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Business

Ramaphosa signs big tax changes for South Africa into law

Today at 18:38 PM, via BusinessTech

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a new tax law that gives the South African Revenue Service (SARS) greater powers while also providing taxpayers with important avenues for relief.

Business

National Minimum Wage rises this week

Today at 18:11 PM, via BBC News

Around 2.7 million people are set to receive a pay rise this week as the national minimum wage goes up by 50p to £12.71 for over 21s.

Education

NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record

Today at 16:19 PM, via The Guardian

Daniel Kebede tells delegates, government’s education policies fall short as he signals growing support for Greens’ among teachers

The leader of the UK’s biggest education union has torn into the government’s record on schools, accusing Labour of letting down the nation’s children and failing to deliver on its promises for education.

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education...

Education

Uganda: Use Library to Improve Academic Performance, Air Force Tells Entebbe Students

Today at 13:08 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] The Deputy Commander Air Force, Major General David Isimbwa, representing the Commander Air Force, Lieutenant General Charles Okidi, has urged students of Entebbe Air Force Secondary School to responsibly utilise the newly commissioned multi-million library to enhance their academic performance.

Science/Tech

Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Even on NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon, astronauts apparently still have to deal with broken Microsoft Outlook. One of the crew members, Reid Wiseman, jokingly reported that he had “two Microsoft Outlooks” and neither worked. 404 Media reports: On April 1, four astronauts from the U.S. and Canada embarked on a 10-day flight to loop around the moon. Spotted by VGBees podcast host Niki...

Science/Tech

Out of orbit: Nasa’s Artemis II faces toilet trouble

Today at 18:24 PM, via The Guardian

Glitch to the facilities quickly fixed, in relief to astronauts onboard Orion spacecraft

A blinking fault light on Nasa’s Orion spacecraft signalled an unwelcome setback at the start of the historic Artemis II mission: the toilet was out of order.

Fortunately for the four astronauts on board for the 10-day mission, the issue was quickly resolved, with mission control confirming: “Happy to...