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Billionaire Patrice Motsepe faces a serious test

Today at 09:05 AM, via Daily Investor

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has been lauded for cleaning up the finances of Africa’s most powerful sports organization, but a football trophy scandal has highlighted the deep mistrust that still dogs the body.

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Jobs crisis in South Africa

Today at 09:04 AM, via SA People

High unemployment continues to shape daily life for millions of South Africans searching for work.

Business

United States issues global warning

Today at 09:25 AM, via BusinessTech

The United States has issued a global advisory, warning of US assets, embassies and citizens potentially being targeted by “groups supportive of Iran”.

Education

Africa: A New Era of Austerity? On Listening to African Scholars

Today at 06:38 AM, via AllAfrica

[African Arguments] African Affairs, the journal of the Royal African Society that sponsors this blog, has recently published an article on the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic response and a ‘new era of austerity in Africa’.

Education

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Researchers say lack of sleep could be a factor among young people interacting online for more than three hours a day

Children who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research.

Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the...

Science/Tech

Starwatch: Look west to see the moon blot out Leo’s brightest star

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Regulus will suddenly disappear from view for a couple of hours on the first evening of British summer time

There is something unexpectedly thrilling about watching one celestial object pass in front of another, an eclipse being the obvious example. On the evening of 29 March, the moon will briefly blot out one of the brightest stars in the spring sky. Such an event is known as an occultation,...

Motoring

Oil price shock to get ‘much worse’

Today at 08:02 AM, via TopAuto

Three weeks into the Iran war, there’s an ever-growing gap between the price of oil futures and supplies that determine costs for consumers in the real world.