Cuba: five years after Fidel Castro’s death, how fares the revolution?: h If recent events in Cuba are anything to go by, the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is facing significant challenges as the country marks five years since the death of its revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, on November 25 2016. At least one leading …
South Africa in the news: LOCAL: After years of service, Hyper by the Sea Post Office closes its doors…: The Hyper by the Sea post office is closing it’s doors today. After years of servicing the communities around Durban, most especially for car license renewals, it will end it’s journey today. The …: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: Private investigator apologises for ‘robbing Harry of teenage years’: Gavin Burrows said the News of the World and The Sun had been ‘ruthless’ in their surveillance of Chelsy Davy’s phone in the early 2000s.: “South Africa” – BingNews Can South Africa embrace renewable energy from the sun?: By contrast, the …
South Africa in the news: Tim Paine would have been sacked as test captain three years ago, says Cricket Australia chair: Richard Freudenstein – current chair of Cricket Australia – says his regime would have sacked Tim Paine from his position of Test Captain three years ago. Paine quit his role on Friday following …: …
South Africa in the news: The Links celebrate 75 Years: AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com While a lot has changed since nine Black women in Philadelphia decided to give back to their communities in 1946 and began The Links, Incorporated, the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ghana vs South Africa prediction, preview, team news …
Ten years to 1.5°C: how climate anxiety is affecting young people around the world – podcast: In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to a climate scientist who just updated a clock he created that counts down the seconds until the world reaches 1.5°C of global warming. And we hear from experts …
Japan: pressure from populist right to scrap ‘peace constitution’ after 75 years: The relative success of the populist right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai or JIP), which increased its vote to emerge as the third-largest party in the recent elections, has paved the way for the country to revise its 75-year-old Peace Constitution. …
South Africa in the news: Windies unfazed by qualification challenge for next year’s World Cup: West Indies have missed out on automatic spot in next year’s Twenty20 World Cup following their abysmal showing at the ongoing showpiece, but Captain Kieron Pollard said the Caribbean side was not …: “South Africa” – BingNews Sirius Real Estate …
Fifty years ago, humans took the first full photo of Earth from space – the climate crisis means it’s time for another: This image of the Earth from a distance, known as the Blue Marble, was taken by Apollo 17 astronauts. NASAMarshall/Flickr, CC BY-SA “Everybody in the world needs to do this. Everybody in the …
Humanity is compressing millions of years of natural change into just a few centuries: The near future may be similar to the mid-Pliocene warm period a few million years ago. Daniel Eskridge / shutterstock Many numbers are swirling around the climate negotiations at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, COP26. These include global warming targets …
A nice Port Elizabeth image: Baby Elizabeth, just 2 years and 2 months old, was blind in both eyes due to cataracts. In this photo she is sitting with her older sister, a couple of days after her cataract surgery. Her protective goggles are placed over the eyes while her new lenses a Image by …
How COVID-19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control: Of the more than 1.6 million TB deaths recorded every year, more than 75,000 are in South Africa alone. Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recently released Global Tuberculosis Report for 2021 paints a dismal picture of the impact that …
Sudan coup: years of instability have made the army key power brokers: Omar al-Bashir’s regime in Sudan was toppled in 2019, a demise hailed with cries of “just fall!” from protesters massing in the streets of the capital Khartoum. But the transition rested on a power-sharing deal between the protesters and Sudan’s powerful military, whose …
What has changed for rural South African women in the last 25 years: Rural women in Agincourt, South Africa, with water collection containers. Lauren Porter South Africa has experienced tremendous change over the last quarter century: the first democratically elected government, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, changing health, social and economic policies and now the COVID-19 pandemic. …
One sentence in a book leads researchers to a species not seen in over 100 years: One of four montane skinks collected by the researchers. Wilson Monia It’s been more than 100 years since a live montane skink, Proscelotes aenea, was last spotted. Since then, it hasn’t been clear whether the lizard was extinct or …
South Africa in the news: RTD volume share to double in next five years: According to new research from IWSR ready-to-drink products will command eight per cent of total beverage alcohol by 2025, leading markets including Australia.: “South Africa” – BingNews T20 World Cup cricket on ESPN Plus: what can I watch and how much …
South Africa in the news: Early dinosaurs were SOCIABLE and moved in herds 193 million years ago – 40 million years earlier than previously thought, study finds: More than 100 eggs, complete with embryo remains still inside, have been dug up at a dinosaur graveyard in the Laguna Colorada Formation in Patagonia, Argentina.: “South Africa” …
Our sense of wellbeing has been in decline for years – here’s how to turn it around: Looking for light. David East/Unsplash, CC BY-SA People’s sense of wellbeing took a dive in the first year of the pandemic, according to new data published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). As lockdowns took effect and …