"He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you." #HannahHarrington
A high-profile marriage that built one of #Lesotho's prominent business empires has erupted into a bitter court battle, with allegations of infidelity, financial misconduct, secret property acquisitions, and misuse of company resources. https://t.co/ardCZX28lT
🚨R18 BILLION of Public Servants' Pensions TORCHED😭
Public Investment Corporation (PIC)'s Isibaya Fund turned R18.223 billion into ZERO. Total wipeout (-100% IRR) across 23 companies. Teachers, nurses & police pensions gambled away.
How did this happen? Who monitors these investments? Why have we heard of only a handful of these companies among these 23?
Hugh Masekela performing "Stimela" live in Zimbabwe, 1987.
A song about the coal trains that carried migrant workers to and from South Africa's gold mines, performed by a man exiled from his own country for 30 years.
🚧UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The R3.2 billion private Afrikaans university in Pretoria East is currently being built on a 220-hectare site, and progress is powering on
They broke ground in January this year, and the first batch of students is expected to be welcomed in January 2028.
The campus includes: learning centres, a library, offices, an amphitheatre, coffee shops, a cafeteria, a student centre, lecture rooms and laboratories. There will also be a student residence housing 750 students.
These facilities will be used by 400 staff members and 2500 students daily.
This is a huge project; during ground earthworks in 2025, they removed 360,000 m3 of soil from the site. The campus infrastructure also includes:
• 40km fibre cables
• 23km of underground water pipes
• 19.3 million litres of water storage
• 30 000m2 tar for roads and parking
See the latest pics of the construction site below.
NEW: President Trump announces a major shift in energy funding, revealing plans to completely dismantle a massive Green New Deal initiative in favor of revitalizing America's coal industry:
"Finally, we're taking nearly $200 million — it was set aside for the 'Green New Scam.'"
"The 'Green New Scam' is history and repurposing that money so that we restart a coal plant in Maryland and help build two brand-new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia."
When other countries were lobbied to close down their coal plants due to environmental regulations and international climate agreements 🙆🏿♂️🙆🏿♂️🙆🏿♂️
President Donald Trump is preparing to use Cold War-era authorities to dole hundreds of millions of federal dollars to support coal-fired electricity as well as US exports of the fossil fuel https://t.co/JjNEYfOvg9
A lot of love, energy & care went into every moment in the lead up to the @TheO2. This one wasn’t just a show, this was a culmination of my journey as an artist — of years and years of passion, vision, dreaming and music.
2012 I started a monthly mix podcast series curated to share some of the best Soulful House music out there. 14 years later, we’re still at it. Enjoy the latest 1hr vinyl set feat. some of my favourite records right now (and some classics too)
https://t.co/FrrMHBgq2v