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2024-10-08, Asiatimes
There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon,...
FILE - A police officer and a soldier from Benin stop a motorcyclist at a checkpoint outside Porga, Benin, March 26, 2022. Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a new report said Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the latest trend in the militants' movements to wealthier West African coastal nations.
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2024-09-04, Independent online (SA)
By Bayethe Msimang Africa is at a critical juncture, grappling with a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. Recent events in the Sahel and the escalating tensions...
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020
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2024-06-27, The Sun
ELON Musk has been the target of death threats since he was just five years old, his dad has told The U.S. Sun. The world's richest man, 52, told Tesla shareholders...
Independent online (SA): Despite the court ruling that Eskom was wrong for attaching Emfuleni municipality’s bank accounts to secure payments for the municipality’s electricity debt, the power utility said this would affect their ability to deliver affordable and reliable electricity....
RTE: BillionaireElon Musk took a wild gamble backing Donald Trump's White House candidacy, but the bet has paid off - at least for now - with the US president-elect handing him an outsized role to overhaul the government. Mr Musk said before the election that a...
Public Technologies: ) Media statement delivered by MinisterRonald Lamola at Oliver TamboBuilding in Pretoria South Africa and Angola strengthen economic ties with new initiatives and upcoming State Visit On the 1st of November 2024, we undertook a working visit to Luanda for...
Public Technologies: ) The University of Pretoria Pre-University Academy (UP-PUA), a flagship programme designed to bridge the gap between basic and higher education, is celebrating a significant milestone as its first cohort of more than 50 students completed the programme. More...
Public Technologies: ) Standard Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to South Africa's healthcare sector with a R100,000 donation to the University of Pretoria's (UP) Life Changers Fund, an initiative aimed at supporting health sciences students facing financial challenges. The...
News24: When Ebrahim Rasool returns to Washington in December as South Africa's ambassador, one of his primary goals is to reposition Pretoria as a "moral superpower" ......
Independent online (SA): A former apartheid police officer, Johan Marais, was on Tuesday found guilty of killing student activist Caiphus Nyoka in 1987. This comes after the 65-year-old pleaded guilty to the murder in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. At the time, Marais was a...
Xinhua: JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Africa expects the upcoming G20 summit to strengthen multilateralism and reform the global institutions of governance, South Africa's top diplomat said on Tuesday. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation...
Independent online (SA): For over three decades, “Defending the Caveman” has been entertaining theatregoers from around the globe. The iconic one-man show, which taps into the differences between men and women, was created by American comedian Rob Becker. As with most comedic works,...