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Amid legal woes, Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks passport return for Israel trip
The former president’s passport had been seized as part of a police raid in February amid allegations of coup-mongering.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 00:28
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The former president’s passport had been seized as part of a police raid in February amid allegations of coup-mongering.
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The government moves to reassure dachshund fans after a petition was launched against a draft law.
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The Veepstakes have begun!
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Hare and bird corpses were scattered in front of Broughton Community Shop earlier this month.
South Africa
Western Cape traffic authorities to conduct integrated operations in W Cape roads this Easter.
South Africa
EThekwini municipality is ready to welcome visitors for Easter holidays.
South Africa
The report highlighted SAPS’ significant challenges with infrastructure development, the maintenance of police facilities, and leasing.
South Africa
45 people killed when bus plunges off bridge and bursts into flames in Limpopo
World
We hear the story of an Israeli man taken captive by Hamas on October 7th. He was freed by Israeli special forces 129 days later and talks about his ordeal. For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
World
Polish and Czech police say network used Russian money and popular website to push anti-Ukraine narratives.
World
This week Puerto Rico declared a health emergency due to an increase of Dengue Fever cases. Health officials are worried because the mosquito-borne illness is showing up unusually early.
World
Thirty years ago, Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. NPR’s Juana Summers reports from Rwanda about how the country has changed in the years since.
Africa
In the first three months of this year, about 190 schools have been closed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province.
Africa
Joseph Boakai tells the BBC he is trying to change the mindset of those who think government is a way to get rich.
Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Africa
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.
Business
A post-Brexit deal has expired with no new agreement, which leaving UK exports to Canada subject to new tariffs.
Business
Petri Redelinghuys of Herenya Capital runs us through the day’s market moves, the rand, gold seeing massive gains, and the platinum price.
Business
Tinus de Jager – Moneyweb.
Business
Prof Jannie Rossouw, politieke ekonoom en besoekende professor aan Wits Sakeskool gesels oor sy agterond, loopbaan, die industrie waarin hy is, en wat hy doen om te ontspan.
Politics
City of Ekurhuleni Council Speaker survives a no-confidence motion vote.
Politics
MK Party says it will study the IEC’s decision that Zuma will not be able to stand as its candidate
Politics
The decision was taken following the public candidate list inspection process.
Politics
The speaker’s attempts to stall her arrest resulted in the state revealing the damning charges she faces
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Sport
Two tries each from Paul Momirovski and Lachie Miller help Leeds overcome struggling Castleford Tigers.
Sport
Paris St-Germain beat Hacken to set up a Women’s Champions League semi-final against French rivals Lyon.
Sport
Eleanor Oldroyd looks back at the 30 defining sporting moments heard on 5 Live.
Sport
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev ends the run of Fabian Marozsan to set up a Miami Open semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz or Grigor Dimitrov.
Education
Union says cuts will make the ‘creative powerhouse’ unrecognisable and risk ‘unprecedented industrial unrest’
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies, a trade union has announced.
More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot...
Education
The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
Education
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA — Japan needs to expand and deepen its diplomatic and economic relations with Ethiopia through education and people-to-people ties, the country’s ambassador said.
Education
The national debate about so-called woke campuses does not reflect what most college students care about.
Lifestyle
Multi-award-winning house producerDJ Cleo is joining the Radio 2000 family as the host of its Friday show.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Gagasi FM says presenter Penny Ntuli was still contracted to them when she disclosure how much they were offering to pay her.
Lifestyle
Bad timing? Springbok Cheslin Kolbe’s meeting with Roc Nation Sports founder Jay Z had fans talking about rapper Diddy instead.
Entertainment
Artists, music lovers, media colleagues and honoured guests got together for the unveiling of the Metro FM Music Awards 2024 nominees on Wednesday evening in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Entertainment
Winners of each category will receive R50 000. The Song of the Year winner will walk away with R150 000.
Entertainment
Ahead of the Easter Weekend, Spotify released figures that reveal that young people are big consumers of faith music.
Entertainment
Former Gagasi FM on-air personality Penny Ntuli revealed that she was offered a salary of a measly R2,800 by the station.
Science/Tech
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Given the recent change by Redis to adopt dual source-available licensing for all their releases moving forward (Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1), the Linux Foundation announced today their fork of Redis. The Linux Foundation went public today with their intent to fork Valkey as an open-source alternative to the Redis...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The White House has announced the “first government-wide policy (PDF) to mitigate risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and harness its benefits.” To coordinate these efforts, every federal agency must appoint a chief AI officer with “significant expertise in AI.” Some agencies have already appointed chief AI officers, but any agency that...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader writes: What if you could update the device while it’s still in the box? That’s the latest plan cooked up by Apple, which is close to rolling out a system that will let Apple Stores wirelessly update new iPhones while they’re still in their boxes. The new system is called “Presto.” French site iGeneration has the first picture of what this setup looks like. It starts with a...
Science/Tech
Silicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of falling behind in the AI race. From a report: In recent weeks, American lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok. President Biden reinforced his commitment to overcome China’s rise in tech. And the Chinese government added chips from Intel and AMD to a blacklist of imports. Now, as the tech...
Motoring
Motoring
There were several international and local factors that contributed to the increases in petrol and diesel prices
Motoring
Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Starlet the Japanese carmaker’s top three used models.
Motoring
Health
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.
Health
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Health
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
Health
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
Nature
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
Nature
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nature
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
Nature
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.