January 21, 2020

News: Two men arrested for demanding money from a developer

PRETORIA – Members of the National Cold Case Investigation Team arrested two men who were allegedly demanding money while threatening a building contractor in a suburb outside Port Elizabeth.Luvuyo Chippa Baadjies (39) and Simphiwe Bans Waka (45) were …

News: Court sentences secured in Pixley Ka Seme Cluster

NORTHERN CAPE- In an effort to ensure that those who transgress the law, especially crimes perpetrated against women and children face the full might of the law, the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) in Pixley Ka Seme Clu…

Police arrest two suspects for kidnapping an 11-year-old girl

NELSPRUIT A 42-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman are expected to appear at the Emalahleni Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, 22 January 2020, after having been arrested on Monday, 20 January 2020 for allegedly Kidnapping an 11-year-old girl on 30 Novembe…

Festive Season operation continues and yields drug successes

NORTHERN CAPE – On Tuesday, 21 January 2020 the SAPS members of Frances Baard Cluster task team, along with members of Crime Intelligence, Mounted Unit, Hartswater K9 and SAPS Search and Rescue conducted disruptive operations in the Kimberley area.Tw…

Nigeria enhances its Digital Economy blueprint

ABUJA, AFRICA’S biggest economy, Nigeria, is empowering its youths with digital literacy skills as part of government’s Digital Economy strategy.This follows a partnership signed by government and International Business Machines (IBM), the technology …

Future bleak for uneducated South Sudan youngsters

KHARTOUM, SOME 2,2 million children in South Sudan do not have access to quality education as a result of government not prioritising their schooling.While the internationally agreed worldwide standard for education allocations is 20 percent of the na…

Witsies vie for top spot in battle of minds

Three Wits students are aiming to secure top positions in a national competition for economics students.The three are finalist in the Nedbank Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition whose winners will be announced in February. The trio will be competing a…

Build a capable state, don’t just talk about it

This is an adaptation of a speech given at the BUSA Business Economic Indaba in Sandton on Tuesday 14 January 2020.In a speech given to the Business Unity South Africa Business Economic Indaba in Sandton on 14 January 2020, Kamal Ramburuth-Hurt, one of…

How we deduced that our ancestors liked roast vegetables too

The charred remains of root vegetables found at Border Cave help us understand how early humans survived and thrived.Archaeological work at the Border Cave site has revealed the earliest evidence for cooked root vegetables. Border Cave lies between Sou…

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