Read the story with graphs The big picture South Africa has the world's biggest HIV epidemic. Eight million people, or 12.8% of the population were living with the virus in 2024.

South Africa’s per capita dam capacity increased dramatically from 1961 to 1980, after which it steadily declined to levels ...

South Africa has the world’s biggest HIV epidemic. Eight million people, or 12.8% of the population, lived with the virus in 2024. Despite the massive progress we’ve made in the last 20 years, this ...

In South Africa, a country still shadowed by the legacies of the past and grappling with complex social and economic challenges, the Population and Health Research Entity at the North-West ...

Eight million people living with HIV. Just over 6 million on treatment. Behind these big numbers lurk a universe of fascinating epidemiological dynamics. In this special briefing, Spotlight editor ...

As climate change threatens South Africa's agricultural landscape, the future of food security hangs in the balance. With predictions of a 50% decline in agricultural production by 2050, urgent ...

More than 80% of South Africa’s households earning below R26 000 per month, which meant that affording a property remained a ...

In South Africa, years of healthy life lost to maternal disorders show more than 10-fold differences between the Western Cape and North West provinces. Where there's been strong political ...

This analysis explores South Africa’s fertility, mortality and migration outlooks, with a particular emphasis on the uncertainty surrounding migration. Using the International Futures (IFs) model and ...

Upon completion, EACOP will enable Uganda to export up to 246,000 barrels of oil per day, dramatically shifting the country’s ...

Human violence causes long-term anxiety and stress in South African baboon population, study suggests by Durham University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...