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When nearly 200 homeless residents at Durban's North Beach camp tested positive for tuberculosis, health workers launched an urgent response to treat patients and stop the spread. The intervention reflects South Africa's commitment to fighting TB, which remains preventable and curable with proper care.
A South African engineering student taught himself to code and built an app that lets citizens photograph infrastructure problems and track whether cities actually fix them. CityMenderSA is now helping people across the country see past the complaints to measure real progress.
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A Durban engineering student taught himself to code and built a free app that maps every municipal service failure across South Africa. Now 180 users are helping track 2,700 problems and hold officials accountable.
Six young entrepreneurs from Durban University are traveling to Thailand to tackle global challenges and learn how to turn their startups into real solutions. They're joining 90 innovators from around the world to build businesses that heal the planet.