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Nedbank kicks off new era with a R14 billion bang

Today at 17:54 PM, via Daily Investor

Nedbank has offered to buy 66% of East African banking group NCBA for R13.9 billion, marking a strategic pivot toward controlled expansion in East and Southern Africa after exiting its Ecobank investment.

South Africa

KZN Treasury commits to support eMadlangeni bid for municipal reclassification

Today at 15:15 PM, via SAnews

KZN Treasury commits to support eMadlangeni bid for municipal reclassification

KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has committed to working with the eMadlangeni Local Municipality (ELM) to review its proposal for reclassification from an urban municipality to a rural one.

The move is aimed at strengthening its case for increased equitable share funding from National...

Education

Nigeria: Schools, Offices Shut As Fcta Workers Begin Strike

Today at 16:55 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] Workers on Monday shut the gates of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), and several other agencies as they began an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare issues.

Education

Nigeria: NDU Dept Inducts Pioneer Set Into Building Institute

Today at 15:06 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Yenagoa — The Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Niger Delta University (NDU), in Bayelsa, at weekend inducted its pioneer set into the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB).

Education

Tanzania: Minister Hands Over School Supplies to 1,000 Special Needs Children

Today at 12:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — THE Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations), Rahma Riyadh Kisuo, has donated school supplies to 1,000 children with special needs at Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School and Mnyamani Primary School in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam.

Science/Tech

Japan Restarts World’s Largest Nuclear Plant as Fukushima Memories Loom Large

Today at 18:05 PM, via Slashdot

New submitter BeaverCleaver shares a report: Japan has restarted operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo was taken despite local residents’ safety concerns. It was delayed by a day because of an...

Science/Tech

At Check-In, Your Face Is Increasingly Your ID

Today at 17:47 PM, via New York Times

Facial recognition at security and immigration checkpoints and gates could ease airport hassles, even as the technology raises privacy concerns.

Health

Could your frying pan be toxic?

Today at 12:31 PM, via BBC News

Scientist Mark Miodownik explores the potential impact of ‘forever chemicals’ present in some cookware. Made in partnership with the Royal Society.