PICS: Volunteers keep Limpopo rhino orphanage going during lockdown

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The world's first facility for baby rhinos orphaned by poachers is depending on volunteers to feed them bottled milk at all hours, comfort them through constant ...

Coronavirus case in SA came via Dubai to Durban - Zweli Mkhize

Tim Cocks|Published

South Africa's first coronavirus case came from Italy via Dubai to the main airport in the eastern city of Durban, the health minister said on Friday.

Violence disrupts vote in a fifth of Malian polling stations

Tim Cocks|Published

Attacks disrupted around a fifth of Mali's polling stations during the presidential election, with about three percent unable to function at all.

USAID cuts family planning services in Africa amid Trump abortion rule

Tim Cocks|Published

The Marie Stopes Ladies who drive throughout Burkina Faso offering free contraception and advice on family planning may have to stop work in June.

Nigeria’s megachurches

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The wealth of these empires remains a mystery, writes Tim Cocks

Rubbish to power world’s garbage capital

Tim Cocks|Published

In one day Africa’s sprawling metropolis produces more than 10 000 tons of waste. In the same day it will get barely a few hours of power. . .

Electronic waste ‘dumped in Africa’

Tim Cocks|Published

The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency says British companies are illegally dumping thousands of tons of harmful electronic waste in West Africa instead ...