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On World Oceans Day, celebrated on 8 June each year, it’s important to recognise that the ocean does extraordinary work. It stores 98% of all CO2 on the planet, absorbs at least a quarter of all human-made CO2 emissions annually and soaks up at least 90% of the excess heat generated by the emissions. It is the flywheel of the global climate
Israel said it struck military targets in western and central Iran, even after US President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday acknowledged the adverse effects that illegal immigration has on the country, saying it poses a risk to the country’s security, stability and economic progress.
Elderly social grant beneficiaries have told Sowetan they were approached by people claiming to be linked to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), asked for their ID numbers and signatures, and later discovered money was being deducted from th
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Ngwakwane aims to expand her business.
The simple act of throwing away your grant receipt or statement can mean funeral cover premium deductions being made from your Sassa grant for a policy you never wanted or needed.
Milford coach Xanti Pupuma is confident they still have the upper hand in the promotional playoffs after winning their first two matches and leading the mini-log table by three points.
TOKYO, June 8 (Reuters) – The Japanese city of Utsunomiya has suspended all 94 of the primary and middle schools that it operates on Monday after its first-ever bear sighting, a municipal official said.
TEL AVIV/DUBAI/NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect his administration’s peace talks with Tehran, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots.”
The left is right. The right is right. And Gogo’s chicks are still gone. Africa’s problem is not democracy, and it is not ideology. It is that we cannot stay focused long enough to build.
AI’s potential as a force for good is clear; whether it delivers will depend less on the technology than on our ability to think critically in a world increasingly shaped by it.
For a long time, higher education has relied on ‘assessment theatre’ to reward the appearance of learning, but AI has exposed this — and that is not a bad thing.
President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to rising anti-foreigner protests in an address to the nation on Sunday, admitting that the government would improve its migration strategies and clamp down on those illegally entering the country. The President’s address came as hundreds of foreigners, both documented and undocumented, left the country on repatriation flights and buses organised by their...
In this first instalment of a three-part investigative series that reveals some of the lesser-known facts about Cape Town’s development space, Daily Maverick reports on the political capture of the municipal planning tribunal, the official body that handles billions of rands per year in land-use applications. According to the national legislation, these tribunals are supposed to be...
As anti-migrant sentiments surge in South Africa, children suffer emotionally, absorbing the impact of violence that adults fail to acknowledge.
Zambia pioneers a transformative $600m debt-for-energy deal that promises to reshape African economic development by linking energy infrastructure investment with sovereign debt management.
The Gauteng government has announced a write-off of all e-toll debt, providing relief, but motorists who paid are left out of pocket.
Facing similar challenges, Brazil and South Africa aim to deepen their economic ties and foster cooperation in critical sectors, despite existing trade imbalances.
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Italian fashion house Prada unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading into space, underscoring the brand’s push to be the first major luxury player to make inroads in the space industry.