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Come 2010, time for Ozone Depleting Substances to go |
 Posted By Busani Bafana Wednesday, 25 June 2010 14:39
Over a fun filled month, South Africa opened its borders to soccer fans , but for the rest of Africa it was the closing of borders to imports of substances that deplete the ozone layer – an umbrella shielding the earth from the harmful ultraviolet radiation (UV) radiation.
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Perverse' fossil-fuel subsidies increase poverty and destroy the environment |
By Busani Bafana Monday, 12 April 2010 01:48
Governments annually spend more than $500 billion boosting greenhouse emissions, good money that could protect the environment and improve the welfare of the poorest members of society.
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Review highlights gap in disability research |
Posted By Own Staff Monday, 12 April 2010 01:44
Thousands of people with disabilities in Southern Africa are excluded from the national development agenda because little is known about their situation, especially on poverty.
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Agricultural Biodiversity and Food Security in Africa |
Posted By Bafana Thursday, 01 April 2010 18:16
Interview with Dr. Wilson Marandu & Mr. Henry Kamau, scientists at Bioversity International, one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR).
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A long walk to water freedom |
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Posted By Own Staff Friday, 08 January 2010 15:30 
Nearly 17 years ago, a Bulawayo resident, Arnold Payne, pushed a 210 litre drum full of water from the Zambezi River on a tri-wheel push cart over 400km from Zimbabwe’s resort town of Victoria Falls to Bulawayo to highlight the urgency of a permanent water source for the city.
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