Business debt: hidden advantage for giant firms means economy has been K-shaped for decades: Ladders for us, snakes for you. Ratthaphong Ekariyasap When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, it seemed like the day of reckoning for over-stretched corporate borrowers was finally at hand. For years, pundits and policymakers had been warning about a dangerous build-up …
Giant ancient sharks had enormous babies that ate their siblings in the womb: Megalodons are the biggest predatory sharks ever discovered. from www.shutterstock.com Made famous by the 2018 blockbuster The Meg, the largest predatory shark ever discovered, the megalodon, is a bit of a mystery. We know it lived between 15 and 3.6 million years …
South Africa in the news: Giant Hydrocarbons Discovery By Total And Africa Energy Better Than Expected: Total and (Lundin Group) discovered one of the top five hydrocarbon deposits in the world this year. Africa Energy’s share of the discovery has a value several times higher than its current market …: “South Africa” – BingNews Hong …
SpaceX Starship prototype exploded, but it’s still a giant leap towards Mars: Private company SpaceX launched SN8, a prototype of its Starship spacecraft, designed to go to the Moon and Mars, on December 10. Its short flight attracted a great deal of attention for it’s final few seconds before landing – when it exploded. But …
South Africa in the news: Billionaire Glasenberg Ending 18-Year Reign at Commodity Giant: Ivan Glasenberg, a former coal trader who became the billionaire boss of Glencore Plc, will step down as the commodities behemoth navigates through corruption probes, scrutiny of its environmental …: “South Africa” – BingNews Study: Mobile gaming to have major market share …
South Africa in the news: Avuna group takes another giant leap as they become affiliate member of FCI: FCI officially announced Avuna Limited as its newest affiliate member. This is a long-awaited affiliation looking at the volume the fast-growing trading company has recorded since inception in 2019.: “South Africa” – BingNews Global Solid-Fuel Boilers Market …
South Africa in the news: Giraffe’s knob-like horns may act like giant lightning rods making them particularly vulnerable to fatal electrocution, conservationist says: A conservationist in South Africa reporting on the lightning deaths of two giraffes says the animal’s height and horns make them vulnerable to fatal electrocution, as it acts like lighting rods.: “South …
South Africa in the news: Platinum Giant South Africa Forced by Virus to Look Into Abyss: South Africa’s gold industry has been dying slowly for years. As the coronavirus undercuts the already fragile case for investment, its platinum mines may be next.: “South Africa” – BingNews Global Acetic Acid Peroxide Market 2020 Sales Revenue, Key …
Giant panda conservation is failing to revive the wider ecosystem – new study: Clkraus/Shutterstock At a time when we crave good news, the giant panda is a beacon of environmental optimism. Since becoming an icon for the conservation movement in the 1980s, 67 panda reserves and countless wildlife corridors have been created in the bamboo …
Dennis Brutus: South African literary giant who was reluctant to tell his life story: Dennis Brutus's life is synonymous with South Africa's freedom struggle. @mjb/Flickr This is an edited extract from a new biography about Dennis Brutus, the anti-apartheid activist, poet and author. Brutus died in 2009. The extract records Brutus’s reluctance to write about …
South Africa in the news: Global report: India becomes third worst-affected country as giant Covid-19 hospital opens: Cases reach almost 700,000 to pass Russia in third place; Iran suffers record death toll; alarm in South Africa as cases jump amid easing of lockdown India has passed Russia as the country with the …: “South Africa” …
Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe: a giant of medicine in Nigeria, and a great mentor: Akinkugbe Courtesy Vesta Healthcare Nigerian Emeritus Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, a medical icon and colossus, was one of the few remaining giants of modern medicine in Africa. Professor Akinkugbe was born on July 17, 1933 in Ondo. He attended Government College, Ibadan, …
South Africa in the news: UPDATE 1-Clock ticks on push to resolve Egypt-Ethiopia row over giant Nile dam: Talks this month between water ministers led by Sudan, and observed by the United States, South Africa and the European Union, produced a draft deal that Sudan said made “significant progress on major …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Lefter Küçükandonyadis, the Greek giant who roared for Fenerbahçe and Turkey: In Turkey, there was one player last century who truly stood head and shoulders above all others, and he was just 169 cm tall. He wasn’t just a great player; …: “South Africa” – BingNews Cement sector needs strengthening: …
South Africa in the news: South Africa Retail Clothing Giant Jet Stores Closing Down Due To Coronavirus Lockdown.: One of South Africa’s retailers continues to hang by a thread. Rumour had it that Jet would be bought by Mr Price Group as Mr Price expressed an interest in raising capital through a share issue and …
As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?: The Oosterscheldekering helps protect the Netherlands from North Sea flooding. XL Creations / shutterstock Climate change, it’s fair to say, is complicated. And it’s big. One of the main challenges of responding effectively is simply getting your head around the scale of the …
From miniature satellites to giant sun shields – the extreme technology transforming space engineering: Artist's impression of the NanoSail D satellite in orbit with solar sail. NASA This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. This was possible thanks to an extraordinary acceleration of space technology. Within a remarkably short period …
How we’re probing the secrets of a giant black hole at our galaxy’s centre: The region around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, imaged with South Africa's MeerKAT telescope. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Supermassive black holes are giant black holes found at the centre of almost every galaxy. …