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After the storm: Texas power coop files for bankruptcy
Brazos said that Chapter 11 will protect Texans it serves from massive electric bills accrued during February’s freeze.
MONDAY, 01 MARCH 2021, 20:46
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Brazos said that Chapter 11 will protect Texans it serves from massive electric bills accrued during February’s freeze.
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The arrest of a famous rapper is yet another sign of increasingly shrinking spaces for free expression in Spain.
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Passengers will not be allowed to eat aboard domestic flights and can only be served bottled water under the new lockdown regulations.
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The makers of Love Island South Africa promise more diversity after its starting line-up was criticised by some viewers because of the number of white contestants.
South Africa
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested eight Crime Intelligence officers for allegedly torturing and murdering a suspect in a police station.
South Africa
On Sunday, four teenagers boarded a plane destined for Cape Town after being awarded a bursary to study medicine at the University of Cape Town.
South Africa
After the oldest pub in South Africa, The Perseverance Tavern closed its doors on the 22 July.
South Africa
Students from the University of the Free State (UFS) are frustrated by the challenges they are encountering with online registrations.
World
Some Japanese citizens have said the tests for Covid-19 caused them “psychological distress”.
World
A long-awaited report says the US president should ignore calls for a ban on autonomous weapons.
World
Two people, including the child’s mother, have been arrested in connection with the death.
World
Viewers are asking why most contestants in the reality show are white in the majority-black country.
Africa
MTN has updated the registrations of 48.7% of its Nigerian subscribers since December. It has until April 6 to update many millions more.
Africa
The army in Democratic Republic of Congo says it has killed 16 militamen for the loss of three soldiers in a three-day push against an armed group in the country’s northeast.
Africa
Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria are using Covid vaccines provided by a scheme to help poorer nations.
Africa
It is Nigeria’s third school attack in less than three months – a series that has revived traumatic memories of the ‘Chibok girls’ kidnapped by jihadists nearly seven years ago.
Business
The owner of the Ellesmere Port factory, which employs about 1,000 workers, is in talks with the government.
Business
South African state-owned defence company Denel said on Monday that Chief Financial Officer Carmen le Grange had resigned.
Business
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that there is concern over a third wave of Covid-19 post-Easter (4 April) as the country continues to roll out its vaccinations strategy.
Business
JSE All-Share closes near a record high.
Politics
Former President Jacob Zuma is due to appear before a virtual session of the Constitutional Court on the 25th of March to hear the application by the State Capture Commission against him.
Politics
The National Assembly must decide on the way forward after a report by the independent review panel recommended that prima facie evidence exists for the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to be removed from office.
Politics
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng wants an investigation into alleged overspending and irregularities in the Nasrec field hospital contract.
Politics
The Land Court Bill set to be introduced in Parliament proposes a court to adjudicate on all related matters with additional responsibilities such as conflict resolution and mediation.
Sport
Brendan Rodgers has challenged Leicester to defy the odds as a mounting injury crisis threatens to wreck their bid to finish in the Premier League’s top four.
Sport
Maritzburg United coach Ernst Middendorp has quickly turned his attention the league after his side’s 3-1 Nedbank Cup reverse to Orlando Pirates on Sunday.
Sport
Three-time Grand National-winning trainer Gordon Elliott has apologised after a photograph emerged of him chatting on the phone while sitting on a dead horse.
Sport
French referee Pascal Gauzere has admitted he made two errors in Wales’ controversial Six Nations win over England on Saturday.
Education
One parent highlights the need for weekly tutorials to pre-empt crises among those studying remotely
One thing that universities could do to stem the downward spiral of student mental health as they continue with remote studies is to ensure regular tutorials are the norm. Three weeks before Christmas I had to fetch my son, who is a final-year student, from his Russell Group university after he...
Education
[The Herald] Universities should take the lead in promoting industrialisation on the continent and move away from colonial objectives of promoting literacy and job seekers.
Education
[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has spoken frankly about the ongoing struggle with the price of school uniforms as parents battle to make ends meet.
Education
[New Era] Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Johannes Martin has said the Swapo-led government has run out of ideas in fixing the country’s education system, which according to him has been in a bad state for years.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Ghanaian security forces last month raided and shut down the office of an LGBT rights group in the capital Accra after politicians and religious leaders called for its closure.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
From ‘Allen v. Farrow’ and ‘I Know This Much Is True’, here’s the 10 best international series on Showmax this March.
Entertainment
If the entertainment industry truly wants the Golden Globes to clean up its act, then Sunday’s awkward, glitch-heavy ceremony blew a golden opportunity, while highlighting the problems that all award shows face in this pandemic-impacted environment.
Entertainment
Taylor Swift is over the jokes.
Entertainment
Black women are the mules of the world, Zora Neale Hurston wrote in 1937. More than 80 years later, Hurston’s words in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” still ring true, but one filmmaker is on a journey to both expose that truth and alleviate it.
Entertainment
The Golden Globes helped remind some people that Gillian Anderson was born in Chicago.
Science/Tech
A new service is designed to help formalize relationships that are typically forged through personal connections or cold DMs.
Science/Tech
How other countries’ efforts to control the internet compare with China’s Great Firewall.
Science/Tech
Petaluma, California, has voted to outlaw new gas stations, the first of what climate activists hope will be numerous cities and counties to do so. From a report: The movement aims to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles.”This is not a ban on the existing gas stations, which are providing all the gas currently needed,” Matt Krogh, U.S. oil and gas campaign director for the environmental...
Science/Tech
Interest rates have been negative in Europe for years. But it took the flood of savings unleashed in the pandemic for banks finally to charge depositors in earnest. From a report: Germany’s biggest lenders, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, have told new customers since last year to pay a 0.5% annual rate to keep large sums of money with them. The banks say they can no longer absorb the negative...
Motoring
Export ended a two month winning streak by shedding eight percent in February.
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Health
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam says that for over 70s, both the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are 60% effective against illness after the first dose.
Health
Jim Ashworth-Beaumont needs the prosthetic after being involved in a cycling accident last year.
Health
The study measured infection rates in school staff and pupils in November and December.
Health
Growing numbers of surfers are taking to the Great Lakes — even when the weather is well below freezing.
Nature
On the weekend of 19-21 five 2020 Matric learners were hosted by CapeNature and world-renowned adventurer Riaan Manser at the De Hoop Nature Reserve. These five matriculants; Jama Paliso, Hannah Chetty, Abdullah Seedat, Silondukhule Nquma and Lucy can der Meulen were the runners up in a campaign that saw five other students join Manser on […]
Nature
Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace’s action is dangerous and illegal.
Nature
Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.
Nature
Rescuers have successfully refloated 28 pilot whales on a notorious New Zealand beach, Farewell Spit.