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‘Our tapestries open ears’: the South African women stitching monumental tales of love and loss

A collective based in Eastern Cape has tackled funerals, colonialism and HIV in massive fabric artworks. Their latest piece is a heartfelt cry against climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

South Africa's destructive storm surges: geoscientist reveals the 3 factors that drove them

A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses were damaged. The Conversation Africa asked Jasper Knight, a geoscientist who researches coastal processes, to explain what happened.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

Cowabunga! Horn reveals herbal mixtures used by medieval healers in South Africa

A cow horn believed to be the oldest known example of a medicine container in southern Africa has been discovered in a South African cave. It sheds light on the herbal remedies used by indigenous healers more than 500 years ago, including one known as the "cancer bush".

Radio France Internationale · Feb 18, 2023