Stop the ‘Please Call Me’ madness

Stop the ‘Please Call Me’ madness

ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. The villain of the moment is the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which really, deeply, and utterly screwed it up. But at heart, the Please Call Me saga is the fault of lawyers, or rather the two pig-headed clients, Vodacom and Nkosana Makate, who should have stopped listening to those…

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Africa: ‘A Shot That Would Stop Sperms for 24 Months’

Africa: ‘A Shot That Would Stop Sperms for 24 Months’

A new male contraceptive is shaking up global conversations around reproductive health–and its potential could be felt in Uganda, where family planning remains largely centered on women. The innovation, called Adam, is a water-soluble hydrogel injected into the sperm ducts, temporarily blocking sperm from mixing with semen and offering a new level of control for…

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EFF vows to stop Starlink from launching in South Africa

EFF vows to stop Starlink from launching in South Africa

South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has traded barbs with EFF leader Julius Malema South Africa’s fourth-largest political party, which has long warred with billionaire Elon Musk, has warned it will “never allow” Musk’s Starlink satellite service to be launched in the country. In an address to parliament on Friday, at the department of communications &…

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Immigration officials can’t stop people based on race, their spoken language in Los Angeles, judge rules

Immigration officials can’t stop people based on race, their spoken language in Los Angeles, judge rules

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday ruled that immigration officers in Southern California can’t rely solely on someone’s race or speaking Spanish to stop and detain people. District Judge Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a temporary restraining order after a lawsuit was filed by three men who were arrested as they waited to be picked…

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