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Smartphone technology has revolutionised the way the world lives and stays connected. This article was originally published by a www.iol.co.za . Read the Original article here. .
Millions of tiny space rock fragments may be on a collision course with Earth and Mars after NASA deliberately crashed a probe into a far-away asteroid two years ago, a new study reveals. The celestial shrapnel, which could start hitting our planet within a decade, poses no risk to life on Earth — but it could trigger the first ever human-caused meteor showers.On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft purposefully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, smashing right into the middle of the space rock at around 15,000 mph (24,000 km/h). The epic impact, which occurred more…
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency, after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spread to neighbouring countries and a new form of the virus, clade Ib, triggered concerns about the speed of transmission. Last week, Health Minister Monica Garcia said Spain had “a very good stock” of the vaccines. Spain has registered 268 cases of the old strain so far this year, well below 7,500 cases recorded in a global outbreak of 2022. About 40,000 people have taken the vaccine so far. This article was originally published by a www.cnbcafrica.com . Read…
Rassie Erasmus says Saturday’s clash with the All Blacks is Aphelele Fassi’s time to shine, after backing the fullback to start ahead of veteran Willie le Roux. This article was originally published by a www.sarugbymag.co.za . Read the Original article here. .
Veteran Gospel singer Solly Moholo, 65, has been hospitalised in Botswana after falling ill following a performance.Moholo’s management reports that he is doing much better, although he remains in the hospital.Moholo was in the country to pre-launch his new album.Veteran Gospel singer Solly Moholo has been admitted to a hospital in Botswana after falling ill after a performance. The 65-year-old, whose real name is Solomon Molokoane, was in the country to pre-launch his upcoming album, Wubani O zo Pepeza.His management team posted a statement on the singer’s social media saying he was doing much better on Monday than he was when…
Auditor general Tsakani Maluleke Poor audit outcomes in local government continue unabated, with only 34 of South Africa’s 257 municipalities obtaining clean bills of health. Auditor general Tsakani Maluleke highlighted this stark finding when her office presented its 2022-23 consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes to parliament on Tuesday. In her report, Maluleke called on “all roleplayers in the accountability ecosystem to work deliberately and with urgency towards a culture of performance, accountability, transparency, and institutional integrity that will ultimately result in a better life for the people of South Africa”. The auditor general said despite commitments made…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reassigned the responsibility for state-owned enterprises from the now-defunct department of public enterprises to their respective line-function ministries. President Cyril Ramaphosa has reassigned the responsibility for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the now-defunct department of public enterprises to their respective line-function ministries. This will see responsibility for power utility Eskom transferred to the department of energy and electricity and that of rail, port and pipeline company Transnet to the transport portfolio. Ramaphosa said he had effected the proclamation in terms of section 97 of the Constitution, which allows him to redistribute the powers and functions of key…
Jerusalem — The Israeli military said Tuesday that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza. The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.” It did not provide further details.The 52-year-old is from Israel’s Arab Bedouin minority and was working as a guard at a packing factory in Kibbutz Magen, one of several farming communities that were attacked on Oct. 7. He has two wives and is the father of 11 children.Israel’s Channel 12 showed Alkadi’s family…
From its formation to the present, the MK party has laid a somewhat shaky foundation. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) “I will die a member of the ANC.” Those who follow local politics will remember this statement from former ANC and national president Jacob Zuma after he was expelled from the party with which he had been associated for more than six decades. These words, said grudgingly, were uttered after his disciplinary hearing a few weeks ago. They speak to the “political jackpot” that has fallen to the Nkandla duo of Zuma and his daughter, Duduzile. From the formation of the uMkhonto…