South Africa


A boy looks on with his horse as the Phelophepa healthcare train arrives in Thaba Nchu in South Africa’s Free State province

The Phelophepa: South Africa’s train of hope

ByTommy TrenchardMay 31, 2023
This unique hospital train provides much-needed affordable medical care in South Africa's most remote areas
South Africa’s plant poaching epidemic

South Africa’s plant poaching epidemic

ByTommy TrenchardMay 4, 2022
In South Africa, a new wave of poaching has taken off, but this time it isn’t big cats, elephants or rhinos, but tiny succulent plants