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A hot and troubled world of work: how South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition

Increased average temperatures, climate variability, and extreme weather events are taking a toll on the environment and disproportionately affecting the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. This is intensifying challenges in the world of work.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Mitsubishi Has a New Outlander Sport, But It's 'Not Engineered' for the US

The United States-market Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is 15 years old. The most recent facelift arrived for the 2020 model year, having us wondering when a real replacement might arrive. That's why our heads were turned when Mitsubishi dropped a gaggle of images showing a new Outlander Sport headed for South…

Motor1 · Jan 27, 2025

Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role

The actor was the lead in the 2013 biopic about Nelson Mandela’s 27 years in prison

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2025

How Much Laurie Canter Won At The Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship

The Englishman picked up his second DP World Tour title at Royal Golf Club, but how much prize money did he win?

Golf Monthly · Jan 26, 2025

South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s

You may not know it, but right now there’s a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief party goers are known as supermassive black holes. These mysterious objects can have masses several million or billion times that of the Sun and are so dense that…

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2025

S. African Peacekeepers Killed As Fighting Rages In DRC

Three South African peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting intensified on Saturday between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters, a political party said.

International Business Times · Jan 25, 2025

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South Africa Passes Controversial Land Expropriation Law

South African President signs law allowing land seizure without compensation, sparking debate.

Cradock Four: Why apartheid victims are suing South Africa’s government

Families of the murdered activists are among two dozen suing government for failure to deliver justice for past crimes.

Al Jazeera · Jan 24, 2025

Special rescue camera discovers hundreds of illegal miners trapped down 1.6 mile mineshaft since November

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 deaths

Digital Camera World · Jan 24, 2025

Indian stars Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma named in ICC women's ODI Team of the Year

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced its Women's ODI Team of the Year 2024 on Friday, which features India's two star performers -- opening batter Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma.

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2025

Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks Silence On Psychological Impact Of South Africa Abduction

"We need a movie based on this!" The post Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks Silence On Psychological Impact Of South Africa Abduction first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jan 23, 2025

‘We were betrayed’: families of apartheid victims sue South African government

High court case demands inquiry into 1985 Cradock Four killings and ‘constitutional damages’ worth £7.3m

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

Five artists, five nations: taking to the road to find southern Africa’s hidden stories

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden stories. His mission was to visit artists in their studios to learn about the environments in which they work and…

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

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The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

Industrial scale farming is flawed: what ecologically-friendly farming practices could look like in Africa

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers have described it as a “must read for all who care about the future of Africa and its people”. The book outlines how…

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads had been placed into the marrow cavity.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Princess Royal offers advice to yachting hopefuls in South Africa

The princess last visited South Africa in 2012.

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025

Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will

In mid-January 2025 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala Umgodi — meaning “plug the hole” – which had cut off food and water in an effort to “smoke out”…

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Woman & Home · Jan 22, 2025

Princess Anne just wore her signature snazzy sunnies in South Africa for special visit

The Princess Royal is on a solo visit to South Africa and she wore a practical outfit and her iconic sunglasses on the first day

Memorial Honors Black South African WWI Servicemen

Unveiling of a memorial in Cape Town honoring Black South African WWI servicemen who served in non-combat roles.

South Africa's Chief Rabbi Establishes Counter-Terror Task Force

Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein establishes Counter-Terror Task Force to enhance security for South African Jewish community and address global terror thr...

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial

More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with a memorial more than 100 years later

Successful Rescue Operation Saves Miners Trapped In South Africa

A daring rescue operation in Carletonville, South Africa, using advanced technology and community support, saved trapped miners with 246 survivors rescued.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Families’ relief as memorial unveiled to first world war black South African dead

Commonwealth War Graves Commission begins project to honour those who, unlike white counterparts, were never commemorated

Radio France Internationale · Jan 22, 2025

Africa’s changing diplomacy as G20, Ecowas divisions and new global alliances loom

In this edition of the Spotlight on Africa podcast, experts and analysts delve into Africa's evolving diplomacy as the continent approaches 2025. Topics include South Africa's G20 leadership, the division within the West African bloc ECOWAS, and emerging partnerships with the US and China.

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