Lessons from Kenya on how to restore degraded land
Aug 16, 2018 20:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The state of the earths biodiversity the worlds variety of living organisms is in crisis. About one third of the worlds land has been severely degraded from its natural state. Some of the worst forms of degradation...
Marikana: it's time Ramaphosa moved on accountability and reparations
Aug 16, 2018 20:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africas North West Province, in which 34 miners were killed by the police, remains an unhealed scar in post democratic South Africa. Two of the most important unresolved issues involve...
Suspects confess to crimes they didn't commit – here's why
Aug 16, 2018 20:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Office clerk Stefan Kiszko spent 17 years in prison for the murder of schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in Rochdale in northwest England in 1975. Though he had confessed his guilt to the police at the time, evidence later proved...
Genoa bridge collapse: maintaining these structures is a constant battle against traffic and decay
Aug 16, 2018 20:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As rescue workers look for survivors in the concrete rubble that used to be part of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italian authorities are starting their investigation into the possible causes behind this terrible...
Size isn't everything when it comes to the proposed UniSA-University of Adelaide merger
Aug 16, 2018 20:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The proposed merger between the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia is building momentum. If it proceeds, it will be the first major merger between Australian higher education institutions in...
Australia could house around 900,000 more migrants if we no longer let in tourists
Aug 16, 2018 20:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Many who fear Australias population boom believe we should be cutting down on immigration. They blame immigration for congestion and expenditure of environmental and other vital resources. They say Australias cities are...
In the outrage over the Trump-Putin meeting, important questions were overlooked
Aug 16, 2018 20:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In a now famous Fox News interview with Donald Trump in February 2017, Bill OReilly asked the new US president if he respected his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The following discussion ensued: Trump: Well, I...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned