Fight for accessible Braille texts hinges on concourt ruling
Read More Applicant BlindSA says the law limits or prevents those with visual and print disabilities from accessing information. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images) It takes roughly three months for a book to be translated into Braille and the easing of this laborious process now lies in the hands of the constitutional court. On […]
How far can you drive on R800 worth of fuel? In Libya – to Cape Town. And back. Twice.
Read More With $50 (R800), you can buy 1 301 litres of petrol, in Libya. If you were to use the very latest economy vehicle, that amount of fuel would take you more than 24 000km. Which means to Cape Town. And back – if you were to use the Trans-Saharan Highway A1, a journey […]
The best restaurants in Eilat: A mouthwatering guide
Read More We don’t know which clich? is more played-out: The one that says, “There’s nothing good to eat in Eilat – everything is stuck sometime in the 1990s,” or the one that says, “What are you talking about? The Eilat of today isn’t the Eilat of yesterday. There’s a wide range of options.” If […]
Net-Zero Will See Australia Surrender ‘Economic, Military’ Advantage to China: UAP Leader
Read More United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly has pledged to stand against reconfiguring Australia’s economy to meet net-zero targets, warning it will force the country to give up its competitive advantages to China. Kelly, who quit the centre-right Coalition government in August 2021, made the comments during the National Press Club debate on May […]
The Continent — Issue 83, May 7 2022
Read More The Continent is a free weekly newspaper published by the Adamela Trust in partnership with the Mail & Guardian. Download your copy by clicking on the image below. The Continent — Issue 82, April 9 2022 Looking for the latest issue of The Continent? You’ll find it here. More from the archives Advertising […]
Alone under siege: how older women are being left behind in Ukraine
Read More Halyna Vasylivna lives alone in a tiny “Khrushchevka” flat. At 94, she has outlived her sons and her husband, and her grandchildren live outside the city. Her apartment, named after the Soviet leader under whom the five-storey buildings in Kyiv’s Podil district were built, is too far from the bunker so she hides […]
Palestinian carrying ax arrested in the West Bank
Read More A Palestinian man carrying an ax and a suicide note was arrested in the West Bank Sunday night, police said. The ax found in the suspect’s car in the West Bank, Sunday. The 22-year-old suspect, from the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, was searching for victims for about an hour prior to his […]
Should you enrol for an English Development Workshop?
Read More In a rapidly changing world new skills and knowledge are constantly required to work effectively, efficiently and smartly. This became even more apparent when the pandemic drastically changed how we work: employees and employers were suddenly faced with the new challenges of remote work and meetings, and the increased workload and responsibilities made […]
One dead, four critically injured in California church shooting
Read More One person was dead and four others in critical condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in New York state. Shortly before 1.30 pm (2030 GMT), parishioners were attending a banquet following a […]
Kim Jong Un Orders Military to Stabilize Medical Supplies Amid North Korea’s COVID-19 Outbreak
Read More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to help stabilizing the supply of the medicines in Pyongyang, blaming officials for their “irresponsible work attitude” that he claims has caused the country’s outbreak. North Korea reported eight fever-related deaths on Monday and detected 392,920 more people with fever-like symptoms, according to […]