Google loses appeal against €2.4 billion fine: tech giants might now have to re-think their entire business models: US tech company's search for the right result proves fruitless. viewimage Google is being fined €2.4 billion (£2.1 billion) for hindering competition in the EU after a 2017 decision has been upheld on appeal by the general …
South Africa in the news: Rethink excise duty killing local pubs: Me thinks that we have reached a point where makers of tax policy in this country must urgently go back to the drawing board to carry out a comprehensive and empirical study on the implications of …: “South Africa” – BingNews Steve Elworthy appointed …
Wales is having a rethink about its place in the UK – could it lead the way for everyone else?: Shutterstock Can the United Kingdom survive Brexit? This remains one of the great unanswered questions of our time. Politically, two major narratives have dominated. The first is that the UK is on a break-up trajectory. …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed: Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images South Africa’s economy has taken a number of very heavy body blows recently.: “South Africa” – BingNews Lions …
South Africa’s power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed: Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images South Africa’s economy has taken a number of very heavy body blows recently. These include a slowdown due to measures taken to control …
Teacher training needs a rethink to integrate language and subject learning: GettyImages In many countries where many languages are spoken, English is often the language of teaching and learning in schools. Learners get their knowledge of school subjects through the use of English – be it reading and writing or speaking and listening. Learners who …
Punitive laws are failing to curb misinformation in Africa. Time for a rethink: Many laws passed in recent times are not aimed at correcting false information, but punishing its publication. EFE-EPA/Harish Tyagi Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether or not it was intended to mislead, has long been recognised as a problem …
Book calls for a rethink of capitalism amid the ravages of COVID-19: A woman sweeps outside her shack in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. South Africa is among the most unequal societies in the world. Getty Images Instead of being the great leveller, as pandemics have been throughout history, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed and compounded pre-existing …
Twitter to ask users to rethink abusive messages – a promising step towards ‘slowcial media’: somemeans/Shutterstock In an effort to reverse the flood of abuse on the platform, Twitter is rolling out a new feature which will show a self-moderation prompt to users who compose replies that the platform’s algorithms recognise to be abusive. The …
Gender equality: Why the UK’s shared parental leave scheme needs a rethink: The scheme has done little to shift British attitudes that see men as the breadwinners and women, the caregivers Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash, FAL When the shared parental leave scheme was introduced to UK workplaces six years ago, the intention – rightfully – …
Universities in Nigeria must rethink how journalism is taught: A student going through his work at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Changes in the journalism profession have made journalism education challenging. For instance, the growth of the internet has given everyone the ability to generate and distribute information. This includes news materials …
Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy. Here’s how: Gold is key to the economic survival of millions of Ghanaians Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr, CC BY-NC Ghana is among the top two gold producers in Africa. What has caught little attention, however, is the fact that more than 35% of total gold output in Ghana …
Public trust in the media is at a new low: a radical rethink of journalism is needed: EFE-EPA/Kim Ludbrook A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South Africa’s news media makes for worrying reading. The panel, headed by retired judge Kathy Satchwell, was commissioned by the South African National …
South Africa in the news: Coronavirus live: Victoria calls for quarantine rethink; New Zealand records three local cases: Victoria’s Holiday Inn outbreak rises to 16 cases on second day of state lockdown; Boris Johnson urges G7 leader to unite against virus. Follow the latest updates live …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ashley Judd recounts ‘harrowing’ …
Nigeria must rethink responses to women displaced by Boko Haram: The Boko Haram crisis has displaced many women who have now made camps like this Awaridi refugee settlement in Niger, their home. GettyImages People’s experiences of conflict and violence are shaped in part by sex and gender. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to the …
Now’s the time to rethink your relationship with nature: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The pandemic has allowed many of us to develop a new appreciation of the great outdoors. But of course, this renewed engagement with nature comes at a time when our natural world is facing an unparalleled climate crisis. I’m a psychologist interested in how people …
South Africa in the news: Distell and Invenfin buy 40% stake in cannabis wellness brand Rethink: Distell and Invenfin have entered into a partnership with Releaf Pharmaceuticals to share ownership in South African cannabis wellness brand …: “South Africa” – BingNews Hotel quarantines to be considered for tighter control on travellers: The Government is to …
A-level and GCSE cancellation: a missed opportunity to rethink assessment: Lincoln Beddoe/Shutterstock GCSE and A-level exams in England have been cancelled, opening the door to a repeat of the confusion that marked the award of grades in 2020. The cancellation of exams in March 2020 in England was followed by the realisation that an algorithm …