In a history-making voyage, the first full crew of the Royal Cape Yacht Club Sailing Academy from marginalized communities has crossed the finish line in the 50th Cape2Rio yacht race, after a thrilling battle to secure third place. 24 days…
The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on the case that has fueled tensions between Damascus and the West. Investigators say there are “substantial reasons…
From dairy farms failing to refrigerate their milk to chickens suffocating due to ventilator failures and entrepreneurs struggling to stay afloat, South Africa is experiencing its worst energy crisis in years. Africa’s most industrialized country has been hit by crippling…
Following Brexit, confectioner Pecan Deluxe Candy found its UK operations hampered by costly new red tape around animal product exports. The solution? Go vegan. The US-owned company – which supplies food brands with sweet confections like cake toppings and cookie…
On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome you to the official function of the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Pamela Dube. It was a good day for CUT to introduce a VC to her management team.…
Japan’s health ministry will decide whether to make the abortion pill available for the first time after the proposal cleared a key hurdle with approval by a government panel on Friday. Abortion is legal in Japan up to 22 weeks,…
Between December 2016 and December 2019, I was a post-doctoral fellow at a university that shall not be named. I was recruited to work on a project investigating the “institutional culture” of the university itself, commissioned by the vice chancellor:…
A gunman killed seven people in an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday, Israeli police said, in a dramatic escalation of violence that followed a deadly raid in the West Bank the previous day. The shooting in the Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem…
For more than a decade, there was no indication that South Africa’s growth story would get any happier. The long-term indolence has been punctuated by painful recessions and limp rallies, with little hope that the economy will improve enough to…
Electricity utility Eskom says it has no plans to retrench employees. This comes after Solidarity claimed on Thursday that the state-owned entity plans to “get rid of” 500 white people, who are responsible for maintenance, by 2025. According to Solidarity,…