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Nobel Peace Prize 2026: Who is Indian origin South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay?

Navanethem Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights advocacy. Her career includes landmark cases and roles in international criminal tribunals. Pillay served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. She has co-founded organizations that promote equality and women's…

The Economic Times · Oct 9

In 1996, one man saved a doomed elephant herd: Now his legacy aids a rewilding reserve in South Africa's Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape's elephant population faced near extinction due to agricultural conflicts. Just eleven elephants survived, leading to the creation of Addo Elephant National Park. These elephants have since recovered, now numbering over four hundred across the province. As a keystone species, elephants are vital for maintaining ecological balance and vegetation.…

The Times of India · Jul 16

Dehorning rhinos reduces poaching by 80%, study finds

Cutting off the animals’ horns, which costs a fraction of traditional protection methods, reduced illegal hunting by nearly 80%, say experts

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025

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African penguins could be extinct by 2035 – how to save them

In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2024

South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you

When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an electrical engineer examining a complex circuit board. Very few, I’m willing to bet, visualise someone aboard a…

The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024

Economic Freedom Fighters became South Africa's third largest political party in just 10 years. What's behind its electoral success

South Africa is drawing nearer to a landmark national general election in 2024. Based on recent electoral trends and opinion polls, the governing African National Congress (ANC) is expected to drop below 50% of the national vote for the first time since democracy in 1994.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay

The already endangered African penguin is being driven away from its natural habitat off the east coast of South Africa due to noise from ship refuelling, a scientific study has found.

Reuters · Aug 16, 2022

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