Business
China’s Africa strategy is shifting and Iran conflict will speed it up
Middle East tensions and the economic disruptions they have caused will nudge China closer to Africa.
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Politics
China’s military support for Somalia is on the rise – what Taiwan and Somaliland have to do with it
Beijing’s growing interest in Somalia is less about development corridors and more about political alignment.
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Technology
Women in science – global study finds presence without power
Women make up one in three researchers worldwide, but they remain sidelined in scientific organisations.
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Angulate tortoise trackway.
Charles Helm, Au…
Technology
Bird and tortoise fossil tracks on South Africa’s coast – latest findings are world firsts
More fossil tracks of vertebrates have come to light on the South African coast, adding to the picture of an ancient plain full of wildlife.
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International
Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran?
Pyrrhus was said to have remarked that one more victory would leave his kingdom ‘utterly ruined.’ Some see echoes in US interventions in the Middle East.
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International
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters
Tehran and Washington look to different rules to govern their conduct in the key choke point.
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National
Untangling the red tape of crèche registration
City of Cape Town is trying to make the process easier for Early Childhood Development centres
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