How the economic crunch tipped one desperate white South African towards a horrific decision: Hours after yet another desperate and fruitless job search, 53-year-old Susan van Rooyen stood on the pavement on Union Road, Randgate, poured petrol over her head, rubbed it into her skin and set herself alight But while the horror of Van […]
The production of goods around the world generates pollution that kills hundreds of thousands of people a year; according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature. More than 750,000 people die prematurely every year from the dirty air generated by making goods in one location and selling elsewhere. That is about a fifth […]