Nkateko is fooling himself fr, I really thought that he'd walk away and that Khanya was supposed to be held accountable for her toxicity! #TheUltimatumSA
A new ocean is forming in Africa along a 35-mile crack that opened up in Ethiopia in 2005. The crack, which has been expanding ever since, is a result of three tectonic plates pulling away from each other.
It’s thought that Africa’s new ocean will take at least 5 million to 10 million years to form, but the Afar region’s fortuitous location at the boundaries of the Nubian, Somali and Arabian plates makes it a unique laboratory to study elaborate tectonic processes.
There are still some big unknowns, including what is causing the continent to rift apart. Some think that a massive plume of superheated rocks rising from the mantle beneath East Africa could be driving the region’s continental rift.
Each plate boundary in the Afar region is spreading at different speeds, but the combined forces of these separating plates is creating what’s known as a mid-ocean ridge system, where eventually a new ocean will form.
The three plates are separating at different speeds. The Arabian plate is moving away from Africa at a rate of about 1 inch per year, while the two African plates are separating even slower, between half an inch to 0.2 inches per year.
[📷 Anthony Philpotts]
In 1990, the windshield of British Airways Flight 5390 came off at an altitude of 17,000 feet. This triggered a sudden decompression in the cockpit, resulting in the captain being partially ejected out of the aircraft.
As luck would have it, Nigel Ogden, a flight attendant, was on his way into the cockpit at that moment. He managed to grab hold of the captain and maintain his grip for over 20 minutes while the copilot attempted an urgent landing.
Although the majority of the crew presumed that the pilot had already lost his life, Ogden did not let go.
There was a prevailing fear that if Ogden did release his hold, the pilot's body might strike the plane's engine, wing, or stabilizer, causing even more chaos.
All Ogden knew was that the pilot was gradually slipping more and more out of the window and his head was continuously being battered against the airplane's body.
Finally, after a distressing 20-minute flight with a gaping window, the aircraft was safely brought down at Southampton Airport. In the course of events, Ogden suffered from frostbite on his face, damage to one of his eyes, and a dislocated shoulder. In a miraculous turn of events, the pilot survived the ordeal, although he had frostbite and multiple fractures on his arms and hands.
The image is a recreation from the television series "Mayday!"
Another massive corruption scandal, this time in the Department of Social Development:
A contract was given to Vodacom from The department of Social Development, worth
R20 Million a month to run the Gender Based Violence call centres around the country. Vodacom did an excellent job, everything worked. Bear in mind the department did not pay R20 million because Vodacom was doing a lot of the work for free. When the contract lapsed, the tender was given to a brand new BEE company with absolutely no experience in call centre. The owners of this new company allegedly have links to Minister Lindiwe Zulu. The value of the monthly payment was increased to a staggering R46 MILLION per month. The entire call centre operation has TOTALLY COLLAPSED. The new company cannot even offer 10% of the services previously provided but they still get the full R46 MILLION payment every month. Basically for doing nothing. Vodacom was matching rand for rand as a CSI
The department rejected the donation and opted to pay R46 MILLION per month. Minister Zulu, yesterday on TV claimed all is good and nothing has collapsed. Immediately after that the very brave deputy minister, Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu, appeared on TV and confirmed that the call centres have collapsed and nothing is working.
Amaqabane Ka Tambo are on rampage mode, they stealing everything . Cry the beloved country.
ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji says the R350 social grant should be increased to R1,500. Malatji says unemployed graduates should also be given a monthly grant of R4,500. #DStv403