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World Cup in Qatar to use semi-automated offside system
The new system uses a limb-tracking camera system to track player movements and a sensor in the ball.
FRIDAY, 01 JULY 2022, 17:59
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The new system uses a limb-tracking camera system to track player movements and a sensor in the ball.
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June’s 41-percent drop for the world’s largest cryptocurrency is the steepest recorded by Bloomberg data back to 2010.
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The municipality denied claims that the mayor collapsed after demonstrating to guests that the water quality in the area was safe for consumption.
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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah signs a new three-year contract with the club.
South Africa
The police investigation on site at the Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park where 21 people died on Sunday morning is complete, and the investigating team has withdrawn.
South Africa
Former head of the State Security Agency Arthur Fraser opened a criminal complaint against Ramaphosa in June, claiming there was an attempt to cover up the crime.
South Africa
It drafted a Mobile Business Policy, which aims to support this growing sector by putting measures in place that would make it easier to apply and operate.
South Africa
The youth say if government provided them with facilities such as libraries and sports programmes, youngsters would not be wondering around taverns.
World
Russia said its troops had left the island as a “gesture of goodwill.” Ukraine said their missile campaign drove them out.
World
The group proposed that students compare “journeys to America,” including the “involuntary relocation of African people during colonial times.”
World
The environmental impacts from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.
World
Residents have been warned to “vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons” along the borders.
Africa
We talk to the Afro-Italian artists hoping to make a change.
Africa
The Eswatini government has declared activist and journalist Zweli Martin Dlamini a terrorist, and condemned his online publication Swaziland News.
Africa
Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur showcases her skill and variety to entertain the Wimbledon fans on the way to reaching the fourth round.
Africa
Nigeria, South Africa, Burundi and Botswana are in Group C of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Morocco on 2 July.
Business
The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the merger between Virgin Active South Africa and Kauai.
Business
Russian missiles struck an apartment building and a recreation center near the Black Sea port of Odesa early Friday.
Business
A recent labour case in South Africa dealt with a senior executive at Transnet who was dismissed for inappropriate comments circulated on a WhatsApp group.
Business
The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa has billions in unclaimed assets that comprise of savings, investments, risk policies, annuity policies and accounts in Collective Investment Schemes portfolios.
Politics
EFF Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has testified that that he felt his rights had been fundamentally violated when he was refused entry into the Fourways Memorial Park to bury struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela Mandela in April 2018.
Politics
The assault trial of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and Member of Parliament Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resumes in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Politics
ANC Deputy President David Mabuza has urged party members to emulate the selfless leadership of the former ANC Youth League leader Peter Mokaba.
Politics
The justice minister, who is angling to become the party’s deputy president, was quick to add that there should be a generational mix in leadership
Sport
Valtteri Bottas topped the times for Alfa Romeo ahead of home hero Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in Friday’s rain-swept opening practice session at the British Grand Prix.
Sport
The Premier Soccer League and the Motsepe Foundation have joined forces and announced a partnership that will go into immediate effect.
Sport
We are now just hours away from South Africa’s richest graded stakes race, the R5 million Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Durban July.
Sport
India’s Rishabh Pant goes on the attack and hits three consecutive boundaries on his way to making an unbeaten 50 in the Test match against England at Edgbaston.
Education
Pupils at the school thank the singer for his generosity in helping to create a “beautiful place”.
Education
Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise is inadequate, and has instead recommended 5%
Teaching unions have warned that strikes may still be called in England despite reports of an improved offer being considered by the Treasury.
Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), welcomed suggestions of a 5% pay rise but feared it still amounted to a pay cut after...
Education
[Ghanaian Times] Papu — Fifty young girls from two schools in the Nadowli/Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have been trained in Information Communication and Technology (ICT)to help enhance their skills in the field.
Education
Graduates respond to the scrapping of Sheffield Hallam’s degree and the governments stance on ‘low-value’ courses
This week, the news that Sheffield Hallam University is to scrap its standalone English literature degree from next year triggered an outcry, following the government’s decision to end funding for degrees where less than 40% of graduates find “highly skilled” employment within...
Lifestyle
‘Ignorant fools acting stupid’: A travel agent who witnessed an hour-long fight involving roughly 60 people on a Carnival cruise spills the beans.
Lifestyle
Show me the honey! See how Mzansi’s biggest stars are prepping for a weekend of partying at the Durban July…
Lifestyle
Music star Taylor Swift is engaged to her actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn, Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
Lifestyle
A hotel without walls probably won’t work in SA because of the country’s crime rate. It is however raking in thousands in Switzerland.
Entertainment
“Stranger Things” has taken the idea of playing the long game to heart a bit too literally, capping its super-sized fourth season with two sprawling episodes that total nearly four hours. Whether that’s a reward to fans or self-indulgence by the producers rests in the eye of the beholder, but after this, it’s hard to imagine many concluding that ending things with season five qualifies as...
Entertainment
For anyone wondering why “The Princess” is premiering on Hulu in the US, not sister service Disney+, the movie answers that in the first five minutes, when the title character brutally dispatches a pair of guards sent into the tower where she’s being held. While the timing seems right for a princess who rescues herself, there’s precious little substance to this violent fantasy, featuring Joey...
Entertainment
Amazon has flexed its muscles with military-style action series (see “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and “Reacher”), but “The Terminal List” adds a numbingly simple-minded revenge saga to that subgenre. Despite the promotional benefits of featuring star-producer Chris Pratt as a grittier kind of avenger, this brutal eight-episode slog squanders its talent in front of and behind the camera.
Entertainment
Marta Kauffman says she now gets why people have been critical of “Friends.”
Science/Tech
The century-old security giant best known for its octagonal blue logo is banking on a smart-home partnership with a company that’s also one of its biggest threats. From a report: Kneeling beneath a framed print of Thomas Kinkade’s painting A Peaceful Retreat, Roli Chiu, alarm system installer, began his work one day in March by unpacking boxes of devices inside a new customer’s living room. It...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shares a report: The short version of this story is that skywatchers led by Bill Gray had been tracking an object for months that, based on their calculations, would soon impact the moon. It was obviously a piece of rocket trash (rockets produce a ton of trash), but no one stepped up to say “yes, that’s ours, sorry about that.” Based on their observations and discussions,...
Science/Tech
Due to a confluence of crises, the second-largest cloud provider has been operating in the yellow zone, meaning its data centers have a less-than-normal level of servers available. From a report: In March 2020, Microsoft’s Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the world shifting to remote work, causing service outages and forcing some customers to wait to launch and update...
Science/Tech
Deck out your new phone with wallet cases, kickstands, wireless chargers, and charging adapters.
Motoring
Spec is unchanged from the standard Expression model, bar the removal of the rear seats.
Motoring
Model that gave rise to the Toyota Urban Cruiser has been redesigned with standard mild-hybrid system, plus a new automatic gearbox.
Motoring
Free Practice sessions will be screened on SuperSport Channel 215 and F1 TV. Here’s when to tune in.
Motoring
Health
About 2.3 million people are thought to have the virus – up half a million from the week before.
Health
Alan Titford and Sarah Jane Lloyd-Jones are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Kaylea.
Health
Almost all of the UK’s Covid rules have ended, two years after they were introduced.
Health
Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of humans and mice they infect, researchers say.
Nature
As resources are depleted on Earth, many scientists suggest the asteroid belt could be mined instead.
Nature
The biggest freshwater fish ever documented, weighing in at 300kg (661lb), is found in the Mekong river in Cambodia.
Nature
Across the UK, volunteer harvesters are helping to fight food waste by sending produce to food banks.
Nature
Women from across Australia will present a visual petition to MPs, calling for urgent action.