Gaza solidarity flotillas have grown into a global, civilian-led form of protest against Israel’s blockade, using high-profile maritime actions to challenge the selective application of international law and signal sustained international resistance and solidarity with Palestinians.
The screams of a Tsakane woman pleading for help still echo in a relative’s mind after she was strangled to death, allegedly by her girlfriend, a case that has shocked both the community and the LGBTQI+ community.
The Muizenberg policing precinct has recorded a notable reduction in shootings, murders and violent extortion incidents following a simple but potentially life-saving intervention: spaza shops closing their doors by 20:00 each evening.
Deadline looms for NSFAS rejected students to appeal
Students, including first-time applicants and continuing students, who were rejected by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for funding, have until 31 January, to appeal the decision.
The appeals window is open until 31 January 2026.
For the 2026 academic year, NSFAS has streamlined its appeals process to ensure...
Critics say U.S. Agency for Global Media’s Kari Lake risks making Voice of America sound like a propaganda outlet in her remarks on the air praising President Trump.
China is troubled by President Trump’s military interventions and threats of regime change around the world, even if they don’t necessarily pose a direct threat to China.
Iranian authorities have signalled that they are ready to defend their country as the United States continues to threaten a military attack, amid regional diplomatic efforts to avoid a new conflict.
Laurium Capital’s Limpopo Africa Equity Fund is a long-only equity strategy designed to provide investors with focused exposure to listed African equity markets outside South Africa.
Parliament has been asked to intervene as tensions brew between Eastern Cape residents and the KwaZulu-Natal-based Ugu District Municipality over the uMtamvuna River, which straddles both provinces
The countries that invest in youth now will be the ones that define global innovation in the coming years
Monica Geingos is founder of Leadership Lab Yetu and former first lady of Namibia
For the first time in our history, more than 70% of Africans are under the age of 30. This, along with entrenched inequalities, poverty, unemployment and socioeconomic fault lines, is reshaping how our...
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: A former Google engineer has been found guilty on multiple federal charges for stealing the tech giant’s trade secrets on artificial intelligence to benefit Chinese companies he secretly worked for, federal prosecutors said. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, a jury on Thursday...
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.