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What's in your purse dictates what's on your plate

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imageHigh food prices means that many South Africans are less concerned about how to feed their families members than making healthy food choices.Siphiwe Sibeko /Reuters

The stream of media coverage about diets may suggest that the majority of South Africans are pre-occupied with the latest food fads. But what people choose to eat is more often dictated...

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Why Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change

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imageA Mozambican woman tries to salvage her belongings after severe flooding.Grant Lee Neuenburg /Reuters

When it comes to climate change Africa is in the eye of the storm. This is partly because of human factors - but the continent’s climate also makes it extremely vulnerable.

Africa is faced with a number of interlinked challenges. These include...

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After school learning makes kids masters of their own maths destiny

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imageChildren struggle to develop the basic "building blocks" of maths if they're just copying down everything the teacher tells them without understanding it.From www.shutterstock.com

When you walk into a maths class at a South African school, don’t be surprised if the pupils are chanting. Learners are often encouraged to learn by rote and...

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  5. Employers need more than money to hire older workers
  6. Osamacide, 'justice' and the deadly legacy of Bin Laden
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  8. Iron ore miners should leave the market if they can't compete
  9. Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee 'personhood'
  10. FactCheck: Has any country bested Australia in emissions intensity reduction since 1990?
  11. Coal and climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef
  12. We need a smart urban revolution, and Asia is just the place to do it
  13. Putting words to the tune of Indigenous constitutional recognition
  14. Book review: Selling Students Short
  15. Some people with bipolar struggle to communicate – and here's why
  16. No, we're not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wifi
  17. How our obsession with cheap flights is sparking a security risk beneath our feet
  18. Lessons for Labour: how to be an effective opposition
  19. Health risks beneath the painted beauty in America's nail salons
  20. The End of Representative Politics?
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  22. Russian whistleblower poisoned with heartbreak grass – an ancient perspective
  23. War between miners catches government in the crossfire
  24. Explainer: Ireland's world-first popular vote on gay marriage
  25. Explainer: what is a 'coasting' school?
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  27. California's water paradox: why enough will never be enough
  28. Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean's words
  29. What does nuclear power cost? Old plants dispel easy answers
  30. Federal advisory committees are critical to the legislative process – and the public should be more involved
  31. Explainer: how do you measure a sea's level, anyway?
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  33. As refugee crisis deepens, the world is losing patience with South Sudan
  34. A bonfire of the economists as Britain loses faith
  35. Without a safeguard, Australia will burn through our emissions target
  36. The verdict's in: we must better protect kids from toxic lead exposure
  37. Scott McIntyre vs SBS will test employees' right to be opinionated
  38. The end of humanitarianism?
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  45. Unite’s break with Labour: bluff, bluster and empty threats
  46. Dying matters. That’s why we must listen to patients' wishes
  47. Sarah Lucas gives the Venice Biennale its just desserts
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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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