The change is in your pocket

Eviction-threatened residents of Hangberg yesterday protested against mounting pressure from the City of Cape Town to have them removed from their homes. (read more…)

In Mozambique, the art of rapping is exposing corruption and domestic violence and helping change society’s attitudes. (read more…)

A new report by Save the Children (STC) says that child malnutrition is costing the world tens of billions of dollars each year by depriving children the ability to learn basic skills such as reading and writing. (read more…)

Chinese baijiu, a flammable, pungent white liquor averaging 110-proof, is the world’s most consumed form of liquor, thanks to its popularity in China. But for the first time distillers in China are looking to develop export markets in the West. (read more…)

Italy’s new government, already sinking in opinion polls and divided by internal disputes, is preparing a plan to address one of the main causes of public anger — soaring unemployment among young people. (read more…)

About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, according to a disturbing new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). (read more…)

Everyone knows water is life. Far too few understand the role of trees, plants and other living things in ensuring we have clean, fresh water. Scientists and activists have warned that this dangerous ignorance is resulting in the destruction of wetlands that once cleaned water and prevented destructive and costly flooding. (read more…)

South African researchers have developed a low-cost ultrasound device that could improve health care for low income pregnant women and those in underdeveloped rural areas. (read more…)

Filling the night air with roaring engines and screeching tyres, youths in bandannas tear down a highway in souped-up motorcycles, pulling wheelies and dodging cars in a cat-and-mouse with police. (read more…)

Illiterate prisoners throughout South Africa are to be identified and enrolled in a compulsory literacy programme, beginning June. (read more…)