South Africa in the news: Coronavirus: Hong Kong experts say newly detected old infections ‘shouldn’t count’ towards city’s main Covid-19 tally: Dr Leung Chi-chiu says he believes two recently discovered infections are old transmissions, and should be classified separately to help Hong Kong reopen borders.: “South Africa” – BingNews COVID may be shifting ratings goalposts: …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Elizabeth River Looking North from Interstate 64 Towards Norfolk, Virginia Image by Ken Lund The Elizabeth River is a 6-mile-long (10 km) tidal estuary forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is located along the …
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 …
Kenya and Tanzania: how sport affects nationalism, and attitudes towards refugees: Tanzania's Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images Using sports to understand social and political phenomena has become a common avenue for research. Scholars analyse …
South Africa in the news: SANEF: Action plan to be drawn up to work towards ethical journalism that serves the public interest: In the wake of the release of an independent inquiry into media credibility and ethics earlier this year, the media fraternity at the weekend committed to coming up with an action plan to …
How vaccines are pushing the UK towards the end of lockdown: The latest round of lockdown easing has now taken place in England, Wales and most of Scotland, with restrictions on households mixing indoors being relaxed to varying degrees across the three countries. As with previous steps out of lockdown, four conditions had to be …
South Africa in the news: The covid-19 vaccine patent waiver: a crucial step towards a “people’s vaccine”: An intellectual property waiver alone will not solve the covid-19 vaccine access challenge, other steps will be needed In rich nations that have plentiful doses of covid-19 vaccines, including the UK …: “South Africa” – BingNews S Africa …
South Africa in the news: Craig Howie takes huge step towards European Tour with maiden Challenge Tour victory: If Craig Howie had any lingering disappointment at being shut out of a Belfry return this week, he extinguished it by taking a major step toward the European Tour with his debut Challenge Tour victory …: “South …
South Africa in the news: Covid-19 has nudged youth development towards 4IR — but big gaps remain, data access among them: The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred organisations working in youth development to find new ways to reach their young audiences through technology, but without the basics in place, many of these …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: SA Champions Season starts as top horses build up towards Durban July: Many of the country’s top horses start their build-up to the bigger plums of the South Africa’s Champion Season with the Gr 2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes at Greyville on Sunday.: “South Africa” – BingNews ‘Parliament …
First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem: We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans – but what about human-monkey chimeras? Joao Paulo Porto/Shutterstock Scientists have created the world’s first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop …
Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside South Africa’s governing party: President Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign against corruption is being undermined from within the governing ANC. EFE-EPA/Yeshiel Panchia It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African National Congress …
Check out this Port Elizabeth image: Elizabeth River Looking North from Interstate 64 Towards Norfolk, Virginia Image by Ken Lund The Elizabeth River is a 6-mile-long (10 km) tidal estuary forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is located along …
Attitudes towards abortion in the DRC suggest there are ways to overcome stigma: Abortion is highly stigmatised in the DRC JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), restrictive abortion laws, limited medical resources, and high costs – all heightened by two decades of conflict – have led to barriers …
South Africa in the news: Beware the emerging trend in South Africa towards fascism of a special type: The myth of rebirth was used by Mussolini and Hitler, extolling the need to return to the splendour of a past, great nation-state. In South Africa, these utterances are not dissimilar, stealing the …: “South Africa” – …
Cats don’t avoid strangers who behave badly towards their owners, unlike dogs: Shutterstock/Chendongshan There’s an old stereotype about the difference between cats and dogs. Dogs are loving and fiercely loyal, they say, while cats are aloof and indifferent. Most cat people probably disagree – I certainly find it hard to believe, with my cat purring …
Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria: Religious courts like this sharia court uphold practices that discriminate against women. Aminu Abubakar/AFP via Getty Images Numerous countries have committed themselves to promoting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls by ratifying international human rights treaties. These include the Convention …
South Africa in the news: BizTrends2021 – Towards New North and New Narratives: Bizcommunity, in partnership with South Africa’s leading business trend consultants, Flux Trends, invites you to join BizTrends2021 – Towards New North and New Narratives on Thursday, 28 January 2021.: “South Africa” – BingNews UK travel ban: These countries have imposed new restrictions: Countries …