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Townships

An engineering professor in South Africa challenged his students to come up with a way to prevent devastating shack fires that displace thousands. One of them came up with this fire detector, Lumkani, that can alert a neighborhood.

A little blue box that might help save thousands of homes in South Africa

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A one-time engineering student has created a battery-operated device that provides a community-wide alert for fire in South African townships.

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School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

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Students at COSAT.

A year at a South African high school

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