Tag Archives | traditional medicine
Town like Alice takes on German ‘biopirate’
A South African community is to challenge German homeopathic giant Schwabe Pharmaceuticals in court in Munich next week over a traditional medicine the company is seeking to patent. The case could set a precedent in cases in which multinationals use the plants and indigenous knowledge of developing countries, where laws may not protect communities’ intellectual [...]
Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria
Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. “Malaria kills many people in Africa, [...]
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Amaphupho nezincazelo zawo
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Request for information on the Majola clan
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Research Masters students in Local Economic Development or Idigenous Knowledge
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Mafukuzela Day at Ohlange High School, Inanda
Highway Africa New Media Award
The Ulwazi Programme was runner-up at the 2012 Highway Africa New Media Awards, in the category 'Community Engagement with Technology'.
A community-media project collecting local history and indigenous knowledge from the eThekwini Municipality, in English and isiZulu.