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419 Tshwane Mayor, Nasiphi Moya, has strongly defended herself against claims by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that she unlawfully benefitted from a payment made by the city. The payment in question, totaling R268,975.51, was allegedly made to Moya in 2019 during her tenure as chief of staff under then-mayor Steven Mokgalapa’s administration. According to Moya, the payment was part of a benchmarking-related salary adjustment and was issued to her as part of a wider adjustment affecting 78 officials across the municipality. The adjustments were part of a citywide process that aimed to backdate salary lump sums across various affected salary…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Toll likely to rise, with significant damage reported across mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan, sources say.Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan, with early reports indicating that at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured, according to sources.The tremor shook the Kunar and Nangahar province at about midnight local time on Monday, local sources told Al Jazeera, with significant damage reported across several districts in the mountainous regions.The sources said the toll was preliminary and that figures are likely to rise as assessments continue.The United States Geological Survey…

Kim Jong Un’s visit comes ahead of planned trip to China to attend military parade with Xi Jinping.Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new missile production line and missile-manufacturing automation process, according to state media.His visit on Sunday to the missile production line came ahead of a planned trip to Beijing to attend a military parade along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.North Korea is under heavy international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, which were developed in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.Experts…

Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his new movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” today at the Venice Film Festival, where journalists asked him about Mubi, the streaming platform that co-produced the film — specifically, about Mubi’s recent $100 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. “I was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship,” Jarmusch said, while noting that his own “relationship with Mubi started much before that, and they were fantastic to work with on this film.” Numerous filmmakers — including those with ties to Mubi — signed an open letter criticizing the streamer for accepting money from Sequoia and…

Australia could use a range of technologies to implement its social media ban for under-16s but all have risks or shortcomings, a report has found.The government says its ban, which comes into effect in December, is designed to limit the harmful impacts of social media. The policy has been touted as a world-first and is being watched closely by leaders globally.Under the new laws, platforms must take “reasonable steps” to prevent Australian children from creating accounts on their sites, and deactivate existing ones. Though the move is popular with many parents, experts have raised concerns over data privacy and the…

Kampala — East Africa’s tourism industry is set to take center stage as Uganda and Kenya prepare to host the 4th Uganda-Kenya Coast Tourism Conference and Exhibition from 27th to 28th October 2025 at Ocean Beach Resort and Spa in Malindi, Kenya. With the theme “Leveraging Youth Innovation and Technology for Responsive and Inclusive Tourism,” the conference promises to spotlight how young innovators and digital solutions are reshaping the tourism landscape, creating more inclusive, resilient, and globally competitive destinations. The conference builds on the Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism Cooperation signed on 30th July 2025, which provides a framework for…

Luke MintzBBC NewsBBCHarold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009. Within weeks the former car mechanic and handyman – a Texan “Mr Fix It” type who wore a cowboy hat and jeans nearly every day – was in end-of-life hospice care.In his final days, Mr Dillard was visited at the hospice by a company called Bio Care. They asked if he might like to donate his body to medical science, where it could be used by doctors to practise knee replacement surgery. The company would cremate the parts of his…

World Summit on Teachers presents a roadmap to address 50 global million teacher shortage and fully fund public education. Below is the full press release: SANTIAGO, CHILE – As Ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August 2025, the global teaching profession faces an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis. The world needs 50 million more teachers by 2030 across early childhood, primary, and secondary education, yet qualified educators are fleeing classrooms due to systematic government failures. The shortage is especially acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which alone accounts for 15 million, and…

Neil Young has released a new song lambasting Donald Trump, entitled Big Crime.The Canadian-American rocker has long been a critic of the US president, suing him (but later dropping the lawsuit) over the use of his songs at campaign rallies and calling him “the worst president in the history of our great country”.He has stepped up that criticism in the new song, which has been posted to Young’s YouTube channel. Featuring his backing band the Chrome Hearts, it was recorded during a sound check at a concert on Chicago’s Northerly Island.“There’s big crime in DC at the White House,” Young…

The new medium-term strategy is proposed as the second stage of a broader economic strategy, whose first phase (National Development Plan), running from 2021 through 2025, will end this December. The Nigerian Government has announced a new game plan, aimed to be accomplished in the four years leading up to 2030, as a central plank in its effort to attain an ambitious $1 trillion economy at the end of the decade. The Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026-2030) sits within the wider Nigeria Agenda 2050, the country’s long-term economic development strategy approved in 2020. It is proposed as the second stage…