Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition” hit Gaza’s only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering there. “Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful,” he said in a statement. The incident happened on Thursday when an Israeli…
South Africa’s Legal Practice Council (LPC) is developing an AI policy framework to govern how legal professionals use artificial intelligence when doing their work. The move comes after two cases – Mavundlela vs the KwaZulu-Natal MEC of cooperative governance & traditional affairs and Northbound Processing vs the SA Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator – were…
The Trust’s advocacy work is rewriting the story of women’s economic advancement in Africa–one policy conversation, one partnership, and one life-changing commitment at a time. Behind each milestone lies not just a statistic but a network of dedicated women entrepreneurs, policymakers, and Trust staff, all driven by a shared vision: that when women thrive, communities…
Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare occurrences for the place and time, and which pose a danger to large numbers of people and the economy. Marina Joubert researches how the public connects with science. She…
Federal authorities sanctioned six leaders and affiliates of Tren de Aragua on Thursday, the latest step in the United States’ ongoing effort to target members of the Venezuelan gang. The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the head of the gang known as “Niño Guerrero,” as well as five others connected to Tren de…
APP scam losses are on the rise, according to ACI Worldwide’s latest Scamscope report. Amid an ever-changing payments landscape, real-time payments are booming, offering significant value for financial institutions. At the same time, Authorized Push Payment (APP) scam losses are on the rise. To unpack these and other key trends in payments and fraud prevention,…
In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Geneva, Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, called on Member States and sports clubs around the world to address the vast gender gap which still exists in women’s sport. “The playing field is still far from level,” Mr. Türk said. In the past few…
South Africa’s G20 presidency shouldn’t drop the baton passed by Brazil on this crucial issue that underpins good governance. As leaders of the world’s major economies prepare for the November G20 Johannesburg Summit, champions of South Africa’s journalism industry are working to ensure that information integrity and media freedom are not overlooked. The two issues…
Following her termination as a federal prosecutor, Maurene Comey called on her colleagues to condemn ‘abuses of power’. Maurene Comey — the daughter of James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — has condemned President Donald Trump shortly after being fired from her role as a federal prosecutor in the…
MultiChoice Group has told the Competition Tribunal that its takeover by French broadcasting giant Groupe Canal+ would give it the scale it needs to compete effectively against Netflix and other international streamers. The proposed multibillion-rand deal, which is inching closer to a conclusion, overcame a big hurdle in May when the Competition Commission recommended it…
