In 1999, twin brothers in South Africa cheated in the Comrades, an ultra-marathon. They did it by swapping clothes in a portable toilet halfway through the race. Their actions stunned the country, and their names became synonymous with deceit. But why did they do it? It’s hard, sometimes, not to read everything that happens in […]
South Africa
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The Radical Plan for Vaccine Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the reliance on Big Pharma in the global North to supply life-saving vaccines to the rest of the world is ineffective and dangerous. In this in-depth feature, Amy Maxmen takes a look at global vaccine inequality, and the effort of a network of countries — led by Afrigen, a […]
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“Welcome to the House of Horrors”: When IP Address Mapping Goes Wrong
John and his mother Ann, who live in a house in Pretoria, South Africa, were two victims of faulty IP address mapping — and the U.S. government played a big role in the mess.
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How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa
John and his mother Ann, who live in a house in Pretoria, South Africa, were two victims of faulty IP address mapping — and the U.S. government played a big role in the mess.
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Mind the Dog’s Feet
After a trip to Durban, novelist Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
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Mind the Dog’s Feet
After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Mind the Dog’s Feet
After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Could South Africa’s Drought Help Deconstruct the Divisions of Apartheid?
Cape Town’s drought has turned the once green city brown, but can it help unite the rich and poor and black and white?
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Remembering Nelson Mandela’s Contribution to Sports
Nelson Mandela long realized that sports was a great unifier.
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Decolonizing Education in South Africa
South African students of color are working to improve the conditions of education in a country that, twenty years after apartheid, is still rigged for the white minority.