4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (459+ words) Women in technology are building businesses, creating jobs and driving innovation across South Africa’s digital economy. Women are increasingly playing a prominent role in South Africa’s technology sector, building businesses, creating employment and developing solutions that are changing how people…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (667+ words) Large blocks of ice sliding out of molds at the Kuramoto Ice factory in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture. In the historic Japanese city of Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape and slice blocks of ice destined to chill negronis in some of the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (336+ words) South Africa has asked the Constitutional Court to stop the proposed US auction of 29 items associated with Nelson Mandela, arguing they are protected heritage objects. Image: LEON LESTRADE / Independent Media South Africa's government turned to the top court Tuesday in…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (295+ words) Elon Musk Mode The regulator Coimisiun na Mean said it would examine Elon Musk's X age checks and parental controls, in the first formal investigation launched under the code. Image: Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images Ireland's media regulator said…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (267+ words) Microsoft is facing backlash after introducing strict monthly hours on Xbox Cloud Gaming alongside steep local console price increases, leaving gamers paying more for a downgraded experience. Picture: Michael Sherman/IOL It’s not uncommon these days for tech companies to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) The Cabana Beach Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks in 1977. The old picture of Umhlanga’s beachfront this week was shot in 1977 and comes from a Durban North Facebook page. In the foreground you can see the newly constructed Cabana Beach Hotel. Then…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) Team manager Mathijs van Gerven poses with The Stella Juva solar ambulance developed by 23 students from Eindhoven University of Technology, during the launch in Nairobi. Image: SIMON MAINA / AFP Dutch students celebrated a successful trial in Kenya of what they…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) Brent Crude oil was trading around the $95 mark on Wednesday. Image: CN-STR / AFP Stocks fell and bond yields held at multi-decade highs as investors ramp up rate hike bets amid a fresh flare-up in Middle East tensions that has sparked…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1567+ words) A convoy of tanker trucks carries crude oil through the Al-Omar oil field in Syria on July 22. Day and night, 5,000 hulking trucks carrying oil from the Persian Gulf rumble across this stretch of barren desert as if in a caravan…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (491+ words) Indian Runner Ducks are herded to forage for aphids, worms and snails at the Vergenoegd wine farm in Stellenbosch this week. Every morning, 1 000 long-necked ducks are let loose on a the wine farm to gobble up insects in an environmentally…...