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Africa

Mpina’s removal from Tanzania’s presidential race boosts Samia’s reelection chances

Tuesday at 18:00 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Tanzania’s 2025 general elections campaign has taken a dramatic turn after the removal of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo) party’s candidate — former minister and outspoken legislator Luhaga Mpina — from the presidential race.  The decision announced by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is widely seen as strengthening President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s […]

Business

SARS is cutting an important lifeline for taxpayers

Today at 07:00 AM, via BusinessTech

The National Treasury’s new Tax Amendment Bills make it clear that a lifeline that taxpayers have long relied on to avoid penalties from SARS is no longer the layer of protection it once was.

Sport

Kaizer Chiefs update: Two new signings

Today at 06:42 AM, via The South African

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has given a short and vague update on Ethan Chislett and Nkanyiso Shinga, leaving fans eager and guessing.

Education

Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs

Today at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds

The privately educated are tightening their “vice-like grip” on some of the most powerful and influential roles in British society, such as FTSE 100 chairs, newspaper columnists and BBC executives, a report has found.

Those in the most important positions are five times as likely to...

Science/Tech

End of the green ID book could be closer than believed

Today at 07:00 AM, via MyBroadband

Home Affairs can technically produce up to nine million smart ID cards annually. With the increase in locations where these can be obtained, the estimated remaining green ID books in circulation could all be replaced within two to three years.

Science/Tech

Is the US on the brink of a new era of political violence? – podcast

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of political violence in the US after a number of high-profile assassinations and attempted assassinations of political figures in recent years. But how connected are these events and do they signal a rise in public support for this kind of violence? To find out Ian Sample speaks to Sean Westwood, an associate...

Science/Tech

China Is Sending Its World-Beating Auto Industry Into a Tailspin

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: On the outskirts of this city of 21 million, a showroom in a shopping mall offers extraordinary deals on new cars. Visitors can choose from some 5,000 vehicles. Locally made Audis are 50% off. A seven-seater SUV from China’s FAW is about $22,300, more than 60% below its sticker price. These deals — offered by a company called Zcar, which says it...

Health

Support for Federal Vaccine Policy May Be Eroding

Today at 00:41 AM, via New York Times

Insurers suggested they would still cover routine shots even if a C.D.C. panel tried to limit them, as an influential senator warned against new restrictions.

Health

5 Takeaways From Ousted C.D.C. Director’s Hearing

Today at 00:06 AM, via New York Times

Susan Monarez, the head of the public health agency for barely a month, repeatedly told senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was ignoring science in undercutting vaccines.