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Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 175
The number of people killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has risen to 32,623.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 13:13
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The number of people killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has risen to 32,623.
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The gruesome spectacle reflects the Philippines’ Catholicism, which merges church traditions with folk superstitions.
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New report says number of victims of gang violence has surged, calls for rapid deployment of UN-backed security mission.
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A man held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter is released under investigation.
South Africa
Mariam Sonko works on training female farmers who traditionally have no access to education, explaining their rights and financing women-led agricultural projects. Sonko’s training center now employs over 20 people, with support from small organizations like the Agroecology Fund and CLIMA fund. In one week, Sonko and her team trained over 100 women from Senegal,… Read More »‘We Are the...
South Africa
An investigation published by the UK-based human rights group Rights & Accountability in Development (Raid) and the Kinshasa-based NGO Afrewatch said that women and girls living around cobalt mines reported experiencing irregular menstruations, urogenital infections, vaginal mycoses and warts. According to the report, “a paediatrician, who has been recording patients’ data since 2016,...
South Africa
The Mastercard Girls4Tech program is celebrating ten years of showing young girls the opportunities available to them in STEM careers. Over the years, this program has evolved from a simple curriculum to a comprehensive platform that nurtures and mentors many young girls from their formative years through to their entry into the workforce. Starting with… Read More »Creating Awareness of...
South Africa
Poverty, early pregnancy and harmful cultural practices are hindering the progress of young women in West Africa. She was speaking at the opening of the West Africa Adolescent Girls Summit in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, which has brought together 200 adolescent girls and boys from across the region, as well as government officials. Mrs Taylor… Read More »Liberia’s Former...
World
He was unhurt after a drunk driver collided with his armoured vehicle, police say.
World
Donald Tusk warns of a “pre-war era” and speaks of the most critical moment since World War Two.
World
Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.
World
The nation’s third-highest ranking diplomat retired this month. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Victoria Nuland about her career in diplomacy.
Africa
In the first three months of this year, about 190 schools have been closed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province.
Africa
Joseph Boakai tells the BBC he is trying to change the mindset of those who think government is a way to get rich.
Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Africa
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.
Business
A new ruling from SARS shows exactly what components are covered by its Section 12B renewable tax incentive.
Business
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts to bounce back in a year that saw the company apparently defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.
Business
Swiss chocolatiers have a battle on their hands as Easter rolls around, with surging cocoa prices sending their costs soaring and consumers cutting back as inflation hits their pockets.
Business
An expert outlines the law regarding vehicle searches at police roadblocks and whether or not recording the interaction is allowed in South Africa.
Politics
MK head of elections in the province, Musa Mkhize says Zuma was a target.
Politics
Tselane says Pillay’s decision was taken to protect the integrity of IEC.
Politics
Zuma has suffered a sixth legal loss in his bid to privately prosecute Downer and Maughan
Politics
DA leader John Steenhuisen’s assertion that new political parties are political mercenaries displays his arrogance – the same arrogance that has cost the official opposition dearly in past elections, say analysts.
Sport
The Proteas women are in the midst of their final two T20Is scheduled before September’s T20 Women’s World Cup in Bangladesh.
Sport
World No 1 Novak Djokovic said he was unsure who would be his new coach – or even if there would be one. Watch this space …
Sport
The Sharks, referred to this week as a ‘Ferrari without a gearbox’, will have another big point to prove when they face Edinburgh.
Sport
Young Africans’ top official has sent Mamelodi Sundowns a pleasant surprise ahead of their Caf Champions League quarterfinal meeting.
Education
With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission.
Education
Fundamental restructuring must happen, along with an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for
Imagine a beach before the tsunami. Out at sea, the wave is gathering force, yet on the sand people are still sunbathing, blissfully unaware. That’s how it feels, one professor tells me, to be working in higher education. Academics by their nature don’t look outwards...
Education
Union says cuts will make the ‘creative powerhouse’ unrecognisable and risk ‘unprecedented industrial unrest’
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies, a trade union has announced.
More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot...
Education
The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
Lifestyle
‘RHOPTA’ star Mel Viljoen broke her silence on the Tammy Taylor Nail scandal in an exclusive statement to ‘The South African’.
Lifestyle
Dogs primarily cool down through panting and sweating from their paw pads; they have minimal sweat glands elsewhere.
Lifestyle
Australian singer-songwriter Dan Tredget is aiming to become the first person to busk at every London Underground station.
Lifestyle
Here’s why you can count yourself very lucky to spot the rare albino squirrel in South Africa. More details below …
Entertainment
Entertainment
Artists, music lovers, media colleagues and honoured guests got together for the unveiling of the Metro FM Music Awards 2024 nominees on Wednesday evening in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Entertainment
Winners of each category will receive R50 000. The Song of the Year winner will walk away with R150 000.
Entertainment
Ahead of the Easter Weekend, Spotify released figures that reveal that young people are big consumers of faith music.
Science/Tech
Residents say that since they’ve been forced to pay for electricity it has become impossible to make ends meet.
Science/Tech
Lyle Smith reports via StorageReview.com: Proxmox has introduced a new import wizard for Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE), aiming to simplify the migration process for importing VMware ESXi VMs. This new feature comes at an important time in the industry, as it aims to ease the transition for these organizations looking to move away from VMware’s vSphere due to high renewal costs. The new...
Science/Tech
Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media.
Science/Tech
“Being a C.E.O. sucks. Elon was right. It is like looking into the abyss and chewing glass.”
Motoring
Same engine moving bigger bakkie through the air will result in slower sprint time.
Motoring
Motoring
There were several international and local factors that contributed to the increases in petrol and diesel prices
Motoring
Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Starlet the Japanese carmaker’s top three used models.
Health
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.
Health
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Health
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
Health
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
Nature
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
Nature
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nature
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
Nature
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.