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Not all superheroes wear capes. The India Design Fund (TIDF) unites the Indian design community to support those working for various COVID-19-specific relief work. Here’s everything you need to know about the initiative. The idea is to unite and brin

Wine Enthusiast Magazine

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Adam M. Strum PUBLISHER Susan Kostrzewa EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jacqueline Strum ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER MANAGING EDITOR Lauren Buzzeo TASTING DIRECTOR Alexander Peartree CREATIVE DIRECTOR Marco Turelli DIGITAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR Julia Lea ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDIT

The Atlantic

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Big jolts to our system—from Pearl Harbor to 9/11—have historically awakened a sense of national purpose, demand for government action, and respect for public service in a citizenry accustomed to seeing government as the source of troubles, not their

City Press

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On Thursday afternoon, more than three months after it was first promised, President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled before Parliament and the nation his ANC government’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan. Even if every aspect of this recycled and rep

Farmer's Weekly

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‘THIS TYPE OF ILL-CONSIDERED AND REACTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT […] BOGGLES THE MIND’ – Agri SA’s disaster management unit head, Willem Symington, and disaster risk manager, Andrea Campher, expressing their dismay after government revoked the classificatio

Maximum PC

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The concept of working from home and remote workforces has been around and in practice for a while now, but recent global events have changed the game entirely, with many governments urging citizens to dramatically increase social distancing measures

Sunday Tribune

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THE workers’ unions have questioned the procedure applied by eThekwini Municipality in dealing with the backlog of disciplinary cases after the mayor announced considerable progress. A number of senior managers and junior employees in the municipalit

Weekend Argus Saturday

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tHe City of Cape town has allegedly reneged on its commitment for social housing on a 8478m² piece of land in Woodstock in favour of a three-year lease agreement with a private developer in what they call a “financially sound” decision. this has led

Saturday Star

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JOHN SANEI comes alive at the intersection of human psychology and futurism. He uses his unique perspective to discover elegant ways for his global audience to build the clarity and courage needed to approach the future with confidence. Sanei is Afri

Weekend Argus Saturday

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WITH the re-opening of schools pushed back by two weeks, some parents feel the delay has afforded them an opportunity to secure what was lacking in their children’s back-to-school demands. The start of the year is usually marked by parents scrambling

Beijing Review

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Recognizing the unprecedented challenges the region’s economies face amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, APEC leaders pledged to work together to support the following priorities: • Combating and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19

Finweek - English

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The word housing is both a noun and a verb. When we use housing as a verb, we start to consider the implications of the impact of housing as a force for change, not only in people’s lives, but in the city itself. Covid-19 has laid bare the divided ap

Sunday Independent

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PUBLIC Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been urged to probe Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo following his adviser’s appointment as acting chief executive of the Joburg Property Company (JPC). Mkhwebane’s probe comes after businessman and politician Kenny

Futurity

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Small business owners have become increasingly pessimistic about their company’s prospects despite federal relief efforts, according to a new survey. Pandemic-related disruptions already had owners across the United States struggling and they had alr

NPR

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The Seattle City Council supports a 50% cut to the police budget. Police Chief Carmen Best says that would be a "reckless maneuver" right now and says many reforms are already underway.

Sunday Independent

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THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has uncovered a six months looting bonanza between January and July that cost the state R13 billion. This is the information contained in the report that was released by the organisation this week. The SIU

Classic Car Buyer

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Motorsport UK, the national membership organisation and governing body for four-wheeled motorsport in the UK, has just mandated two new roles: Covid-19 Officer and Covid-19 Medical Officer, to ensure that related guidelines are implemented at motorsp

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said yesterday that its final preparations for the implementation of the Political Party Funding Act were well under way with the act set to come into force on April 1. In a media briefing, the commission’s

Post South Africa

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THE DA will host its provincial congress, held every three years, at the Durban ICC on Saturday. The leadership positions will be contested by Nicole Graham, Emmanuel Mhlongo and Francois Rodgers. Samier Singh, the proportional representative (PR) co

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THOUSANDS of public servants have been sitting at home for the last year at a cost of R100 million to the taxpayer. They are on full benefits and full pay pending disciplinary hearings, but one former senior manager believes they have been suspended

Sunday Independent

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MANY are facing exclusion because they cannot pay. After all the hullabaloo noting the bravery of student leaders as these game-changers who could force the government to sponsor free education, the present reality shows the opposite. Universities co

Farmer's Weekly

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The recent announcement by government that 700 000ha of underutilised, vacant state land would be released for agricultural purposes has been welcomed by various industry role players. Aggrey Mahanjana, chairperson of the National Emergent Red Meat P

Numismatic News

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Many coins shows and conventions have had to postpone or cancel due to the pandemic, including the Summer FUN 2020 show set in Orlando, Fla., each year. Some organizations, however, are still holding shows and conventions but in a very different way.

Manhattan Institute

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When the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation switched from supporting the arts and humanities to “prioritizing social justice in all of its grantmaking” this summer, its press release described the shift as a “major strategic evolution” and a “reinvigorated

Farmer's Weekly

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The passing of Dr Vuyo Mahlati, president of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa [FW, 30 October], has robbed the transformation movement of a vital vein. A torchbearer of great class, she served the nation on many fronts as a womanist,

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE Department of Higher Education will return to Parliament next week Tuesday to discuss the issue of funding as students intensify their campaign of protests over funding. The meeting between the department, universities and students with MPs also

Weekend Argus Saturday

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THE British High Commission in Pretoria has partnered with the US government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support local production of Covid-19 supplies in South Africa. The partnership helped to produce over o

Saturday Star

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A BASIC tenet of our Constitution is that every citizen is deemed innocent until found guilty by a properly constituted court of law. In tandem to this is the principle that every citizen has the right to remain silent, and not to incriminate themsel

Post Magazine

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In a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday night, he said the Home Office had deemed him a refugee under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and he would be offered asylum. Law said the application required several interviews over four

Farmer's Weekly

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Land invasions is one of the main challenges highlighted by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture department) with regard to the redistribution of 896 farms, comprising 700 000ha of underutilised or vacant stat