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Food and culture celebrated in District Six cookbook

District Six Huis Kombuis Food and Memory is a cookbook that combines peoples' stories with food, a binding force in the community. Compiled by...

Gallery: Lindfield Victorian House Museum

The Lindfield Victorian House Museum is a time capsule of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, in the heart of leafy Johannesburg. It has received...

Social Entrepreneurs of the Year helping Africans changing their lives positively

The Schwab Foundation announced the winners of its Social Entrepreneurs of the Year awards at the WEF Africa conference in Kigali. This year's winners are entrepreneurs involved in computer literacy, training and socially responsible agriculture.

Safer stoves for all township homes

The creators of a clean cookstove urge businesses to step in and help out families that have no electricity, as part of their social responsibility. And they promise their appliances are safer than paraffin stoves.

DTI destroys ‘unsafe’ goods worth R8m

In an ongoing bid to protect South African consumers - and producers - from sub- standard products and unfair competition, the Department of Trade and Industry this week oversaw the destruction of more than 300 000 non-compliant products, seized during raids at three different ports.

A safer, more efficient stove for low-income households

Working with households in the HaMakuya district in Limpopo province enabled the University of Johannesburg's Chris Bradnum to design a biomass stove for rural and low-income communities that is safer, more efficient, and kinder to the environment.

Liliesleaf remembered 50 years on

11 July 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the raid on Liliesleaf Farm - the day the South African police swooped on the hideout of key members of the African National Congress's struggle against apartheid.

Cheap, clean lighting for Kenya

Mobile technology, pay-as-you-go and the country's abundant sunshine are being harnessed to provide cheap lighting to low income and rural Kenyans, without the risks and pollution associated with the kerosene lamps that were the lighting of necessity until d.light came on to the market.
• Hi-tech shacks for better living

Rare birds fill new Angolan forest

Angola’s bird population has received a boost with the news that a previously unknown tract of Afromontane forest, traditionally a haven for the feathered creatures, has been discovered.
Mount Mabu yields hidden bounty

South Africa’s 4-millionth electrified home

The residents of a small Eastern Cape village are looking forward to a warmer winter this year, as the lights were switched on in the four-millionth household to be electrified in South Africa since 1994.