South Africa’s 32-year democratic ‘audit’ suggests a nation stuck in stagnation, where freedom has been narrowly defined as liberation from apartheid rather than the fuller promise of liberty and self-realisation. Returning to the founding vision of 1912 – rooted in economic self-reliance and ‘freedom to’ rather than only ‘freedom from’ – is essential to overcoming today’s...
Diversity-led economic growth, diversity-led democracy building, and diversity-led nation building are essential to overcome South Africa’s multiple and complex economic, democratic and social crises.
The image was posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of its petition to cancel Maureen Lipman’s upcoming performance in Aberdeen.
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has placed the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) under administration due to governance instability within the institution.
The decision, announced during a media briefing on Monday, follows what the Minister described as a prolonged period of governance challenges, legal concerns and...
The U.S. military said it helped two merchant ships transit the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said it was fending off Iranian missiles and drones.
President Trump announced that the U.S will “guide” stranded ships through the Strait of Hormuz. And, Democrats face an uphill battle to gain Senate control. Here are the key races to watch.
Rescuers defy warnings as the stranded “Humpback Hope,” also known in German media as Timmy, is carried by barge into the North Sea, racing against time to save her.
Malawi’s rollout of a digital tax platform has triggered widespread business protests, with traders arguing that economic pressures and foreign exchange shortages were ignored during consultations
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says current rules are “on the right side” when it comes to shoe technology, following Sabastian Sawe’s record-breaking time at the London Marathon.
The Department of Health (DoH) has requested that the public stay calm after a rare case of Hantavirus was confirmed in a critically ill British national in South Africa.
Teenage Chelsea forward Jesse Derry is taken to hospital as a precaution after sustaining a head injury in Monday’s Premier League loss to Nottingham Forest.
Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane says that his Chelsea side are “a lot better” than they showed against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Monday, following a 3-1 loss.McFarlane also says that “all signs are positive at the moment” for Jesse Derry after the young debutant was forced off with a head injury.
[Vanguard] As Nigeria marks the Mental Health Awareness Month this May, there is a growing but under-acknowledged crisis. As far back as 2018, an estimated 14.3 million Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 64 were reported to have used drugs, with about 3 million living with drug use disorders, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, 2018). Since then, emerging studies...
[Vanguard] No fewer than 18 young Nigerians have been awarded fully funded scholarships worth over $2.1 million to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, following the successful completion of the inaugural Tiwa Savage Music Foundation intensive programme.
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has outlined an ambitious “system reset” for the post-school education and training (PSET) sector.
[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, has called for urgent and sustained investment in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as a critical foundation for improving learning outcomes, advancing gender equality, and driving long-term economic growth across Africa.
GameStop has made an unsolicited $56 billion cash-and-stock offer to buy eBay (paywalled; alternative source), with CEO Ryan Cohen arguing he can turn the marketplace into a far larger Amazon competitor. “EBay should be worth — and will be worth — a lot more money,” Cohen said in an interview. “I’m thinking about turning eBay into something worth hundreds of billions of dollars.” The Wall...
Astronomers have identified 27 potential new circumbinary planets — worlds that orbit two stars, like Star Wars’ Tatooine. “To date, only about 18 circumbinary planets … had been identified in the universe,” reports the Guardian. “More than 6,000 planets have been discovered that orbit single stars, like Earth does around the sun.” The Guardian reports: In a timely publication for May 4, also...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails. But in this demonstration, something less common happens: An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the...
A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.
The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most likely spread to other regions.