JOHANNESBURG, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Calling all South Africans: be sparing with electrical appliances after 4 p.m., think twice about whether you really need to boil so much water for that tea, and don’t even think about switching on your air conditioner after dark.These were among the pleas state power company Eskom’s outgoing chief executive made to long-suffering consumers in Africa’s most industrialised nation on Sunday, as he reassured them recent maintenance work would ease some of the harshest blackouts in living memory.But outgoing CEO Andre De Ruyter also re-affirmed that power cuts would continue for two more years at…
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If there had been a University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in the early 2000s when Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto was considering graduate schools, she would have packed her bags for Little Rock.”Absolutely, I definitely would have come here and gotten a master’s (degree),” she says, adding that the school would have attracted her then just as it did in 2021 when she accepted the position as the school’s dean following the retirement of Skip Rutherford, who served in that position for 15 years.Unlike most public policy or public affairs schools, the Clinton School of Public Service’s master’s…
HONG KONG (AP) — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day.For years, Chinese authorities have sought to control how much time kids can spend playing games online, to fight “internet addiction.” They’ve claimed success in curbing the problem but are taking no chances.In 2019, authorities restricted minors to playing 90 minutes a day on weekdays and banned them from playing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. In 2021, they…
Elisa was born in Santa Barbara, California. In 1931, her father moved their family to Mexico. In 1951, she met and married her husband, Luis Arevalo in Leon, Mexico. Luis and Elisa were married for 44 years until Luis’ death in 1996. They immigrated to San Jose in 1955, with their first three children (Elisa, Maria and Luis) and soon added three more to their family (Luis Ernesto, Patricia and Eduardo).Elisa worked at the Rosicrucian Order in San Jose, as a bilingual secretary for 20 years. She translated for visiting dignitaries from all over the world. Elisa was an excellent…
Distractions are many and attention is low among children of today, writer Sudha Murty said here on Sunday, adding that the parents should keep them away from gadgets and motivate them to read books till they are at least 14.The chairperson of Infosys Foundation was talking to the media on the sidelines of the 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival.Murty noted that it was not easy to bring up children in today’s environment, especially after Covid when schools made it mandatory for them to attend online classes.”It will affect their eyes in the long run, attention span has…
He also noted during a delegation meeting of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) led by the Asian country’s Speaker, Om Birla,, that a total of 630 projects were registered by the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) during the period. “This is a result of the government’s efforts, under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, to improve the investment environment,” he said. Currently, India is Tanzania’s third largest trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $4.58 billion in 2021/2022. India-Tanzania trade relations have been steadily growing in recent years. India is the second largest trading partner of Tanzania after China. In 2018-19, total trade between…
By The EastAfrican Schools in East Africa are going into the new terms this year with a continual headache of finding resources to ensure affordable schooling. From Tanzania to Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda, the thread of insufficient learning materials, teachers, overcrowding and confusion over the fees charged is going to dominate the early weeks of the new term.In Kenya, President William Ruto is facing the first test of his credentials as the first full academic year under his tenure begins on January 24, with a focus on implementation of his ambitious school reforms that experts estimate will cost at least…
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Burkina Faso’s junta government late Saturday ordered hundreds of French troops to depart the West African country within a month, following in the path of neighbouring Mali, whose nation is also headed by a coup leader. National broadcaster RTB made the announcement, citing the official Agence d’Information du Burkina. The news agency said the decision had been made Wednesday to end the presence of France’s military on Burkinabe soil. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou, last week to call for the ouster of the French ambassador and the closure of a French military base north of the…
Issued on: 22/01/2023 – 02:08Modified: 22/01/2023 – 02:06 Melbourne (AFP) – Home fans at the Australian Open don’t have the temperamental but talented Nick Kyrgios to roar on — but they do have a “Demon”. With Kyrgios out injured and another popular Australian retired in 2022 champion Ashleigh Barty, Alex de Minaur has emerged as a crowd favourite of the locals.The 23-year-old, nicknamed Demon, is the only Australian left in men’s or women’s singles and will need all the help he can get when he faces nine-time Melbourne Park champion Novak Djokovic in the last 16 on Monday.”Look, it’s no…