Mon 14 October 2024: With summer fast becoming a distant memory, many of us have spent the month of September returning to routines, including regular work meetings. Bad planning and execution can often make meetings a waste of time, but if done well they can be very fruitful, and are essential to making decisions and […]

Mon 14 October 2024: Low-income countries still poorer than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, report finds. The world’s 26 poorest countries are deeper in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and other shocks, the World Bank has said. The poorest economies are worse off today than they […]

Mon 14 October 2024: Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday vowed to prevent Hezbollah from returning to fighting positions along the border, even after the Israeli military withdraws from the area. “Even once IDF (military) troops withdraw, we will not allow Hezbollah terrorists to return to these areas,” said Gallant during a visit to an observation post overseeing […]

Sun 13 October 2024: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had a “brief exchange” with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Laos this week, a year after he accused India’s government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist in B.C.  It’s the second time Trudeau’s come face to […]

Mon 14 October 2024: The department of transport should aim to reduce the carnage on the roads before implementing digital licences. That is according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s (OUTA) Adv. Stefanie Fick. In September, the department announced France-based IDEMIA would produce new smart driver’s licence cards. One of the features was the ability […]

Mon 14 October 2024: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday that due to North Korea’s arms and people transfers to Russian forces in Ukraine, his country’s defense ties with its allies would need to change. On Thursday, the South Korean claims that North Korea might have sent some military forces to support Russia […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Mon 14 October 2024: The department of transport should aim to reduce the carnage on the roads before implementing digital licences. That is according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s (OUTA) Adv. Stefanie Fick. In September, the department announced France-based IDEMIA would produce new smart driver’s licence cards. One of the features was the ability […]

Fri 12 January 2024: At every moment, your body’s internal organs are sending signals to your brain. You’ll be mostly unaware of them, but sometimes they cut through: for example when you’re hungry, or when you need to go to the bathroom. Our ability to tap into these hidden signals is called interoception – sometimes […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]

Tue 09 April 2024:   SWEET YELLOW RICE “This family-favourite rice dish is the first thing to go at family events! INGREDIENTS 210 g 1 cup, basmati rice 2 sticks cinnamon ¼ t ground turmeric 100 g ½ cup, white sugar 3 T water 60 g butter, cubed COOKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Rinse the rice for 3 […]