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In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin, Germany.
AP / Britta Pedersen, Pool, File
2025-01-21, NME
Green Day have taken a shot at Elon Musk during a recent concert in South Africa – check out footage of the performance below. READ MORE: 10 albums that wouldn’t exist...
File — A women scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
AP / Themba Hadebe/File
2024-12-11, Anadolu Agency
The UN secretary-general said Wednesday he stands side by side with South Africa’s PresidentCyril Ramaphosa and the people of Africa in their fight for justice on...
Auschwitz nazi camp
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2024-10-08, Asiatimes
There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon,...
Independent online (SA): Played 12, won three, lost nine. It was not a pretty sight for South African teams in the Champions Cup this season, and none of them have reached the play-offs – after the Bulls (quarter-finals) and Stormers (round of 16) made it through the pool stages last...
Business Day: The Sunrisers Eastern Cape will continue to harness the support of the partisan OrangeArmy when they host the Pretoria Capitals at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Wednesday (5.30pm), skipper...
Independent online (SA): The chairperson of the police portfolio committee Ian Cameron on Tuesday said there were many concerning things happening within the SAPS over the past few months. Cameron described the situation within the police service as being slightly chaotic. He...
The Daily Mail: Princess Anne made a visit to a riding school for the disabled on the first day of her state visit to South Africa. Despite the long flight, the royal, 74, looked fresh in casual attire - a floral blue shirt and white chinos - on Tuesday as she arrived at the...
Mail Guardian South Africa: The chairperson of parliament’s police portfolio committee said on Tuesday that the skills audit for senior police officers it recommended last year should start with the fraught Crime Intelligence division. Ian Cameron made the remarks during...
Independent online (SA): Newcomers to top-level rugby may forget that Marcell Coetzee has 31 Springbok Test caps to his name. Add over 70 Super Rugby caps for the Sharks, over 50 European outings for Ulster and two short stints in Japan, and it becomes clear that the 33-year-old loose...
Independent online (SA): Deputy PresidentPaul Mashatile, addressed the 2025 Annual Organised LabourSchool, emphasising the importance of collaboration between government, labour unions, and the private sector in shaping the country’s labour market and promoting economic progress....
Independent online (SA): Newly inaugurated US PresidentDonald Trump has 'hit the ground running', making a slew of executive orders within hours of taking office, including a clampdown on undocumented immigrants and withdrawing from both the ParisClimate Agreement and WorldHealth...
Independent online (SA): https://youtu.be/gZImc8YxR-M The geological explanation for a rough diamond tells a unique story of how its surface bears the marks of its creation journey. Its raw, uncut appearance has a particular draw, evoking a sense of connection to the Earth's...
Public Technologies: ) Veera Virmasalo appointed as SeniorSpecialist for Team FinlandKnowledge inPretoriaMinistry of Education and Culture Publication date 21.1.2025 12.47 News item Veera Virmasalo, (MA), has been appointed to the post of Senior Specialist in Higher Education...
Independent online (SA): Newly inaugurated US PresidentDonald Trump has 'hit the ground running', making a slew of executive orders within hours of taking office, including a clampdown on undocumented immigrants and withdrawing from both the ParisClimate Agreement and WorldHealth...
Public Technologies: ) PresidentCyril Ramaphosa has this morning, 21 January 2025, arrived in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland where he will lead the South African delegation during the 55th World Economic Forum (WEF). The annual meeting is taking place from 20-24 January 2025 under...