This case had originally been brought against 27 banks including Standard Chartered, Barclays now known as ABSA, FNB, Nedbank, Citibank and many other mainly international banks. The case alleged that the 27 banks were colluding to manipulate the...
The figure of 36,000 is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) expected turnout, while the COP28 presidency anticipates about 70,000.In mid-May, the COP28 President-Designate, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, received demands for...
What does this negative rate of return mean? Dr Howard Sigwele, a retired agricultural and trade economist explains that the country is spending more to realise a single pula. The reality is that the investment in the agricultural sector is not...
The summit is a moment for children and their countries’ leaders to discuss solutions to accelerate action to protect and fulfil the rights of every child.The summit takes place a year after the presidents of the four countries met with children in...
I embarked on a mission to live a life that defied the ordinary. I aspired to accomplish the extraordinary and to stare down impossibility without flinching. My journey was marked not by fear but by audacity. I feared nothing and regretted even less,...
Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC), the founder of Western philosophy, its first martyr, and the first public intellectual, said that philosophy is a task of examining and investigating things, and to be critical about concepts that underlay everything....
Her clinching of the South African Presidential Order of the Baobab Award in 2014 put then-President Jacob Zuma in a good light: committed to the recognition and revival of indigenous culture and languages. Esau attracted the attention of the London...
Masisi will update the nation on his government’s challenges and achievements as well as the promises to deliver in the next 12 months and/or beyond.While this SONA will not be different from the previous ones, it will be delivered against the...
The interpretation of this provision of the Constitution in manner that embraces media freedom is in accordance with what courts have said is a generous and purposive interpretation aimed at giving full effect to rights guaranteed in the...
Being spring in our country, confident people will start to bare their flesh or at least flash it. Being the last springtime before our country's general elections, politicians will start to ‘speechify’ in earnest.In both instances, their...
They have posited that Batswana are struggling with jobs and employment, and are also heavily indebted and that sooner or later, we will see a housing crash akin to the one we saw in the US with the Sub-Prime crisis of 2007–2010, which then created...
It’s interesting because on social media it’s very rare to come across a post that narrates the tale of failure of business and the genuine contrite admission thereof.It seems there is a lot of shame associated with failure as well a heightened...
Post COVID-19, across the world, people increasingly began to appreciate the importance of mental health, self-care, and wellbeing.For some, this may have always been a priority, but for much of us, the concept of work-life balance and the...
MAUN: Normal to below-normal precipitation is expected to negatively impact the first half start of the 2023-24 agricultural season from October to December 2023.The forecast came out of a statement, released by the 27th Southern Africa Regional...
Masunga, 60, breathed his last on Saturday at Riverside Hospital after a long illness while holding the position of Deputy Court President at Block 4, Francistown.The former Itekeng ward councillor had been in and out of hospital until he finally...
Again, to them, it is an area with extremes in both landscape and weather. It is a very high plateau of hamlets, villages, townships and ports of entry, built on land that has an average height of 1,000 meters above sea level.Measuring 2.5 million...
As a result of the global pandemic, the last three annual conventions were attended virtually by Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide.“Around the world, approximately 6,000 conventions similar to this one were organised, with an expected attendance of...
Unconfirmed reports indicate that SADC has mandated South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the dialogue with Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa. The only certainty is the submission of the SOEM report to the chairperson of the SADC Organ on...
Secondly, in many legal systems, Constitutions are superior to all other laws, making them critical tools for overturning discriminatory legislation.For instance, in India, in 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the traditional practice of “instant...
In the world of mining, this is very normal practice in the life cycle of a mine. You prospect or develop a mine from Stage A to B; then you sell to someone else for a profit.We should not be surprised in a few years when PNR in Selebi Phikwe also...
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