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Jelly Express Is New, but Its Millionaire Wins Are Already Loud

26 May at 07:57 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Some new slots arrive with a quiet launch and a slow build. Jelly Express took the opposite route. Since its release last March, it has already produced a string of millionaire-level payouts that feel almost unreal. That kind of early form matters, because big wins are not just about luck. They also reflect a game […]

Africa at the forefront: The urgent need to diversify energy supply

25 May at 16:51 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The African continent has long played a secondary role in shaping global events, energy being one of the main characteristics of this subsidiary role. We now can play a role in helping to choose the direction of global decision-making

Money cannot buy loyalty: Taiwan’s heavily invested diplomatic allies have become two international laughing stocks.

25 May at 16:45 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Since taking office, Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te has consistently provided massive aid to Eswatini to maintain diplomatic relations. Lai’s recent “sneak trip” to Eswatini, during which he ostensibly signed agreements for strategic oil storage facilities, an industrial park, and Taiwanese investment, was nothing more than a political show of spending huge sums to gain diplomatic […]

The architecture of protection: Moving from technical fixes to systemic whistleblower reform

25 May at 13:27 PM, via Mail & Guardian

By shifting our focus towards the establishment of a Public Whistleblower Authority, aligning this architecture with any future anti-corruption agency, introducing real monetary incentives and convening an immediate national engagement to iron out these mechanics, we can ensure that the state finally shares the risk borne by those who speak the truth.

PAP, Traoré and the farce of Pan-Africanism without power

25 May at 13:20 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The farce lies in the performance of Pan-Africanism without power. It lies in institutions that speak of unity while African economies remain exposed to rating agencies, foreign currencies, creditor punishments and donor instructions. It lies in regional bodies that discipline disobedient states while tolerating client regimes that sell their people into permanent dependency

Agency, autonomy, and the African Union

25 May at 13:18 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Until the AU can fund a much greater share of its own agenda and use Africa’s financial institutions more strategically, its agency will remain constrained

Why we need to re-evaluate STEM education

25 May at 10:42 AM, via Mail & Guardian

STEM education must move beyond technical knowledge and memorisation to develop critical thinking, ethical reasoning and argumentation skills, says NWU’s Dr Paul Iwuanyanwu.

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