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South Africa

Harnessing Technology To Improve Tuberculosis Outcomes

Today at 14:53 PM, via iAfrica

Dr. Phathokuhle Zondi, Clinical Lead: Unu Health Few realise the extent of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) or know how many people still succumb to this disease every year. The Centres for Disease Control in the United States estimates that two billion people – a quarter of the world’s population – may be infected… Read More »Harnessing Technology To Improve Tuberculosis Outcomes

Business

Here is the official petrol price for April

Today at 14:40 PM, via BusinessTech

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has published the latest official fuel price adjustments, which will kick in from Wednesday, 3 April 2024.

Politics

Steenhuisen: A DA-ANC coalition not off the table

Today at 12:00 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’

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Sport

Jake White’s love for the game

Today at 15:00 PM, via The South African

Jake White’s enduring love for rugby coaching drives his success as he leads the Bulls through the competitive URC.

Education

Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Japan Solidifying Education Partnerships

Today at 12:04 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA — Japan needs to expand and deepen its diplomatic and economic relations with Ethiopia through education and people-to-people ties, the country’s ambassador said.

Education

‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via The Guardian

Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe

Plans for mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London, have been called a “horrifying act of cultural and social vandalism” and the “biggest assault on jobs at any UK university in recent years”.

The job cuts, which are now subject to a consultation, are the latest in a series of...

Entertainment

Brand SA pays homage to amapiano music genre

Today at 08:39 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Amapiano is SA’s best cultural export internationally,” proclaims Jimmy Ranamane, Brand South Africa’s general manager for global markets.

Science/Tech

E-tolls scrapped

Today at 15:11 PM, via TechCentral

Government has officially scrapped e-tolls, according to a proclamation in the Government Gazette published on Thursday.

Science/Tech

Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time For Facebook Review of Tomato Sauce

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Nigeria doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to respecting the speech rights of its own citizens, nor the rights of platforms that its citizens use. But I will admit that even with that reputation in place, I’m a bit at a loss as to why the country decided to arrest and charge a woman for violating those same laws because she...

Science/Tech

A First Look at Samsung’s 2024 TV Lineup

Today at 15:00 PM, via Wired

Samsung’s new OLED cuts the glare, while its Music Frame speakers sound much better than what you’d expect from such a compact design.

Health

Ice Skating and the Brain

Yesterday at 21:38 PM, via New York Times

How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.