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London’s first defense tech hackathon brings Ukraine war closer to the city’s startups
28 Apr 2024
Last week, the UK announced its largest ever military support package for Ukraine. The bill takes the U.K.’s total support for this financial year to £3 billion — not quite the $50 billion the US pledged recently, but still substantial. But while most of those funds will be spent on very traditional military hardware, a […]
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‘R30 000 for a teacher post… or sex’ – new scandal rocks KZN Education Department
28 Apr 2024
An exclusive IOL investigation has revealed allegations of bribery and sexual favours in exchange for teaching positions in KwaZulu-Natal. Recordings obtained by IOL appear to confirm these claims. In one recording, an official, allegedly from a school governing body in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is heard demanding 30,000 rand in two instalments from a graduate teacher seeking […]
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Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships in new law
28 Apr 2024
Iraq’s parliament has passed a bill criminalising same-sex relationships with jail terms of between 10 and 15 years. Transgender people could also be sent to prison for between one and three years under the new law. Supporters of the changes say they will help to uphold religious values in the country. Rights groups say they […]
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Keith Siegel and Omri Miran: Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza
28 Apr 2024
Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week’s Passover holiday, indicating the clips were filmed recently. Both were captured when Hamas launched […]
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalised after conviction overturned
28 Apr 2024
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised just days after his 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned, his lawyer has said. Arthur Aidala said he was moved to a Manhattan hospital on Friday. He remains in jail after being separately convicted of rape in Los Angeles. Mr Aidala said his client was […]
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Mali heatwave: Ice becomes a hot commodity as temperatures soar
28 Apr 2024
Record-breaking heat means ice cubes now cost more than bread and milk in parts of Mali. “I’ve come to buy ice because it’s very hot now,” says 15-year-old Fatouma Yattara as she visits her local vendor in the capital, Bamako. With no working fridge due to prolonged power cuts, she resorts to using ice cubes […]
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ANC drops to 40.2% in support poll as Zuma’s MK campaigns to cannibalise ruling party votes
28 Apr 2024
Opinions differ wildly about whether the uMkhonto Wesizwe party and its leader, Jacob Zuma, should be taken seriously. Some believe its manifesto is a joke, but others say it will attract many voters. One thing is certain, though: in KwaZulu-Natal, all bets about possible election outcomes are off. Thirty years after Nelson Mandela swept the […]
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Preserving Namibia’s Indigenous Languages: A Call to Action
28 Apr 2024
“Everyone of us has a role to play. Indigenous people and settler Namibians can contribute to a healing chapter in our shared story of indigenous language removal, recovery, and revival.” Decades of hard work have been dedicated to restoring and protecting indigenous languages that are a vital part of Namibia’s history. The urgency of this […]
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Ayuk sings Katti’s praises
28 Apr 2024
Controversial businessman and Cameroonian lawyer NJ Ayuk, who leads the African Energy Chamber (AEC), says he is impressed by the Knowledge Katti Foundation’s efforts to involve local communities in oil and gas projects. This comes after the foundation supported community participation through a recent Sintana Energy deal – a company founded by businessman Knowledge Katti. […]
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NHE delivers 694 houses in five years
28 Apr 2024
Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says the National Housing Enterprises (NHE) has delivered 694 houses since July 2020. Uutoni was speaking during the handover of 65 new houses constructed by the NHE at Gobabis yesterday. The minister said the 694 beneficiary families have been living in corrugated iron houses for years. The houses […]
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State proposes long prison term for Nimt killer
28 Apr 2024
The man convicted of murdering the two top executives of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (Nimt) in April 2019 should be sentenced to a substantial period of imprisonment, the prosecutor involved in his trial proposed in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. “These murders were shocking. They were extreme, they were callous,” deputy prosecutor […]
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Strengthening Namibia’s Anti-Money Laundering Controls in Mining and Energy
28 Apr 2024
Namibia recently marked its 34th Independence Day, a testament to its journey of growth and transformation. Central to this evolution is the country’s burgeoning mining and energy sector, poised to drive significant economic expansion. With promising prospects in oil, renewable energy and mineral resources, Namibia stands on the cusp of unprecedented prosperity. However, amid this […]
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Pedestrians’ Lives Matter
28 Apr 2024
Disheartened by the lack of respect and consideration shown to pedestrians by some reckless drivers, I’m compelled to highlight that pedestrians’ lives matter. The cost of driver carelessness is staggering, endangering innocent lives at zebra crossings. It’s baffling that some drivers neglect pedestrian safety, often speeding and struggling to stop in time. Prioritise responsible driving; […]
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TikTok faces a ban in the US, Tesla profits drop and healthcare data leaks
27 Apr 2024
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a bill that included a deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest itself of TikTok within nine months or face a ban on distributing it […]
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Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say
27 Apr 2024
President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time. After so many false starts and stops, some creator economy founders and their clients are rolling their eyes. They’ve been through this before. “I think two years ago, this would have been devastating,” Karat Financial co-founder and co-CEO […]
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