human development

Samsung recently delivered its first solar-powered digital village, bringing affordable healthcare, education and internet access to the Malibongwe Ridge community.

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is in Brussels at the head of a South African delegation for the 4th Africa-European Union (EU) Summit. The two-day event gets under way on Wednesday

Among teachers, pupils and parents, the work of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development has become known as the "Magic Classroom Collective".
• Schools to benefit for Mandela Day

South Africa’s performance in a range of competitiveness and human development indicators suggest that the country has tremendous strengths that can be leveraged positively to position the country as a business partner, and investment destination.

Africa’s time is now. In academic studies, institutional reports, business journals and the mass media a new story about Africa is emerging: one of growth, progress, peace, potential and profitability.
• Zimbabwe ready for investors

Sandile “Ntethe” Tsie is a Community Development Activist, Youth Development Practitioner, HIV/AIDS Activist, Inspirational Speaker, Life-Coach & a Social Entrepreneur, striving to make a difference in his community in KwaThema.

As the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development entered its last day in Rio de Janeiro, South African President Jacob Zuma called on world leaders to renew political efforts towards achieving growth without further harming an already imperilled environment.

Mamphela Ramphele's new movement for social change aims to free South Africans from the debilitating memories of apartheid, and help them to shape their own destiny.
•Top minds to guide SA's growth

For years Malian women have been earning a living from their beautiful hand-dyed bazin fabrics – and have established an international reputation for the quality of their products.
• SA designer at London Fashion Week

Banking group Absa and the Department of Science and Technology have signed an agreement to collaborate on a range of technology and agricultural business development programmes aimed at stimulating South Africa's growth trajectory.