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South Africa

Motorists urged to prioritise safety ahead of Easter weekend

Today at 09:41 AM, via SAnews

Motorists urged to prioritise safety ahead of Easter weekend

As thousands of South Africans are set to hit the country’s freeways for the long Easter weekend on Thursday, Newcastle Local Municipality Mayor Xolani Dube has urged all motorists to prioritise safety, adhere to traffic regulations and exercise caution while traveling.

Dube made the call at the launch of a comprehensive...

World

A History of Hezbollah

Today at 09:00 AM, via NPR

Hezbollah is a Lebanese paramilitary organization and political party that’s directly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and Israel’s invasion of Gaza, Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging missile fire across the border they share, causing growing fears of a regional conflict with the U.S. and Israel on one side and...

Sport

Pitso Mosimane to coach AGAINST Bafana Bafana next?

Today at 10:30 AM, via The South African

With Bafana Bafana next in action against Nigeria in an FIFA World Cup qualifiers, could the South Africans be met with a familiar face in the opposite dugout?

Education

‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via The Guardian

Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe

Plans for mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London, have been called a “horrifying act of cultural and social vandalism” and the “biggest assault on jobs at any UK university in recent years”.

The job cuts, which are now subject to a consultation, are the latest in a series of...

Education

Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

Yesterday at 19:16 PM, via The Guardian

Former schoolboys at the private school gave raw testimonies about abuse meted out by John Brownlee

‘Sadistic’ teacher found to have assaulted pupils for 20 years

The enormity of the abuse suffered at the hands of the Edinburgh Academy housemaster became clear when the first witness was asked a simple question about the moment his mother left him alone at the elite private boarding...

Education

‘Sadistic’ teacher in Scotland found to have assaulted pupils for 20 years

Yesterday at 19:15 PM, via The Guardian

John Brownlee, deputy head at private Edinburgh Academy, inflicted pain on children as young as eight, sheriff hears

A “sadistic” deputy headteacher at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools has been found to have conducted a systematic campaign of violence and torture against children as young as eight over a 20-year period.

John Brownlee was found by a sheriff on Wednesday to have...

Health

Ice Skating and the Brain

Yesterday at 21:38 PM, via New York Times

How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.