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A video of a woman stealing from another woman from Mzansi's favorite retailer Woolworths, also known as Woolies, has been posted on X. Also read: SA reacts to Woolworths' cashless move? woman steals wallet social media user@Asa_shigoso contacted X on Wednesday, February 7, to share a video of a woman stealing a wallet from a Woolworths shopper. CCTV footage showed one woman pushing a cart and another stealing a wallet from a “distracted” Woolies shopper before walking away. South African @Eazyfela revealed on X that the Woolies shop featured in the video is located at Engen Garage on Rivonia Road,…
Nigeria's central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates on short-term debt in a bid to replenish naira liquidity and attract inflows of foreign investors. The Abuja-based Central Bank of Nigeria sold 1 trillion naira ($696 million) of Treasury bills to both local and international investors at a rate almost double the previous sale level. . The yield on one-year government bonds was 19%, the highest level in 12 years, up from 11.5% at the previous auction on January 24th. The three-month bond sold for 17.24%, three times the January offer price of 5%, and the six-month bond sold for 18%.…
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Agency (C3S) announced Thursday that the world experienced the hottest January on record, continuing extreme heat fueled by climate change.Last month surpassed the previous warmest January in 2020 in C3S records dating back to 1950. The unusual month comes after 2023 ranked as the hottest year on Earth in world records since 1850, due to rising temperatures due to anthropogenic climate change and the El Niño phenomenon, which increases surface water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean. . Each month since June has been the world's hottest on record compared to the same month…
The ANC's first deputy secretary-general, Nombula Mokonyane, is one of a number of party members implicated in corruption through the Zondo report. Despite the general election approaching, the ANC is yet to decide the fate of 97 party members, including MPs, who were implicated in the Zondo Commission's state capture report. The ruling party has long touted its intention to “reinvent” itself, including by cracking down on misconduct within its ranks, but has yet to decide whether its members should be included in national and local lists as members of parliament. The ANC Veterans Federation has called for those implicated…
Reading time: 2 minutesLimpopo-born former boxing champion Lovemore Ndu, now based in Australia, has announced that he will stand as an independent candidate for Parliament in the 2024 election. The 52-year-old former three-time welterweight champion has returned to South Africa to launch a political campaign to win an independent seat. Born in Musina, Limpopo, Ndu left South Africa in 1996 in search of greener pastures in Australia. The talented boxer said he has no regrets about the move 'Down Under' as it fueled his meteoric rise to stardom. He insists that the patriotic umbilical cord with South Africa has never…
An anonymous reader cites a Boston Globe report. William Strauss, like many others, has spent the last few days behind the wheel of his Tesla in autopilot mode, wearing the new Apple Vision Pro headset and typing away on an invisible keyboard. Saw the video. “They're all over the internet, idiots driving Teslas with their hands up,” the state representative said. Some claimed their videos were staged. Doesn't matter: Strauss wants to make it illegal. The Legislature's Transportation Committee approved language Wednesday that would ban the use of new virtual reality headsets or other similar technology while behind the wheel…
Written by Mark PointingBBC News climate correspondent55 minutes agoimage source, Getty ImagesAccording to the EU Climate Office, global warming exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time in a year.World leaders pledged in 2015 to try to limit long-term temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is considered critical to avoiding the most harmful effects.This first year of violations will not break the landmark Paris Agreement, but it will move the world closer to it in the long run.Scientists say urgent action to reduce carbon emissions can also slow warming.”To overcome [1.5C of warming] That's a significant amount on average…
I first met Lwazi Hlofe in 2003 when I was studying photography at the Market Photography Workshop in New Town, Johannesburg. He was polite, hard-working, and had no difficulty expressing himself, especially when it came to his own work. He then started touring with the Afropop music group Malaika, acting as their photographer and tour manager when they were not yet famous as a trio. In 2004, he became chief photographer for the now-defunct Photography Company. Y mugtargeted Generation Y, with an emphasis on urban street culture and black people in post-apartheid South Africa, particularly kwaito. In 2008, Hlofe's work…
The Pan African Film Festival opens on Wednesday and features more than 200 films that tell Black stories from around the world, with a star-studded guest list that includes Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Tiffany Haddish. The festival's featured film was billed as a true story of the Ethiopian war that people don't know about. “One of the biggest films to come out of Ethiopia, Love of the Motherland tells the story of two lovers who find themselves on opposite sides of a war. “When we told them the movie was finished and started working on the climax of the…
Lahore, Pakistan – Four months after Pakistan was originally scheduled to hold national elections, the country's 128 million people faced a pre-poll crackdown on former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party and a climate of political and economic instability. Voters will have a chance to choose the next federal government on Thursday. . More than 90,000 polling stations spread across the country of 241 million people will open at 8 a.m. local time (03:00 GMT). In addition to the 266 seats in the National Assembly, voters will also elect members of parliament for Pakistan's four provinces. A party needs at least…