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Harness ‘waste’ food for SA’s hungry, says nonprofit FoodForward SA

Food considered ‘waste’ after reaching its ‘best before’ date can help stem hunger and malnutrition

Leaders pose for a picture during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

Dear G20: The virus doesn’t discriminate but humans do

Civic organisations from across the world ask whether this moment will go down in history as yours truly stepping up to the challenge, or the moment when you caved in to powerful…

A marked man throughout his journalistic career

UK aid chief warns charities after Oxfam sex scandal

The scandal led to the resignation of Oxfam’s deputy head and has thrown into question government funding of roughly £32 million for the charity

Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications

Restore hope to SA’s democracy

A better future is possible – but only if the scourge of inequality is banished

At the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa

The path towards a ‘human economy’ needs no help from elitist agendas

Oxfam has done commendable work but runs the risk of distorting the grassroots concept of “human economy” to placate an elitist crowd

Diplomats kidnapped in Mali as chaos continues

Diplomats kidnapped in Mali as chaos continues

Islamists have stormed the Algerian embassy in Mali and abducted seven diplomats amid fears that fighters are turning the country into a rogue state.

Oxfam warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Oxfam warned on Tuesday that Yemen could soon face a serious humanitarian crisis after fighting escalated in August

Japan pledges to double aid to Africa

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged on Wednesday to double Tokyo’s aid to Africa by 2012 to spur growth and attract private investment — a model that helped propel…

Floods worsen in Zambia, Mozambique

Thousands of people in Mozambique were still trapped in their homes by rising flood waters on Friday as heavy rains continued to pound Southern Africa, heightening fears of a…