Urban economist Astrid Haas reviews a new report by the non-governmental organisation Action Aid on climate debt. She ...

French corporations have survived flag changes, military coups, economic crises and terrorist attacks in Africa, yet they have always remained at the helm, controlling the continent’s vital ...

Frequent flooding incidents in KwaZulu-Natal have prompted the South African Local Government Association to call for an urgent overhaul of the country's disaster management system, following a tragic ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with their ability to provide real-time data, high-resolution imagery and rapid assessment ...

For every rand spent by the South African government, 22 cents goes to paying off debt. This cost is significantly higher than South Africa’s peer countries and contributes to high borrowing ...

“Waves of creative destruction” is how economist Joseph Schumpeter once described the growth of capitalist economies. What underlies his comments is the awareness that growth involves ...

This extreme weather event is yet to be categorised as either a tornado or a “landspout” by the SA Weather Service and, while South Africa isn’t historically known as a tornado hotspot, it would be ...

BELOKURIKHA, February 28. /TASS/. More frequent cases of drought and floods in certain African countries raise higher grain needs of the region and thereby open additional opportunities for ...

The effects of climate change are becoming impossible to ignore, especially in rapidly urbanizing African cities. Events like floods, droughts, and cyclones are causing widespread disruption, ...