“You speak good English for a Black person.” “Why are the plates not washed when there is a woman in this house?” “Can I touch your hair?” These are some common microaggressions you might have heard before, especially if you’re a Black woman. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Microaggressions can…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on, on the day he testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters It’s the what-could-have-beens that hurt the most. The childhood…
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – The sound of children at play echoes through the verdant lanes of one of the dozens of refugee camps on the outskirts of Cox’s Bazar, a densely populated coastal town in southeast Bangladesh. Just for a moment, the sounds manage to soften the harsh living conditions faced by the more than one…
The merger would have united SA’s largest mobile network operator with a key player in fibre infrastructure. The Competition Tribunal has concluded that the proposed R14 billion merger between Vodacom and Maziv “cannot be justified on substantial public interest grounds”. Yesterday, the competition watchdog provided the public version of the reasons why it prohibited the…
The Indiana Pacers were playing for the NBA championship on Sunday night. But when star Tyrese Haliburton was carried off the floor with an Achilles injury late in the first quarter of Game 7 of the finals, the franchise’s hopes plummeted. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder would go on to win the title…
