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Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Today at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Politics

Mbalula warns ANC veterans against public criticism

Yesterday at 17:56 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned senior ANC veterans, including Thabo Mbeki, against publicly criticising the party, while defending the ANC’s record during Jacob Zuma’s presidency and asserting his authority at Luthuli House

Education

Mauritius: Supply Teachers Speak Out – Same Work, Different Treatment

Today at 07:03 AM, via AllAfrica

[L’Express] We wish to bring attention to the lived reality of supply teachers in Mauritius – a group that plays a crucial role in keeping schools functioning every single day, yet continues to face serious structural inequalities. Supply teachers are expected to fully perform as classroom teachers, yet under very different conditions. This raises important questions that deserve the Ministry...

Education

Nigeria: Tinubu’s Appointment of 40-Year-Old Prof. Segun Aina As JAMB Registrar Receives Widespread Applauds

Today at 07:03 AM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] In what many stakeholders have described as another bold statement of confidence in young Nigerian excellence, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), entrusting one of Nigeria’s most critical educational institutions to a 40-year-old scholar, technocrat, and examination systems expert.

Education

Nigeria: How Nigerian Varsities Can Explore Alternative Funding Amid Rising Financial Pressures

Today at 07:03 AM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] At the Commonwealth Institute Universities Leaders Conference held recently in Lagos, university administrators, financial experts and education strategists explored practical ways institutions can diversify revenue sources, strengthen alumni engagement, commercialise research and build strategic partnerships capable of sustaining quality higher education. Funmi Ogundare reports

Entertainment

SA must nurture small-scale farmers

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Citizen

Because small-scale farmers don’t hold title to their land, banks will not advance them loans… so they have few options.

Science/Tech

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Today at 07:00 AM, via Wired

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Science/Tech

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Today at 07:00 AM, via Wired

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Health

Eli Lilly to Buy 3 Vaccine Developers

Yesterday at 16:01 PM, via New York Times

The drugmaker said it would spend up to $4 billion to acquire small companies exploring vaccines for shingles, Epstein-Barr virus and other pathogens.