Countries are “legally obliged” to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations committee has said. This comes amid a fresh interpretation of a global accord, published on Monday. Issuing a fresh interpretation of an important international rights treaty, the UN watchdog…
Somaliland has spent three decades asking the world to trust a specific story about itself: a peaceful, democratic state exercising real authority over the territory it claims, with institutions worthy of recognition. The 2023 war in Las Anod tested all four of those claims — peace, democratic legitimacy, authority over the territory, institutional credibility —…
Prince Harry must pay Daily Mail publisher millions after invasion of privacy case fails – CBS News Watch CBS News Prince Harry and six others, including musician Elton John, must pay the publisher of Daily Mail millions of pounds after their failed invasion of privacy suit. Ian Lee has more details.
Federal prosecutors want to throw the book at former FBI Director James Comey in their seashells-based case — including his own crime novel. In court filings defending their controversial criminal case against the frequent critic and target of President Donald Trump, prosecutors in North Carolina say Comey’s book “FDR Drive” bolsters their argument that a…
Only an integrated approach to value addition will elevate African economies, create new jobs and leapfrog development stages. Industrial policy expert and former CEO of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers Phyllis Wakiaga says that without a well thought-out and executed industrialisation and value addition policy, African countries will continue lagging in development. “You get the…
Nearly six in 10 South African registered voters would accept exempting US companies from black economic empowerment requirements if it brought investment and jobs, according to polling published by The Common Sense – and support is strongest among black voters. The Social Research Foundation’s (SRF’s) second-quarter 2026 market survey found 47% of voters strongly agreed…
The stolen laptops were earmarked for under-resourced schools. The National Student Fund Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has opened a case of theft against a former board member for allegedly stealing laptops earmarked for under-resourced schools. The NSFAS said yesterday the former board member allegedly retained 10 of 30 laptops that were allocated to six high schools…
Rethinking BI testing or quality assurance isn’t about adding more steps for their own sake; it’s about replacing an impression with a verifiable claim. (Image source: iStock) A dashboard opens. The visuals render cleanly. The numbers look plausible. Someone nods, and the report is deployed. Too many BI report outputs are signed off with nothing…
TechCentral is proud to present the first episode of Watts & Wheels with Wills, our new interview show about electric vehicles and the fast-changing world of e-mobility in South Africa. In the debut episode, host William Kelly speaks to John Ford, sales manager at Aeversa, a fleet-focused electrification specialist helping some of South Africa’s biggest…
The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a “worse-case scenario” for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said. “We see the reduction of the volume of transits through the Strait of Hormuz and right now crews of…
