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Keep your children safe online

This app boasts a wide range of features that help you to protect your kids.

Food wastage in SA: the shameful facts

Farmers today produce a staggering 50% more food than is needed to feed everyone on earth. Why then are millions of people still hungry? The reason, suggests the National Agricultural...

Are you ready for 2016?

For a few days at the end of 2015, South Africa’s working class could allow itself to be blinded by fireworks and twinkling Christmas decorations.

Invest in women for faster economic growth

Given enough opportunity, women entrepreneurs can increase economic growth in Africa, according to Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Agency. She was speaking at the recent second...

Bluetooth power tools

Keep track of your tools and recharge batteries with this highly useful app.

Cloudy on climate change

Climate change alarmism is profoundly influencing policymakers. Yet some experts question the received wisdom on the issue, and worry that current policies can cause harm. Environmental specialist, Dr John Ledger,...

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Detect livestock illnesses up to 36 hours before the outward signs appear,

Rest in pieces 2O15

At the end of every year, most of us are naturally drawn to reflection. This habit is encouraged by news-carrying media, which often focus on the stories that made headlines...

Hunters need leadership and vision

Gerhard Damm, the editor of African Indaba, Conservation Force’s African newsletter, reviews some of the points raised in a recent online debate concerning hunting as a conservation tool.

What is China’s endgame?

South Africa was treated to a taste of Chinese propaganda with President Xi Jinping’s visit earlier this month.

Can we invent our way out of this drought?

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos once said one of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent a way out, and when I think of tight...

‘Waste not, want not’ is easier said than done

The global population hit the seven billion mark in October 2011, and with it came greater public awareness of food security.

Keep track of your cattle at all times

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Madam Customer is always right

To make it in the market these days, you have to know exactly who your customer is and satisfy her specific demands. A ‘shotgun’ approach to marketing will get you...

‘Where does my laughter hurt you?’

I doubt whether there were many farmers – many South Africans in fact – who enjoyed seeing President Jacob Zuma chortle his way through his last parliamentary question-and-answer session for...

Test your water – instantly

This sensor will detect bacteria species in a sample in real time.

Resolute Namibian farmers cope with drought, disease

Namibia’s commercial farmers have endured hardship over the past year, with their resilience tested by a harsh extended drought and ongoing foot-and-mouth disease. Derek Wright, exiting president of the Namibian...

This too shall pass

The Big Bang left the universe in a constant state of change, and the climate here on planet Earth is no exception.

Renewable energy in Africa

The International Renewable Energy Agency recently released its Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future report. The report details the fact that Africa has significant potential to implement renewable...

Getting priorities straight

I like to think of myself as being reasonably even-tempered. But, like everyone, there are certain things that get my blood boiling. One of these is cruelty to the helpless...
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