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Sell Eskom!
- By Staff Writer
- . May 3, 2023
Bongani Motsa, a senior economist at the Minerals Council of South Africa, argues that government must now sell Eskom. Motsa told Bruce Whitfield on radio
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Record broken as nearly 500 000 Indians fly on one day
- By Staff Writer
- . May 3, 2023
An Indian air travel record was broken on Sunday when 456 082 people took flights in the country. Nearly 3 000 flights took off that day. The
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AI pioneer sounds warning
- By Staff Writer
- . May 3, 2023
A computer scientist, widely considered as a ‘godfather’ of artificial intelligence (AI) has sounded a warning over the rise of the technology. Geoffrey Hinton, who
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Ukraine withdraws from world judo tournament over Russian, Belarusian participation
- By Staff Writer
- . May 2, 2023
The Ukrainian Judo Federation (UJF) said it was withdrawing from the World Judo Championships, due to be held later this month, due to the decision
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Five more years of blackouts
- By Staff Writer
- . May 2, 2023
South Africans should prepare for another five years of load-shedding. This is according to Professor Hartmut Winkler from the University of Johannesburg. Winkler’s prediction contradicts
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R100 million goes missing in NW
- By Staff Writer
- . May 2, 2023
Over R100 million allocated for renovations to two North West airports has effectively ‘gone missing’, according to City Press. The North West Department of Community
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ANC using municipal demarcation board as proxy to power grab – DA
- By Staff Writer
- . May 1, 2023
The Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly objects to the proposed plan to create a category A municipality under the uMgungundlovu District Municipality by absorbing Msunduzi Municipality
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Zim turns to gold-backed digital tokens to ‘stabilise’ currency
- By Staff Writer
- . May 1, 2023
A gold-backed digital currency is planned in Zimbabwe in the latest attempt to stabilise the country’s ‘tumbling currency’ and offer an alternative to the US
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Top Iranian cleric gunned down
- By Staff Writer
- . May 1, 2023
A top Iranian cleric, close to the country’s supreme leader, was assassinated on Wednesday, in a rare attack on a senior religious figure at a
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Ukraine war drains Russia’s labour force
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 30, 2023
This month Russian state news agency TASS revealed that the number of workers under 35 is at its lowest share of the labour market since