Category South Africa

Tough times, but matrics made it

Numbers, as the past has proven, are not always the strong point of our government officials. When reporting back to parliament – or the country – many are killed by ministers… or even the president. Unsurprisingly, the National Senior Certificate…

Google announces nearly 12,000 job cuts worldwide

Google’s parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts worldwide on Friday citing changing “economic realities”, becoming the latest US tech giant to undertake a large-scale restructuring. The layoffs come a day after Microsoft said it would cut up to…

Satellite mapping finds new colony of Emperor penguins

Satellite mapping technology has discovered another new colony of highly endangered emperor penguins, in Antarctica, researchers revealed. The discovery, announced by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to mark Penguin Awareness Day, brings the total number of known emperor penguin breeding…