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Team Malawi gets started in Namibia
The Times Group Malawi
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July 4, 2025
Malawi’s teams have struck a positive tone as they start their African Union Region 5 Games campaign in Windhoek, Namibia. This is despite flight challenges which resulted into Team Malawi members being spilt into three groups. The first group...
Google-Sparkasse partnership makes Google’s ZKP library open source
Biometric Update
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July 4, 2025
Google is embracing zero knowledge proofs (ZKP) for age verification, having this week announced a major partnership with Germany’s network of public savings banks, Sparkasse, that sees it open source its ZKP libraries. A blog post from the...
OPINION | The plight of boys and men is a missing agenda in G20 engagements
Sowetan
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July 4, 2025
Men are in danger, and they are equally a danger to themselves and those around them. In his book, titled, Of Boys and Men: Why The Modern Male Matters, And What To Do About It, author Richard Reeves, argues, “There is a fear that helping men...
Unpacking AI-enabled business transformation and the organisation’s journey to the cloud at SAPHILA 2025
Engineering News
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We are living in times of continuous disruption, including issues such as economic instability, supply chain and shipping disruptions, and the after-effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change. These ongoing disruptions are all...
NNN wants stronger energy partnerships
New Era
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LUANDA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah described energy as a powerful driver of economic growth and development. She said Namibia is prepared to take the lead in the global shift toward clean and sustainable energy. She was speaking at the...
SA’s national bird threatened as numbers crash
South Africa Today
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July 1, 2025
The Blue Crane’s population has been declining since 2010, prompting its official status change from “near threatened” to “vulnerable” in the Regional Red Data Book of Birds 2025. Research shows breeding success in the Western Cape’s Overberg...
What is the International Big Cat Alliance, launched by India?
The Indian Express
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June 17, 2025
The first Assembly of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) was held in New Delhi on Monday (June 16), presided over by the Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav.He was endorsed as the President of the...
Despite Strong Commitment, SDGs Progress Alarmingly Off Track 10 Years On—New UN Report Finds
Inter Press Service
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June 24, 2025
Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Gender, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Sustainable Development...
Lesotho’s removal from hunger hotspots is a milestone – But not the finish line
Public Eye
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July 1, 2025
PATRICE TALLA TAKOUKAM This month brought a rare but welcome headline in global food security: Lesotho is no longer on the list of global hunger hotspots. According to the latest Hunger Hotspots 2025 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Kenya’s PS Imbunya joins ESAMI Governing Board
TV47
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July 3, 2025
Principal Secretary State Department for Public Service and Human Capital Development Dr. Jane Kere Imbunya today officially joined the Governing Board of the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI). The induction session, held...
Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South African freedom fighter
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo...
Blue Crane threatened as numbers crash
BusinessLIVE
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SA’s national bird, the Blue Crane, is in trouble. Until just 15 years ago, numbers of this stately bird — a firm favourite of nature lovers — were increasing well. But research has now shown that the species’ overall population trajectory changed...
Mark Bettle: Donations provide real help in real time
Telegraph-Journal
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June 24, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Kings County Record Life Saint John & South Salon Author of the article: Mark Bettle • Ubuntu in action Published Jun 24, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 2 minute read A family in Eswatini receives a food package from the...
Prostate cancer in men of African heritage: understanding the risk and prognostic factors
Urology News
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Prostate cancer (PCa) represents a major public health concern and is recognised as one of the most common cancers worldwide, accounting for a significant proportion of cancer-related deaths. It is the second most common malignancy among men...
How South Africa's One Stop Border Post initiative will revolutionise land ports
IOL
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July 2, 2025
The One Stop Border Post (OSBP) concept is expected to streamline and improve border operations at six land ports in South Africa. The OSBP will not only deal with two critical issues in South Africa, i.e., security and economic growth, but will...
Coding Is No Longer Enough: Why Africa Needs AI Literacy In Every School (3)
Daily Guide
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July 2, 2025
But it’s not just about employment. AI literacy is also about citizenship in a digital age. Algorithms now determine access to credit, social services, public safety alerts, and even political messaging. Understanding how these systems work — and...
‘It’s back to drug rationing’: The end of HIV was in sight, then came the cuts
Daily News Tanzania
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July 2, 2025
THIS year the world should have been “talking about the virtual elimination of HIV” in the near future. “Within five years,” says Prof Sharon Lewin, a leading researcher in the field. “Now that’s all very uncertain.” Scientific advances had...
Young South Africans push forward despite economic hurdles
Sowetan
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June 23, 2025
Whether they’re behind a trombone, a fuel pump, or a laptop, SA’s youth are working, studying and most importantly hoping. In a country where youth unemployment stood at 62.4% in the first three months of 2025, many young people are forced to...
NICHOLAS SHUBITZ: US travel bans gift Africa to China
BusinessLIVE
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Having failed to cut government spending, reindustrialise the US with tariffs or deliver on much-touted peace proposals, the Trump administration appears to be using mass deportations and travel bans as a means of proving that it is making...
HENNI BRITZ: Time to review Sacu’s revenue-sharing formula
BusinessLIVE
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When finance minister Enoch Godongwana eventually delivered his budget this year, much was made of the careful balancing act within the government of national unity (GNU) — a fiscal road map that tiptoes between competing ideological camps while...