In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
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New Google Doodle honours NASA’s latest discovery
It’s not often mother Earth discovers long lost relatives in outer space, but that’s largely what NASA has announced this week. The space exploration…
UP reimagines Pravin Gordhan’s Budget Speech as an adorable LEGO movie
It’s not easy to make something like the formulaic Budget Speech (however important it is) interesting for the average consumer. Sorry Pravin Gordhan. Mention…
Budget Speech 2017: Google Trends highlights South Africa’s concerns
Google is an integral part of the internet and, well, searching for information on the internet. So when you apply the search giant’s extensive…
Budget Speech 2017: South Africa protests on the streets & Twitter
Today, South Africa’s minister of finance Pravin Gordhan will deliver his annual Budget Speech to the nation. Although proceedings officially get underway at 2pm…
Hlomela Bucwa, SA’s youngest parliamentarian, remembers ‘lost generation’ in fiery speech
You might think South Africa’s Parliament is filled with seasoned individuals who have sat through many a State of the Nation Address and Budget…
Rain in Johannesburg, drought in Cape Town: SA’s weather according to social media
As boring as it might seem, the weather has been a massive talking point for South Africans in 2017. And no, it’s not because…
Cyclone Dineo aftermath: cleanup begins in Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Cyclone Dineo is no longer a threat to South Africa after the storm dissipated over Namibia this weekend. That doesn’t mean it didn’t have…
Totally fake: the false Cyclone Dineo news you should know about
Yes, Cyclone Dineo is an actual storm. Yes, it also made landfall in Mozambique and is tracking in a westerly direction over northern South…
Samsung Group vice chairman Jay Y. Lee arrested
Samsung Group’s vice chairman and de facto head Jay Y. Lee has been arrested, following charges relating to “bribery, embezzlement and perjury” were laid…
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