By Dorothy Elizabeth Esau, Lecturer in Education & Professional Practice, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Teachers in South Africa are required to take part in regular professional development activities to keep their skills up to date. These can include, for example, personal study, belonging to professional learning communities, school-initiated workshops, mentorship circles and programmes facilitated by external service providers. Most are endorsed by the South African Council for Educators and the teachers earn points for completing them.
Many teachers see this continuous professional…
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By Lusanda Ncisana, Lecturer, University of Limpopo
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health and Director of The Lancet Countdown in Africa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Timing matters: planting fodder radish in the right months can help South African farmers grow more nutritious livestock feed even without irrigation.
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By Ida Rudolfsen, Senior researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Marianne Dahl, Deputy Director
People are taking to the streets across the world. In 2025, mass mobilisation occurred in countries such as Morocco, Tanzania and Turkey.…
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By Helen Wood, Professor in Media and Cultural Studies, Aston University
Change happens when people are finally heard and believed. Yet this places enormous pressure on already traumatised people to articulate their experiences.
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By Graham Wild, Aviation Coordinator, Australian Defence Force Academy; UNSW
On Friday, all flights across the United States were grounded for more than four hours due to what appeared to be a telecommunications issue.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an alert citing “extraordinary circumstances” and called for all departing flights to remain ground stopped until further notice. According to media reports, about…
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By Shannon A. Bowen, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
A crisis communications expert looks at how the Trump administration handled the massive disruption to the nation’s air travel when all planes were grounded on Nov. 13, 2026.
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By Masudul Zarif
Mozambique faces an educational paradox: While the use of artificial intelligence is being debated, thousands of students still learn outdoors, without basic infrastructure or internet access.
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By Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Global Studies, Appalachian State University
Cuba is unlikely to be a huge priority for incoming Democrats, and the Trump administration is unlikely to change its maximum pressure approach.
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By Global Voices Eurasia
Bahruz Samadov: “The selective attitude to the human rights issues and turning the blind eye to our suffering endangers the democratic security of the US itself, not to mention its international image.”
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Friday, November 13, 2026
The following is a statement attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on autonomous weapons ahead of the seventh review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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