Last weekend, 1,500 athletes from 45 different schools across the country participated in track and field events at the Curro Podium Grand Finale, allowing the young athletes to cement their growing reputation and for new stars to emerge.
Call for renewed push to secure water and sanitation across Africa
Namibian President Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on African leaders to re-energise efforts to improve access to clean water and safe sanitation, saying that delayed investment has left millions vulnerable to climate shocks, poor health, and economic stagnation.Addressing the African Union Africa Water...
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has moved to assure that government is at work to resolve the water crisis currently experienced in parts of the country.
Ntshavheni was speaking during the Debate of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) held in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon.
A judge in the United States has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people who were enslaved by former president George Washington at a historical site in the city of Philadelphia.
India’s government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what’s taking so long.
Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84. And, the U.S. and Iran are set for high-stakes negotiations today in Geneva about Iran’s nuclear program.
As the U.S. and Iran continue to engage indirectly in nuclear talks, what challenges remain? NPR speaks with Richard Nephew, former deputy special envoy for Iran in the Biden administration.
The Department of Social Development has confirmed the extension of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, keeping the monthly payout at R370 until March 2027 until its new successor is finalised.
Hollywood actor Robert Duvall, who died on Monday, played Scottish football manager Gordon McLeod in 2000 film A Shot at Glory, which also starred former Ranger Striker Ally McCoist.
Elana Meyers Taylor made history by winning monobob gold to become the oldest individual athlete to become Winter Olympic champion, all while empowering mothers and female athletes.
[New Times] A one-week regional workshop and training course aimed at strengthening efforts to prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed violence is underway at the Rwanda Peace Academy (RPA) in Musanze District in the Northern Province.
[This Day] Abuja — Leading British boarding schools will engage Nigerian families in March as United Kingdom Boarding Schools Week 2026 hold exhibitions in Abuja and Lagos.
[Premium Times] The former vice-chancellor argued that the outcome should not be surprising given the calibre of students admitted into the Faculty of Law over the years.
[This Day] Africa’s foremost tech icon and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, who turns 70 on February 22, this year, has explained why he is not celebrating his 70th birthday with a mega party, preferring to offer University scholarships to additional 1000 Nigerian indigent wiz-kids to study Computer Science in Federal Universities so that the country’s private and public sectors could...
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New York, USA – The first internal testing phase of ONQ 5.0 has been successfully completed, marking a significant milestone in the development of OneAssets Capital’s cutting-edge automation trading platform. This milestone follows a strategic collaboration between OAC and a leading institutional partner, aimed at testing ONQ’s automation trading capabilities in real-world market...
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The Tony winner returns to the stage in “Every Brilliant Thing,” an interactive monologue with a message of hope “that might be vital for somebody to hear.”