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Climate shocks are hitting South Africa’s food businesses – study shows what they need to adapt
Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoriaù Climate change discussions in southern Africa often focus on farming, where the effects of environmental shocks are most visible. The debate frequently centres on droughts, floods, declining crop productivity
14 July 2026
Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 western agencies driven by data or bias?
Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town The three major credit rating agencies – Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch – have often differed among themselves when rating African institutions and countries. Their opinions don’t have
13 July 2026
With Marine Le Pen’s sentence the judiciary is giving French citizens the final say on her political future
Luc Rouban, Sciences Po IN BRIEFClick here for the key takeaways Marine Le Pen has announced she will run for president for the fourth time in 2027. The Paris Appeals Court upheld the far
13 July 2026
After the ‘red card’ scandal, has the shine come off Gianni Infantino’s World Cup?
Keith Rathbone, Macquarie University The World Cup has entered its quarter-finals, and so far the tournament has had it all: a strong team ousted early (Germany), debate over whether an ageing superstar (Lionel Messi)
13 July 2026
Despite Trump’s wishes, Iran is dragging the US into a long war
Jessica Genauer, UNSW Sydney The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. These are the most severe violations
13 July 2026
The test that finds the hearing loss doctors cannot detect
Imagine struggling to follow conversations in a noisy restaurant or keep up in a busy office, yet being told by a doctor that your hearing is fine. That is the frustrating reality for people living
10 July 2026
The cooling divide: how air conditioning is creating a new climate inequality
Rory Jones, University of Reading For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their
9 July 2026
South Africa’s move to renewable power is complex, but clearing 5 bottlenecks would speed it up
By Jaro Nemčok – http://nemcok.sk/?pic=43790, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=129888808 Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa is moving away from coal-fired electricity, which currently supplies 74% of the country’s power, to wind and
8 July 2026