Sars pushes back on eFiling profile hijackings report

Sars pushes back on eFiling profile hijackings report

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have dismissed a report that as many as 16 000 eFiling profiles have been hijacked, with taxpayers losing refunds to cybercriminals. The Sowetan reported on Friday that cybercriminals were increasingly breaching Sars’s systems, raising questions about the security of taxpayer data. But…

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Africa: UNWTO Pushes Africa to Take the Heel in Tourism

Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week, warning that a “global crisis” of war, climate change, inequality and technological risk demands urgent, coordinated action. “We are facing a global crisis. Conflicts are multiplying in the context in which geopolitical divides…

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Africa: As Funding Cuts Bite, South Africa’s AIDS Conference Pushes for Inclusive, Innovative HIV Strategies

Africa: As Funding Cuts Bite, South Africa’s AIDS Conference Pushes for Inclusive, Innovative HIV Strategies

Johannesburg — The 12th South African AIDS Conference opened this week at Emperor’s Palace in Gauteng, South Africa, as pressure mounted on health systems in the host country and the region. The conference, which runs from September 8-11, drew about 1,400 delegates under the theme Unite for Change, Empower Communities and Redefine Priorities for HIV/AIDS….

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Africa: UNWTO Pushes Africa to Take the Heel in Tourism

Africa: At Maiden African CDS Summit, Tinubu Pushes for New African Defence Doctrine

·Canvasses permanent CDS forum to tackle terrorism, cybercrime, transnational crimes ·Explains why African nations must invest in cyber defence, AI President Bola Tinubu has canvassed the need for a regime of collective action and cooperation among African nations to effectively combat terrorism, cybercrime, transnational crimes, and other forms of insecurity on the continent. Follow us…

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Africa CDC Pushes For More Support In Fight Against Mpox

Africa CDC Pushes For More Support In Fight Against Mpox

Monrovia — The African Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is accelerating efforts to mobilize resources in its fight against mpox, one year after declaring the outbreak a public health emergency of continental security. Speaking at the continental health agency’s regular press briefing on Friday, August 23, the Incident Manager for the Democratic Republic of…

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Africa: UNWTO Pushes Africa to Take the Heel in Tourism

Africa: Agenda 2063 in Action – AFCFTA Pushes Africa Toward Self-Reliant Industrialization

The continental flagship project under the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), is envisioned to transform Africa into a global economic powerhouse through integration. With 54 signatories and 47 ratifications, the AfCFTA is now the world’s largest free trade agreement, promising to connect a market of 1.4 billion people. With…

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China pushes US to loosen AI chip curbs

China pushes US to loosen AI chip curbs

Chinese President Xi Jinping China wants the US to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal before a possible summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Chinese officials have told experts in Washington that Beijing wants the Trump administration to…

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