South Africa’s retailers lead the world in aggressive promotions, but while discount-hunting shoppers benefit, the ‘Promotional Intensity’ is hitting corporate profits. Is Walmart’s ‘Everyday Low Price’ model the smarter future?
A probe by Nigeria’s military found that some of the 16 officers arrested last year for misconduct may have been plotting to overthrow the government and they will now face trial, the defence headquarters said in a statement on Monday.
The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.
Repeatedly heading footballs is “likely” to have contributed to the brain disease which was a factor in the death of former Scotland and Manchester United footballer Gordon McQueen, an inquest found. His daughters spoke after the verdict.
[Nyasa Times] Forty (40) children drawn from Balaka, Dowa, Mchinji, Mwanza and Ntchisi on Saturday gathered in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, to provide their inputs and recommendations in the formulation of the forthcoming 2025-2026 National Budget.
[Namibian] Weeks after the 2026 academic year officially started, some parents are calling on the education ministry to urgently set up temporary schools or tents to accommodate pupils who are still without placements.
The independent coffee shops and quirky boutiques that make neighborhoods like Hayes Valley in San Francisco or Williamsburg in Brooklyn desirable are caught in a frustrating economic trap: they create value that ends up in the pockets of nearby homeowners rather than their own cash registers. An essay in Works in Progress magazine argues that when an interesting new store or restaurant opens,...
Global — SKC Capital today announced the upcoming Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of the G4 Token, as market interest continues to build ahead of its official launch. The announcement comes at a time of heightened global economic uncertainty, with the G4 Token attracting significant attention from both institutional and individual investors. Since its launch, the […]
Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday. From a report: Demand for cooling will “drastically” increase in giant countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria, where hundreds of millions of people lack air conditioning or other means of beating the heat. But even a...
Saudi Arabia is preparing to significantly scale back Neom, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s flagship development that sprawls across a Belgium-sized stretch of Red Sea coastline and was once billed as the world’s largest construction site. Financial Times is reporting that Prince Mohammed, who chairs the project, now envisions something “far smaller” as a year-long review nears completion....
In a recent survey, 72% of prison officers say they are frequently stressed at work, 42% say they have been assaulted at least once. So what motivates them – and how do they cope?