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Standard Bank shares good news about South Africa

Today at 15:04 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa is showing small but meaningful signs of economic recovery, with improving confidence, fiscal consolidation, and reform momentum raising hopes that the country may be shifting towards a sustained growth turnaround.

Sport

Red Bull part ways with advisor Helmut Marko

Today at 14:57 PM, via The South African

Red Bull’s influential advisor Helmut Marko is leaving the Formula One giants, it was reported by several media outlets on Tuesday.

Education

‘Bring it on!’: growing support in England for four-day week in schools

Today at 14:05 PM, via The Guardian

Why proposals for a shorter working week are winning over teachers and parents – despite the logistical headaches

“A wonderful idea”, “Bring it on!”, “Yes!”, “Brilliant!”, “Absolutely”. If enthusiasm were all it took to change policy, a four-day week in England’s schools would be all but guaranteed.

A Guardian report this week saying that the 4 Day Week Foundation has urged the government to...

Lifestyle

Acting icon Judi Dench calls sight loss ‘a crusher’

Today at 15:06 PM, via The South African

Oscar-winner Judi Dench has said sight loss due to macular degeneration means she can no longer see faces clearly, calling the condition a “crusher” as she marked her 91st birthday on Tuesday. The veteran star of stage and screen, whose role as “M” in eight James Bond films shot her to global fame, has suffered […]

Motoring

Big win for Shell in South Africa

Today at 07:29 AM, via TopAuto

South Africa’s legacy national oil company, PetroSA, has approved a deal to give Shell a major stake off the country’s west coast.

Health

New mpox strain identified in England

Yesterday at 15:56 PM, via BBC News

It’s a mix of two major types of the virus, and has been found in someone who recently returned from Asia.