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There is something about the general pace at this time of year. We get swept up and carried along in a blur of deadlines and tasks that have a fresh urgency attributed to them as we race towards December. Many of us finish the year feeling more exhausted and negative than we should, and desperate for the relief that a holiday brings.

The collapse of the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant project should have been the end of CMS Water Engineering. But it was not. While the company was collapsing, Rudolf Schoeman Jnr was extracting one last contract from government: a R368-million deal to maintain “the most important bulk water supply system in the country”.

The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution mandating a transitional administration and an International Stabilization Force in Gaza that envisions a “credible pathway” to Palestinian statehood.

Wales lock Gwen Crabb has had four knee surgeries but nothing has hit her as hard as endometriosis and she is determined to help other sufferers.

[Daily Trust] The Kano Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concern over what it described as the Federal Government’s lack of genuine commitment to resolving lingering issues affecting Nigerian academics, warning that another round of strike action may be imminent.

[Leadership] The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed that 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu local government area of the State, have been abducted by armed bandits early Monday morning.

[Leadership] Kebbi State governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, has visited the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu local government area of the State, where 25 girls were abducted by suspected bandits on Monday morning.

New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico. This long-sought achievement could provide crucial insights into the poorly...

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A new study from researchers in Australia reveals that the people who never forget faces look “smarter, not harder.” In other words, they naturally focus on a person’s most distinguishing facial features. “Their skill isn’t something you can learn like a trick,” explains lead author James Dunn, a psychology researcher at the University of New...

If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.

The wildly popular fiction genre allows readers to talk openly about yearning, sex and desire. And it’s spilling over into their bedrooms.

Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.

A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.

The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.

Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.