Flood victims in the port city of Durban say there needs to be more action from government to protect the public from further flooding
Critics say apartheid-era legislation has made thousands of books inaccessible to blind people, affecting their education and job prospects
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has left a sour taste for South Africa’s citrus farmers, who are facing millions of dollars in losses over sanctions that have closed off the Russian market. South Africa is the world’s second largest citrus exporter and farmers are scrambling to find other markets before the fruit spoils. For VOA, Linda Givetash reports from Groblersdal, South Africa.
Tourism operators are seeing early signs of recovery while South Africa’s unemployment rate tops 35%
The World Bank finds South Africans suffer the greatest inequality
Diagnosis and treatment for TB dropped 20% during the pandemic
With COVID numbers reducing, South Africa’s health experts are scrambling to ramp up HIV programs. Linda Givetash reports from Johannesburg, Camera: Zaheer Cassim
Thando Makhubu, 30, opened the Soweto Creamery using $46 from an unemployment grant
The variant was found to be 25% less virulent than delta, but similar to the first wave, the study says . Linda Givetash reports from Johannesburg.
From the peak of over 1 million vaccines administered in one week in August, numbers have plummeted to under 150,000 last week.
Government, with help of nonprofits, is offering vaccines to country’s estimated 2 million undocumented
South African government, with help of nonprofits, has begun vaccinating undocumented immigrants to combat COVID-19
App can bring immediate help to victims, but experts say more is needed to end what the South African president calls the country’s ‘second pandemic’
Nearly 47% of people were not employed in the year’s third quarter, according to government data
'Nothing about us without us,' says Piet Nel, founder of Short Statured Persons South Africa
With the arrival of a new season and low COVID-19 infection rates, the South African government has reopened music events across the country to the delight of audiences and artists. For VOA, Zaheer Cassim joins music fans in Johannesburg as live performances becomes the norm again
A local charity is reclaiming and restoring a historic building to provide shelter for those in need
Nearly 35% of people are unemployed, with rates hitting 41% among Black women
University of Johannesburg brings students into virtual laboratories
A new mentorship program is helping young women enter the male-dominated industry
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