The South African agricultural sector is highly competitive and has doubled in size, yet it has failed to create jobs at the scale the country needs or include smallholder farmers in its orbit of opportunity. A new approach is needed to move beyond the current dual economy model and unlock a more inclusive growth path through strategic investment and empowerment.
The original investment decision – South Africa’s largest private investment at the time – was predicated on cheap and reliable power, but those posts have since shifted significantly.
Gas suppliers have warned the public about the dangers of unknowingly buying fake and illegal gas cylinders which are increasingly penetrating the market
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour party suffered major losses in local elections held across Britain last week. So far, Starmer has rejected calls for his resignation.
Hearts will play in the Champions League qualifiers next season for the first time in 20 years as Celtic’s win over Rangers guarantees a top-two Scottish Premiership finish.
We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act
The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and strain, beating their wings against the gusts as, far below, waves crest, thump, whisper. A girl, scarcely three years old, stands suddenly...
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader...
For just the first three months of 2026, Rocket Lab’s launch business reports $63.7 million in revenue, reports CNBC — plus another $136.7 million from its space systems business. Besides beating Wall Street’s expectations, Rocket Lab also announced that its backlog has more than doubled from a year ago to $2.2 billion, and that it’s buying space robotics company Motiv Space Systems. Friday...
With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback ‘jaw-gaping’ believe the move could be a social display
On the coast of Western Australia, a humpback whale is “pirouetting”, sweeping its pectoral fins through the water, its massive jaw hanging wide open. Surrounded by companions, the animal isn’t lunging for a meal: rather, it is putting on a mysterious behavioural...
IT sector unemployment “increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March,” reports the Wall Street Journal. But they add that the increase reflects “an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That’s according to analysis from consulting firm Janco Associates, which bases its findings on data from the U.S. Labor Department.”On Friday, the department said the economy...
Kyalami is Africa’s longest Formula One track and the premier motorsports venue in South Africa, but it’s been 33 years since it last hosted a Formula One Grand Prix.
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.
The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.
But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.