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A young couple finds their perfect starter home. They can afford the bond. Their salaries qualify. Their credit record is spotless. Then the transfer duty invoice lands in their inbox and the dream collapses.

This is the real affordability crisis in South Africa. Not the href="https://mg.co.za/article/1998-07-10-the-names-bond-small-bond/"...

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Africa’s forest-dwelling hornbills — vital seed-dispersers in the forests of W...

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In the Masete household in Ghost Town, Makhanda, a young granddaughter, Enzokuhle, holds a baby and a book, confidently reading aloud to her siblings and cousins.

It wasn’t always like this. Reading once felt like a chore, something uncomfortable and unfamiliar.

“It was a miracle,” Nokuzola Masete recalls, summoning a video from her ph...

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‘They just sat there. Some were so trussed up in their thick winter jackets that they could barely move.”

These are the heartbreaking conditions related to me about a crèche for children in Makhanda.

No outdoor play was allowed, donated toys remained behind lock and key. Working parents had entrusted their children to the care of some...

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Sub-Saharan Africa has already lost nearly a quarter of its biodiversity since pre-industrial times, according to a major new African-led study.

The research, published on Wednesday in Nature, found that on average, populations o...

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