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“South Africa is an ally of Russia” - Julius Malema.
The leader of South Africa’s third-largest political party says he would “supply weapons to Russia” ... Show more
Africa Live: Ugandan leader signs anti-gay bill into law - BBC News: The bill is now law despite condemnation by Western countries and rights activists - and ...
bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-65361205
Tesla to pick location for new factory this year, Musk says: Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday the automaker would probably ...
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-pick-another-location-new-factory-this-year-musk-2023-05-23/
The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that raises paternity leave from four to seven days.
"It is important that more time be accorded to male ... Show more
UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Thousands of Munster fans revel in Cape Town experience and leave with happy memories
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-thousands-of-munster-fans-revel-in-cape-town-experience-and-leave-with-happy-memories/
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code: "You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules.
bbc.com/news/world-europe-65733969
Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested: Officers used water cannon to try to disperse the crowds at the Extinction Rebellion ...
bbc.com/news/world-europe-65735289
Twitter not paying PR firm's bills after Musk buyout, lawsuit says: A former public relations firm for Twitter sued the social media company on Friday ...
reuters.com/legal/twitter-not-paying-pr-firms-bills-after-musk-buyout-lawsuit-2023-05-26/
Ford strikes deal with Tesla to gain access to rival charging stations starting 2024
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-ford-ceos-talk-evs-twitter-forum-2023-05-25/
The al-Shabab militant group on Friday morning carried out an attack on a Ugandan troops' base of the African Union Transition Mission (ATMIS) in Bulla Mareer ... Show more
South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65624739
Bola Tinubu inauguration: Nigeria swears in new president: Bola Tinubu, 71, won February's election with a promise to renew hope and needs to act fast.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65737846
DECLINE AND FALL: South Africa risks becoming a failed state, warn business leaders
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-south-africa-risks-becoming-a-failed-state-warn-business-leaders/
Elon Musk's Neuralink says it has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans
reuters.com/science/elon-musks-neuralink-gets-us-fda-approval-human-clinical-study-brain-implants-2023-05-25/
DEADLY WATER: Cholera ‘command centre’ set up and Ramaphosa vows to visit Hammanskraal
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-cholera-command-centre-set-up-and-ramaphosa-vows-to-visit-hammanskraal/
Japan Startup Raises $30 Million to Build Space Robot Workforce: The Japanese startup Gitai, fresh off raising a new round of funding, is expanding in the US as ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-29/japan-startup-raises-30-million-to-build-space-robot-workforce
Protest in The Hague: hundreds of climate activists arrested.: Activists from the group Extinction Rebellion block a highway in The Hague. Hundreds of them are ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/hunderte-klimaaktivisten-in-den-haag-festgenommen-18924360.html
Africa’s Top Fund Manager, Ex-Telkom CEO, Axian Mull Telkom Bid: Africa’s largest asset manager, the Public Investment Corporation, is backing a possible bid led ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-27/africa-s-top-fund-manager-ex-telkom-ceo-axian-mull-telkom-bid
WATCH: A South African company is offering professional cuddling services starting at $47 for a session. The idea came to Florence Letswalo after getting a ... Show more
Kissinger at 100: how his ‘sordid’ diplomacy in Africa fuelled war in Angola and prolonged apartheid
theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/25/henry-kissinger-100-strategic-genius-or-damaging-diplomacy-held-back-africa
PALEO DATING: New study challenges the age of oldest cave at Cradle of Humankind: A small cave in the Cradle of Humankind was dated years ago to 4 ...
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-17-cradele-of-humankind-study-challenges-age-of-oldest-cave/
Fulgence Kayishema: Rwanda genocide suspect appears in South African court: One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the ...
reuters.com/world/africa/rwandan-genocide-accused-fulgence-kayishema-appears-south-african-court-2023-05-26/
‘You can’t tell me this doesn’t work’: Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has ripped apart Elon Musk’s claim that working from home is ‘immoral’
fortune.com/2023/05/19/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-remote-work-praise-versus-tesla-elon-musk/
South Africa’s opposition EFF leader Julius Malema says he would arm Moscow because "Russia is in a war with imperialism" ... Show more
KOEBERG ROW: Court castigates Gwede Mantashe on axing of anti-nuclear activist, denies leave to appeal
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-court-castigates-gwede-mantashe-on-axing-of-anti-nuclear-activist-denies-leave-to-appeal/
Dozens of bodies have been buried in a mass grave following an attack on a community in Nigeria's Plateau state with many survivors fleeing the area ... Show more
Africa Live this week: 15-21 May 2023 - BBC News: Africa Live this week: 15-21 May 2023
bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-65361197
Musk expected to visit China this week, meet officials - sources: Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk is expected to visit China this week ...
reuters.com/business/musk-expected-visit-china-this-week-meet-officials-sources-2023-05-29/
Brittney Griner is finally playing basketball and angering trolls in the process: The Twitter jerks and bigots were in midseason form on Sunday ...
deadspin.com/wnba-phoenix-mercury-brittney-griner-twitter-trolls-1850462833
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING: Fokol™: The discovery of this new mineral will change The South Africa Show forever
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-this-new-mineral-will-change-the-south-africa-show-forever/
Harold Varner claims LIV Golf’s D.C. event for first professional win on American soil
golfdigest.com/story/harold-varner-claims-liv-golf-dc-for-first-pro-win-on-american-soil
NORTH (WILD) WEST : Ramaphosa briefed about ANC councillors carrying knives, stabbing each other at ailing Ditsobotla municipality
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-ramaphosa-briefed-about-anc-councillors-carrying-knives-stabbing-each-other-at-ailing-ditsobotla-municipality/
Elon Musk wants to build a digital town square. But his debut for DeSantis had a tech failure.
apnews.com/article/twitter-spaces-musk-desantis-presidential-f1d67097d0ec19616bd0b0d320cb27d1
Table Tennis World Championship ends in South Africa | Africanews: The last time the World Table Tennis Championship was held in Africa was 84 years ago
africanews.com/2023/05/28/table-tennis-world-championship-ends-in-south-africa/
An iconic cotton tree in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown that is hundreds of years old has been brought down by a heavy storm ... Show more
Ma Long bids goodbye to the #ITTFWorlds2023 table after securing a bronze in Durban 👏😢
What's in store for The Dragon next?
Judge throws out shareholder lawsuit against Elon Musk over Twitter buyout: A judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk that claimed he ...
reuters.com/legal/judge-throws-out-shareholder-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-over-twitter-buyout-2023-05-23/
South Africa could become a "failed state" but has yet to reach that point, a senior official of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has said ... Show more
WATCH: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre of “choosing to sit behind a veil of ignorance" when it ... Show more
Harold Varner III Claims Maiden LIV Golf Title In Washington DC: Harold Varner III Claims Maiden LIV Golf Title In Washington DC - Varner carded a final round 68 ...
golfmonthly.com/news/harold-varner-iii-claims-maiden-liv-golf-title-in-washington-dc
STORE WARS: Woolworths, Checkers, Pick n Pay? Food store giants are battling for your footfall
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-26-woolworths-chekcers-pick-n-pay-food-store-giants/
South African rand flat but market nervous after last week's record low: The South African rand was broadly flat in early trade on Monday, but market players ...
reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-rand-flat-market-nervous-after-last-weeks-record-low-2023-05-29/
South African rand recovers from 'panicked' record low: The South African rand made a strong recovery on Friday from a record low struck overnight after a ...
reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-rand-inches-up-record-low-after-thursday-slump-2023-05-26/
THE CONVERSATION: Dance Me to the End of Time: South African film on death is a powerful celebration of life
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-03-dance-me-to-the-end-of-time-south-african-film-on-death-is-a-powerful-celebration-of-life/
OPINIONISTA: Yes, the ICC has problems, but instead of rejecting it, we should prevent tyrants from taking power
dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-05-28-yes-the-icc-has-problems-but-instead-of-rejecting-it-we-should-prevent-tyrants-from-taking-power/
NEWSFLASH: Ramaphosa transfers responsibility for new power generation to Ramokgopa, pulling plug on Mantashe
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-26-ramaphosa-transfers-responsibility-for-new-power-generation-to-ramokgopa-pulling-plug-on-mantashe/
Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 May 2023: A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65707712
Mark Cuban says Twitter's new algorithms are designed to help one man only: Elon Musk
cnbc.com/2023/05/27/mark-cuban-says-elon-musks-twitter-algorithm-is-unfair.html
PORT IN AN INTERNATIONAL STORM : Ramaphosa appoints Judge Phineas Mojapelo to chair inquiry into Russian cargo ship Lady R
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-ramaphosa-appoints-judge-phineas-mojapelo-to-chair-inquiry-into-russian-cargo-ship-lady-r/
OPINIONISTA: Yeehaw! It’s demolition derby time (otherwise known as a drive home in Joburg during peak hour)
dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-03-09-yeehaw-its-demolition-derby-time-otherwise-known-as-a-drive-home-in-joburg-during-peak-hour/
GROUNDUP OP-ED: I left Zimbabwe to live in South Africa and I want to go back, but this is why it’s not so simple
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-27-i-left-zimbabwe-to-live-in-south-africa-and-i-want-to-go-back-but-this-is-why-its-not-so-simple/
SURFING: Athletes ride the wave of the historic SA Para Surf Championships: It was the first time the event returned to Muizenberg since the inaugural SA Para ...
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-25-athletes-ride-the-wave-of-the-historic-sa-para-surf-championships/
South Africa load-shedding: The roots of Eskom's power problem: How corruption backed by a criminal network have led to South Africa's worst-ever power cuts.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65671718
‘EVERY DAY IS A GIFT’: Shark bite survivor Caleb Swanepoel reclaims his love for the ocean
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-shark-bite-survivor-caleb-swanepoel-reclaims-his-love-for-the-ocean/
Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network: It can no longer be denied.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/674149/
Three of four cheetahs born in India after 70 years die: Their mother was among 20 cheetahs flown from Africa as part of ambitious plan to reintroduce animal ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/26/three-of-four-cheetahs-born-in-india-after-70-years-die
A big win for Ghana! 🇬🇭🇬🇭
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving in the Sudan-South Sudan border region of Abyei has won the 2022 UN Military Gender Advocate ... Show more
BBC World Service - Africa Daily, What does Russia want from Africa?: Russia has been active in Africa lately. What makes the continent attractive to Moscow?
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fptkbj
Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Are Launching A New App Directly Targeting Twitter: This could be a real challenger for Elon Musk and Twitter.
thestreet.com/technology/mark-zuckerberg-and-instagram-are-launching-a-new-app-directly-targeting-twitter
Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa: Whoever wins Sunday's Turkish presidential run-off cannot ignore the country's growing ties with ...
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65671723
HERE WE GO AGAIN: DA-led coalition government loses control of Nelson Mandela Bay Council in chaotic meeting
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-da-led-coalition-government-loses-control-of-nelson-mandela-bay-council-in-chaotic-meeting/
From Africa's first female billionaire being drawn into a $400 million lawsuit to South Africa's rand hitting a record-low ... Show more
Over the past few weeks, Africa Check ’s head of education and training Carina van Wyk has been training journalism lecturers and students from universities in ... Show more
Elon Musk keeps tweeting conspiracy theories despite Twitter advertiser worries: Musk’s week of conspiracy theories, explained.
vox.com/technology/2023/5/20/23730607/elon-musk-conspiracy-twitter-texas-shooting-bellingcat-taylor-lorenz-psyops
Elon Musk has regrets about ChatGPT. He says he’s a ‘huge idiot’ for letting go of OpenAI.
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-regrets-chatgpt-says-193742165.html
DEADLY WATER: Ramaphosa ‘satisfied’ with government response to cholera outbreak, vows to visit Hammanskraal
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-28-cholera-outbreak-ramaphosa-vows-to-visit-hammanskraal/
Senegal wins U17 Africa Cup of Nations title | Africanews: Morocco scored in the 14th minute with a header from Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal and had held on to their ...
africanews.com/2023/05/20/senegal-wins-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-title/
ANALYSIS: SA’s rejection of EFF’s politics of fear and violence — encouraging, empowering and inspiring
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-23-sas-rejection-of-effs-politics-of-fear-and-violence-encouraging-empowering-and-inspiring/
Tesla lags behind in autonomous driving, new study shows: Despite Elon Musk's optimism, a new study shows Tesla is lagging in the global race for autonomous ...
businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/tesla-laut-neuer-studie-schlusslicht-beim-autonomen-fahren/
A South African company is offering professional cuddling services starting at $47 for a session. The idea came to Florence Letswalo after getting a comforting ... Show more
SCORPIO EXCLUSIVE: You ANC nothing yet: Liquidators subpoena lawyer over R50m donation from Regiments Capital to party’s 2016 election campaign
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-27-you-anc-nothing-yet-liquidators-subpoena-lawyer-over-r50m-donation-from-regiments-capital-to-partys-2016-election-campaign/
Elon Musk's brain chip firm says it's received US approval to conduct its first human tests. What will the chips be used for? 🎧 https://bbc.in/43553U8
Ukraine courts Africa and 'Global South' as peace plans proliferate: Ukraine's foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week ...
reuters.com/world/ukraine-courts-africa-global-south-peace-plans-proliferate-2023-05-23/
Mozambique cholera: Why outbreaks have sparked unrest: Misinformation about measures taken to tackle cholera outbreaks has led to violent protests.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-65707334
Africa Check newsletter | Get your facts straight!: Join us for the latest fact-checking journalism from around Africa.
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Ford EVs will use Tesla’s charging plug starting next year: Ford and Tesla’s deal for electric vehicle charging means upcoming Fords will use Tesla’s NACS ...
theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737896/ford-tesla-ev-fast-charging-elon-musk-twitter-space
OPINIONISTA: The EFF and ANC’s shared tendencies of social hatred and the politics of revenge
dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-05-24-the-eff-and-ancs-shared-tendencies-of-social-hatred-and-the-politics-of-revenge/
When Danie Ferreira was 19 years old, he spent a year living in a glacier in Antarctica.
“Antarctica’s possibly the most extraterrestrial experience ... Show more
‘I’m still alive’: Elon Musk reveals his unusual breakfast choice, joining other big-name CEOs with strange eating habits
fortune.com/well/2023/03/30/elon-musk-diet-involves-eating-donut-for-breakfast/
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