By Jerome Loveland, Head of Transplant Surgery at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, and Academic Head of Transplantation, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa is no stranger to organ transplants. The world’s first heart transplant was performed in the country in the 1960s. There have been major developments in the decades since then. In the 1980s an organ donor registry was set up and local surgeons have been pushing the boundaries of what is possible. The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre recently marked a milestone of completing 1,000 liver transplants since initiating its programme…
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By Arthur Shirichena, PhD candidate aviation law, University of Manchester
When conflict erupted in the Middle East in 2026, the consequences were felt far beyond the region. One was the disruption to Gulf airspace. The ripple effects hit the global aviation network, including Africa.
Airlines have been forced to reroute flights and there’s been a spike in operating costs, delayed cargo and disrupted passenger…
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By Subhashish Panigrahi
As I read through the pieces Global Voices’ authors contributed to the August 2026 Spotlight series, “Indigenous Rights,” one common question stands out for me: Who gets to decide?
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By Alejandro J. Almenar Arasanz, Profesor área de Fisioterapia, Universidad San Jorge
Marta Diarte Oliva, Docente e investigadora, Universidad San Jorge
Calisthenics has gained enormous popularity in recent years, particularly thanks to social media and the rise of workout areas in city parks. You probably know some of the moves already, like pull-ups, push-ups, dips and squats.
For the more advanced, it also includes eye-catching, gravity-defying moves like the muscle-up, planche (where the body is held horizontal, supported solely by the hands) or the front lever (where the body is…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Pauline Hanson’s derogatory remarks about Indigenous people on a podcast last year have been slammed by members of the government, the Liberals and the Nationals.
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By Erica E.F. Ballantyne, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Sheffield
Our transport infrastructure and logistics supply chains were built for a stable environmental and energy baseline that no longer exists.
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By James David Pickering, Assistant Professor in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester
None of the rapid development in AI exists in a vacuum. It is built on decades of blue-skies work by academics.
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By Alexey D Muraviev, Senior research fellow, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
The Ukraine war certainly featured in conversations. Tellingly, however, Putin steered many talks with leaders towards fuel, trade and transit.
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By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
Australia’s laws don’t deal with all the ways local profits are shifted offshore. The ATO aims to close that gap.
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By Andrew Cullen, Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
AI companies are calling for a coordinated pause to progress – but making it working, and keeping AI safe, won’t be easy.
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