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BTS to kick off massive world tour in South Korea
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (387+ words) Kpop supergroup BTS will launch its global concert tour on Thursday in the South Korean city of Goyang, after the group's comeback single topped rankings worldwide. BTS's World Tour 'ARIRANG', expected to bring in blockbuster revenues, officially kicks off with…...
Understanding the critical line between patriotism and political patronage in Africa
13+ hour, 58+ min ago (832+ words) Public backlash to sharing evidence of corruption and state brutality highlights a growing tendency to equate patriotism with silence and political loyalty. In reality, conflating patriotism with patronage erodes accountability, allowing impunity and systemic corruption to deepen. "Fellow citizens, let's…...
A challenge to the Johannesburg City Council: Find an interim mayor with integrity and honesty
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (363+ words) Joburg needs its councillors to place the interests of the city above their personal interests or those of their political parties. I want to issue a challenge to our city councillors. Meanwhile, our mayor, Dada Morero, who is pretty much…...
Unemployed Soweto men find dignity in caring for Avalon gravesites
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (1007+ words) At Avalon Cemetery, a group of informal grave assistants are finding dignity in tending headstones and cleaning burial plots. Among the rows of headstones in Avalon Cemetery, Surprise Theko spends his days ensuring that the graves are clean and that…...
Stephen Symons wins Olive Schreiner Award for The Algebra of Insignificance
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (1332+ words) It was no prank at all. Symons had won the prestigious Olive Schreiner Award for his fifth collection of poetry, The Algebra of Insignificance. Internationally, the Olive Schreiner Award is regarded as being on the same level as the T. S. Eliot…...
A suburban scourge " pseudoscience and groundwater detectors
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (389+ words) Recent droughts and low dam levels have driven demand for domestic borehole drilling, creating fertile ground for these opportunists. Academics from the universities of the Free State and Witwatersrand have publicly challenged the validity of these devices, with further critique…...
NASA Artemis II astronauts to speak from deep space after record-setting flyby
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (447+ words) HOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Four astronauts traveling back from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission will speak with reporters in their first press conference from space on Wednesday. The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion…...
Ketamine Queen" sentenced to 15 years in death of Friends" star Matthew Perry
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (818+ words) LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Reuters) - A drug dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison in connection with "Friends" star Matthew Perry's 2023 death, including her role in supplying the dose of the powerful anesthetic that killed…...
When diplomacy fails " the disastrous cost of the US-Israeli war on Iran
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (692+ words) The US and Israel's aggressive strikes on Iran undermine global peace mechanisms, rupturing diplomacy and leading to severe humanitarian and geopolitical consequences for the region. The US'Israel strikes on Iran are best understood as an assertion of power that proceeded…...
So far, so close: The shy constellation that mirrors Table Mountain
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (486+ words) In Cape Town's "Deep South', on a moonless night, you can witness a quiet conversation between a remarkable entity and her cosmic counterpart. And it tells an ageless story about our connection with Hoerikwaggo. There, faint against the southern sky,…...