Frances Duncan 19 May 2021

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Healthcare

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Madelien Wooding & Yvette Naude 19 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

How sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture

Agriculture

How sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture

Michael Aliber and Wandile Sihlobo 15 Dec 2020

Put Mauritius top of your post-Covid-19 travel list: Touring the Aubergine Garden at LUX* Belle Mare

Lifestyle

Put Mauritius top of your post-Covid-19 travel list: Touring the Aubergine Garden at LUX* Belle Mare

Debbie Hathway 23 Jun 2020

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Agriculture

Fall armyworm confirmed in South Africa

30 Jan 2020

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

Agriculture

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

28 Jan 2020

Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Agriculture

Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Karen Rial-Lovera 24 Dec 2019

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Agriculture

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

Munyaradzi Makoni 25 Nov 2019

Image: Medicines for Malaria

Healthcare

Climate change could increase the threat of malaria in Central Africa

23 Oct 2019

A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. James Gathany/CDC

Healthcare

Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks

Eunice Anyango Owino 16 Sep 2019

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

Healthcare

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

16 Sep 2019

Dr Duncan MacFadyen, head of conservation research at Oppenheimer Generations

ESG & Sustainability

Why we need African science for African sustainability

Duncan MacFadyen 6 Sep 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Healthcare

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Agriculture

Precision farming: The benefits of utilising drones for your business

20 Jun 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena

Healthcare

#WorldMalariaDay: What we're doing in Burkina-Faso to help stop it

Elena Gómez Díaz 25 Apr 2019

Three species of immature mosquito: the common house mosquito, and the malaria vectors An. arabiensis and An. funestus. Supplied

Healthcare

#WorldMalariaDay: How higher temperatures and pollution are affecting mosquitoes

Shüné Oliver 24 Apr 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Healthcare

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

ESG & Sustainability

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

27 Mar 2019

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

Healthcare

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

12 Mar 2019

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

Local artist Chris Slabber wins big at international A' Design Award and Competition

Marketing & Media

Local artist Chris Slabber wins big at international A' Design Award and Competition

Jessica Tennant 13 Jul 2018

Slums in Caracas, Venezuela.

ESG & Sustainability

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Andrew D. Hwang 11 Jul 2018

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Agriculture

Beninese, Nigerian startups selected for Food Connection Challenge

Tom Jackson 2 Jul 2018

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Agriculture

Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides

John F. Tooker 28 Jun 2018

Healthcare

Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosquitoes

Walter Focke, Mthokozisi Sibanda & Taneshka Kruger 10 May 2018

NICD confirms mango fly maggot infestation in North West province

Healthcare

NICD confirms mango fly maggot infestation in North West province

4 May 2018

Why Kenya isn't winning the war against malaria in some counties

Healthcare

Why Kenya isn't winning the war against malaria in some counties

Eunice Anyango Owino 23 Apr 2018

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Agriculture

Dangerous hitchhikers: New measures to help stop the spread of plant pests across borders

24 Apr 2018

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Agriculture

Why African farmers should balance pesticides with other control methods

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 22 Mar 2018

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Agriculture

Fighting FAW: Guide to help Africa tackle Fall armyworm head-on

19 Feb 2018

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

Healthcare

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

14 Feb 2018

Report: 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses

Healthcare

Report: 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses

29 Dec 2017

Insect mass-rearing workshop held in SA

Agriculture

Insect mass-rearing workshop held in SA

16 Nov 2017

Agriculture

Bird flu pours new misery on Dutch poultry farmers

16 Oct 2017

Polluted chicken muck piling up in The Netherlands

Agriculture

Polluted chicken muck piling up in The Netherlands

12 Oct 2017

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

Agriculture

Fall armyworm spreads to Cameroon

31 Aug 2017

Agriculture

Egg scare costs Dutch poultry farmers EUR33m

24 Aug 2017

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

Agriculture

What sub-Sahara can learn from India's 'Green revolution': the good and the bad

Renu MODI 23 Aug 2017

Impact BBDO MEA, Regional Agency Group of the Year at Loeries 2017.

Marketing & Media

#Loeries2017: ALL THE WINNERS!

20 Aug 2017

Marketing & Media

#Loeries2017: All the Saturday night winners

19 Aug 2017

Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

Retail

Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

Lisa Jack 17 Aug 2017

Agriculture

New study: Pesticides increase extinction risk for bumblebee populations

Mark Brown 16 Aug 2017

#Loeries2017: All the TV, film, video and radio communication finalists!

Marketing & Media

#Loeries2017: All the TV, film, video and radio communication finalists!

17 Aug 2017