South Africa targeting first suborbital space flight by 2028

South Africa targeting first suborbital space flight by 2028

The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) has set a goal to launch a South African satellite into orbit on a locally built rocket by 2030, preceded by a suborbital space flight targeted for 2028. Achieving these milestones depends on securing significant financial backing and rapidly expanding human capital. ASRI estimates that developing…

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Africa: Nigeria to South Africa – Deliberate Targeting of Africans Must Stop

Africa: CPJ, Partners Condemn Targeting of Journalists Covering South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Protests

The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined seven other media freedom organizations in condemning attacks on foreign nationals and the targeting of journalists covering anti-migrant protests in South Africa. In a joint statement, issued ahead of the June 30 deadline set by the anti-migrant group March and March, the organizations called on its leaders to…

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Why the US is targeting Venezuela | Politics

Why the US is targeting Venezuela | Politics

Historian Alan McPherson tells Marc Lamont Hill how the US is carrying out a regime change campaign in Venezuela. Is the United States orchestrating regime change in Venezuela? Could this spark an all-out war? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to Alan McPherson, an author and history professor at Temple University who specialises…

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