HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | THURSDAY – 12 MARCH 2026

Thu 12 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ One loaf, one vote? In a video circulating on social media, party volunteers can be seen with a tray of loaves of bread and handing them out to the community. One of the volunteers can be heard saying: We are here from […]

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WHY WE SHOULDN’T ABANDON HANDWRITING AT SCHOOL

Wed 11 March 2026: Over the decades, technological devices have been gradually integrated into language learning, as is recently the case with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Does the sophistication of these tools eventually render pencils and pens obsolete? Or can digital uses be combined with manual writing? How does writing keep its value for the […]

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WHY KHARG, A TINY ISLAND IN THE GULF, MATTERS IN THE WAR ON IRAN

Wed 11 March 2026: Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, roughly 30 km off Iran’s coast in Bushehr province, is far more significant than its size suggests. The 20-square-kilometre island functions as Iran’s principal oil export terminal and handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports. It collects oil coming by pipeline from Iran’s […]

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BEN-GVIR EXPANDS GUN LICENCES TO JEWISH RESIDENTS ACROSS JERUSALEM

Wed 11 March 2026: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced that residents of all Jewish neighbourhoods in Jerusalem will now be eligible to obtain gun licences based solely on their place of residence. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the decision will allow around 300,000 additional Jewish residents of Jerusalem to apply for licences […]

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HAMAS WARNS OF ‘DANGEROUS PRECEDENT’ AS AL-AQSA MOSQUE CLOSURE ENTERS 11TH DAY

Wed 11 March 2026: The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned on Tuesday of the consequences of the continued closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the 11th consecutive day and the prevention of worshippers from performing Taraweeh prayers and religious retreat during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the movement said the closure represents […]

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KREMLIN SAYS INTERNET RESTRICTIONS IN RUSSIA WILL LAST ‘AS LONG AS NECESSARY’ TO ENSURE PUBLIC ‘SAFETY’

Wed 11 March 2026: Russia’s restrictions on internet access will last “as long as necessary to ensure citizens’ safety,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. Asked by journalists how long the internet restrictions will last, Peskov told a press briefing in Moscow that “citizens have no doubt” that the restrictions are meant for safety […]

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TÜRKIYE MOVES TO BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UNDER NEW CIRCULAR ECONOMY PLAN

Wed 11 March 2026: Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in line with the European Union’s acquis, aiming to further contribute to its environmental progress. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change is finalizing a new regulation modeled after the EU’s Single-Use Plastics (SUP) directive, which was adopted in 2019 to prevent […]

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Wed 11 March 2026: Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in line with the European Union’s acquis, aiming to further contribute to its environmental progress. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change is finalizing a new regulation modeled after the EU’s Single-Use Plastics (SUP) directive, which was adopted in 2019 to prevent […]

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SINCE 1ST PHONE CALL 150 YEARS AGO, PHONES HAVE BECOME SMART SCREENS

Wed 11 March 2026: The telephone has evolved from a simple wired voice transmitter into the smartphones that dominate modern communication and digital life, 150 years after the first phone call was made. Scottish-American inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in Boston on March 10, 1876, using his newly patented device to […]

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OIL PRICES SURGE OVER $90 AS US-ISRAELI WAR DISRUPTS SUPPLY

Wed 11 March 2026: Global oil prices climbed sharply as the ongoing Israeli-US war on Iran continues to rattle energy markets and raised concerns over crude supplies. The international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, rose by 5.1 percent to reach $92.23 per barrel during trading. Meanwhile, the main US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, recorded an […]

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