President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS Government plans to launch the “alpha” (pre-beta) version of its revamped central website this month, according to according to an update of the second phase of government’s Operation Vulindlela programme. The www.gov.za portal acts as a central gateway to information on government services and initiatives. President Cyril Ramaphosa said during…
A worker who was trapped after part of a medieval tower collapsed in the heart of Rome has been rescued, according to local media reports. The man was pulled free at 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT) – nearly twelve hours after a section of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the famous Roman…
Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the unique aircraft, the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) jet has successfully completed its first flight in California. The milestone moves the project one step closer to its ambitious goal: achieving supersonic flight without generating the disruptive “sonic boom.” Read: Nvidia becomes first $5-trillion…
A Pakistani official told CBS News that the country “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests” in response to President Trump’s assertion in an interview with 60 Minutes that the country has conducted nuclear weapons tests, along with Russia and China. “Pakistan was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will not…
Cheslyn Jacobs, incoming CEO of TymeBank. TymeBank has received approval from the South African Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority to appoint Cheslyn Jacobs as its new CEO, effective 1 January 2026. Jacobs succeeds Karl Westvig, who has been with TymeBank’s leadership since 2023 and will continue to serve in an advisory capacity to support the bank’s…
The announcement comes less than week after Amazon laid off 14,000 people. OpenAI has signed a new deal valued at $38bn with Amazon that will allow the artificial intelligence giant to run AI workloads across Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The seven-year deal announced on Monday is the first big AI push for the…
Cheslyn Jacobs Digital challenger bank TymeBank will have a new CEO from January. Cheslyn Jacobs will take the reins from Karl Westvig with effect from 1 January 2026. Westvig, who has been part of the bank’s leadership team since 2023, will continue in an advisory role after he steps down. “Jacobs, a TymeBank founding team…
Two decades after replacing the OAU, the AU’s record is best measured not by communiqués but by how fast it converts rules into results on the ground. In March 2022, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) authorised the transition from AMISOM to ATMIS in Somalia — a reminder that, two decades after the…
The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has indicated that Africa must take full charge of its peace and security agenda to secure its future. She said the continent could no longer afford to be a bystander in global affairs and must instead act as a confident and proactive force. This was contained in a…
Michael O’Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings Plc, during a news conference in London, UK, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary on Monday admonished the U.K. government over its push to raise taxes on passenger flights, warning that the policy will see airlines move…
