Tech professionals and educators agree that SA needs to emphasise AI and cyber security training to keep up with advances in emerging technologies. (Image source: iStock) South African organisations must intensify cyber security and AI training and strengthen collaboration between education institutions and industry to address critical technology skills shortages, cyber security professionals and educators…
Twenty years after toxic waste from the cargo ship Probo Koala was dumped across Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, the disaster remains an open wound for many victims and a symbol of wealthy countries sending unwanted waste to Africa. On 19 August 2006, more than 500 tonnes of harmful substances unloaded from the ship were dumped…
The latest strikes on Kyiv began around midnight local time as air raid sirens sounded across the city, followed by the impact of Russian missiles. The strikes cut power to thousands of properties, plunging parts of the Kyiv region into darkness. A day of mourning is to be observed on Friday. At a local school…
After Spain’s first fully fledged modern democracy and Second Republic began in 1931 despite ferocious opposition from hardline conservatives, Franco began a right-wing military rebellion on July 18, 1936, to put an end to its political and social reforms. Despite backing from fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, his uprising encountered greater resistance than expected from…
