Following China’s lead, plans to increase the use of biogas, or Anaerobic Digestion, in South Africa could help improve the country’s service delivery and serve as a local solution to the worldwide energy crisis caused by the depletion of fossil fuels. Biogas is both a waste management system and a clean, efficient source of energy. The process involves the breakdown of organic waste in […]

A quick glance over a few recent government-issued stats, and one could perhaps be excused at this point for opining that this article is out of touch; that it isn’t worth the metaphorical paper it’s printed on. There are 178 women in South Africa’s 400-strong National Assembly.  Women also comprise […]

Here the case of South Africa serves an example of the “race against time” represented by NCDs, either they start preventing, or the economic and social costs will become unaffordable in the next years. Read more  

This article was originally drafted by the Society for International Development for the newsletter “GHEA Outlook” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The currency and inflation crisis and the EAC’s commitment to monetary union offers an opportunity to speculate about some […]

This article was originally drafted by the South Africa Node of the Millennium Project for the newsletter “Southern Africa Horizon Scan” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. According to commentators and participants at a recent AngloGold Ashanti / Motjoli Resources Mining […]