
Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong
Diesel has become South Africa’s shadow infrastructure system by compensating for failures in electricity generation and freight rail.
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Diesel has become South Africa’s shadow infrastructure system by compensating for failures in electricity generation and freight rail.

Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.

Researchers have revealed the identities of six sailors and shed new light on the expedition that went missing more than 170 years ago.

Most of Errol Flynn’s films now seem B-grade at best – but Patricia O'Brien’s biography of this Tasmanian devil is compulsive reading.

Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the national average in 2012.

As millions gather for Hajj, they will circle the Kaaba, which is draped in the black cloth known as the kiswah – a sacred object shaped by centuries of faith, politics and power.

For shoppers tying to avoid Amazon, its expansion into shipping and logistics for thousands of companies makes that choice more difficult.

The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.

After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.

News fatigue is not a personal failing, but a result of an evolutionary brain being asked to process a large volume of bad news from around the world.

Heart disease isn’t just a “man’s problem”. Men and women’s bodies handle fats differently in midlife. What are the cardiovascular risk factors and is hormone therapy good for heart health?

We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.