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Daily News Lesson August 27 2025

How radioactive rhino horns could help save the species from poachers

Explore how this cutting-edge technology might protect these endangered species

First group of White South Africans arrives in U.S. Under Trump's Refugee plan in Dulles

Daily News Lesson May 13 2025

White South Africans arrive in U.S. after receiving refugee status from Trump

Learn why the Trump administration is giving White Afrikaners expedited refugee status to the United States

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Daily News Lesson December 26 2021

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90

Learn about the life and legacy of the South African icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner

FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a dose of the of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dutywa

Daily News Lesson December 02 2021

Does South Africa’s COVID uptick signal greater threat from omicron? Here’s what we know

Learn why the omicron variant of COVID is getting attention and how public health officials are learning about it

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Student Voices January 08 2019

Why different places have different attitudes towards the police

By Jalen Vaugn My homestay with a South African family this summer was an eye-opening exper…

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