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A spectacular hand-beaded chair is getting South Africans talking about their dreams and expectations for their country, their communities and themselves.
• Turning jobless into jewellers

The scope of Malawi's health assistants is being broadened to help treat child malnutrition and compensate for a lack of medical skills in the country.
• Nigeria winning war against polio

It happens to everyone who encounters animals in the African bushveld, from the most experienced game ranger to the first-timer “on safari”.

Stephen Bantu Biko died in police detention on 12 September 1977, but the principles that he stood for live on today through a series of programmes run by the Steve Biko Foundation.
• The press in South Africa

Scientists from Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape have developed and patented an inexpensive and effective filtering device that could provide safe drinking water to millions of people. This innovation can considerably reduce the prevalence of water-borne illnesses such as cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases.
• Courts to protect SA's water

After living in a Soweto farming settlement without proper shelter for about 15 years, Itumeleng Malebo has finally moved into a new house.

After living in a Soweto farming settlement without proper shelter for about 15 years, Itumeleng Malebo has finally moved into a new home that’s part of Gauteng’s biggest housing scheme.
• Housing projects to curb SA slums

Swiss-based pharmaceutical firm Roche and the International Atomic Energy Agency have teamed up to launch the Education for Cancer in African Regions project, which is aimed at alleviating the shortage of cancer specialists on the continent.
• SA scientist leads cancer fight

On 29 May South Africa officially handed over the brand new library for the Timbuktu Manuscripts to the Malian government. South Africa was instrumental in the building of the facility and the training of archival staff.
• Saving priceless African history