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Health experts suggest that following indigenous diets can combat modern illnesses
Traditional food consumed by rural communities contains nutrients that are lacking in high- and middle-income countries. Traditional food...
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A big win for South African Natural Medicine
Bloemfontein's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) upholds the Gauteng North High Court's decision to invalidate the contentious 2017...
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Eastern Cape Village Built Its Own Solar-Powered Public Wi-Fi For Internet Access In A 30 Km Area
Mankosi is a remote rural area in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The village barely holds about 6,000 people, with the nearest...
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He Stopped The Desert through indigenous scientific knowledge.
Meet Yacouba Sawadoba. His story dates back to the 1980s when Africa saw one of the worst droughts in its history. During that period,...
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A broad overview of seed saving
Saving seed is exciting and a very honourable duty! To save pure seed you want to prevent cross-pollination between two different...
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Self Knowledge
Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of her machine, umNtu cannot be free. He cannot govern himself...
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South Africa is rich in plants used for skincare: rural women helped us document some
People have been using plants in skincare for thousands of years, for cleansing, perfuming, beautifying, and healing.
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African Traditional Medicine Day: Investment is needed to develop traditional medicine therapies
To mark African Traditional Medicine Day on Tuesday, local scientists who are researching traditional medicine therapies as part of the...
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A perspective on ukuThwasa
With many interpretations, let's look into the very complex idea that is ukuthwasa. The word intwaso/ukuthwasa has been deeply corrupted.
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isiNtu and mental health!
We are initiated into our spiritual identity ngeMbeleko or Ukuqatywa komntwana as some call it although these are two different things....
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Rivers have memory
Rivers have memory. They feature prominently in a nation's historical memory, with special importance to African cultures by serving as...
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Authenticity- ubuNtu bethu!
Dr. Garbo Mate describes authenticity as a survival tool that helps one be in touch with their gut feelings by being in tune with their...
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Emerging cannabis industry requires fertile soil
Africa produces more than 38 000 tonnes of cannabis annually. However, of the over 50 countries around the world that have legalised some...
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iSanusi Credo Mutwa on Creativity
“It seems to me that people are divided into two; those who want to create and those who destroy. These people represent the modern poles...
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Iindidi zentwaso nempawu zazo
Okokuqala kukho umahluko phakathi kwegqirha nesangoma. Abantu abathwase imbola ebomvu kwakungathiwa ngamagqirha, kwakuthiwa zizangoma. Izangoma ke ngamagqirha embola ebomvu.
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African natural medicine: Toward a health preservation theory & systematization model
Abstract All knowledge fields are founded on universal epistemologies and philosophies. This is evident in ancient Traditional Chinese...
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