As South Africans adopt purple profile images in support of the Women for Change movement ahead of a planned national shutdown, cybersecurity experts warn that gender-based violence increasingly extends into digital spaces, with technology playing a growing role in harassment, surveillance and psychological harm. Digital spaces emerging as a GBV battleground While technology enables mass…
Vapes and e-cigarettes have 3,000 times more germs than the average toilet seat. The discovery comes from a new analysis by BioLabTests in Coventry, which found that after just three days of use, the mouthpiece of a strawberry-ice Lost Mary vape contained around 150,000 colony-forming units (CFUs) – “as many as 3,000 times more than…
Kigali — “As NCBA, we are proud to support the ASEA Annual Conference. Our participation reflects our commitment to strengthening Africa’s capital markets and partnering with institutions that drive sustainable economic growth,” said NCBA’s managing director Maurice Toroitich. In alignment with the conference’s focus on innovation, regional integration, and sustainable finance, NCBA emphasized its commitment…
Khanyisile Ngcobo, Nomsa Maseko,BBC Africa, Johannesburg and Danai Nesta Kupemba AFP via Getty Images Many activists want gender-based violence to be declared a national disaster South African women’s rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster in a country where attacks on women have become…
Sir Keir Starmer, prime minister of the UK. (Image supplied by the British High Commission, Pretoria) The UK has partnered with the JSE and Telkom to accelerate the growth of South Africa’s tech ventures. The UK government made the announcement today after prime minister Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Johannesburg this morning ahead of the…
Back in 2014, what started as a routine check-up for a patient turned into something Dr Rohan Sequeira, a medical doctor from India, still cherishes today. As an expert in Cardiology, Dr Sequeira had for years prescribed complete cessation of smoking to his patients as a way of slowing down the aggressiveness of cardiac-linked diseases. However,…
Thousands of South African Women Protest Against Gender-Based Violence South African women’s rights groups called for nationwide protests demanding that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster, as attacks on women continue. The movement began online and culminated in a “G20 Women’s Shutdown”, with supporters, including celebrities and ordinary citizens, turning their social…
A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after being attacked by an English fleet, authorities said Thursday. The recovery is part of a scientific investigation that the government authorized…
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is prepared for launch with Nasa’s EscaPade mission with two satellites to orbit Mars, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Joe Skipper/Reuters Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn…
“I was scared and terrified because I was still very young when I received the news. What else was going to save me if the medicines that are supposed to treat me are failing?” wonders Brandon Jaka, a 26-year-old pharmacist in Harare, in reminiscence. Harare — Born with HIV, Jaka has lived his entire life…
