Residential biomass combustion in rural communities is recognised as a major contributor to air pollution, representing the second-largest source of gaseous emissions and the primary source of atmospheric particulate matter. In many African countries, including South Africa, residential emission inventories and air quality assessments rely largely on international emission factors (EFs), introducing considerable uncertainty du...

Ambient air pollution is a growing public health concern in South Africa. However, the health impacts of ambient air pollution in the country remain largely unquantified, a gap that is consistently reflected in global systematic reviews. This study investigates the association between ambient air pollution and cause-specific mortality, cardiovascular (CVD), and respiratory disease (RD), in Limpopo province, South Africa, over...

This pioneering study evaluates the prevalence of aeroallergens reactivity among atopic populations living in the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area (VTAPA), South Africa. A total of 138 volunteers (51 males and 87 females), of African, colored, white, and Asian ethnicity, and with a mean (range) age of 22 (18–56) years were participating in the study. The study was conducted on the North-West University (NWU) campus in Vande...

The primary source of the annual austral spring mid‐tropospheric ozone maxima over the tropical South Atlantic has generally been assumed to be biomass burning. However, ozone precursor emissions from biogenic, lightning, and anthropogenic sources in subequatorial Africa before and during the ozone peak are shown to be comparable, if not greater, in magnitude to regional biomass burning production. Moreover, an investigation o...