Meta develops tailored approach to safeguard the integrity of the South African elections

Meta develops tailored approach to safeguard the integrity of the South African elections

Tech giant Meta is deploying a tailored approach to safeguard the integrity of South Africa's elections, creating an Election Resource Centre on its website. Reuters reports that the initiative includes fact-checking partnerships with Africa Check and AFP, training for government communicators, and collaboration with the Electoral Commission ahead of the South African elections on 29 May 2024.

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Namibia

Public Service Comission joins SADC peer meeting

The Public Service Commission of Namibia attended the SADC Public Service Commission meeting in Cape Town for the creation of the SADC Public Service Commission Forum, and benchmarking. The consultative foundation forum objectives were to forge cooperation among SADC member structures and ultimately the establishment of the SADC Public Service Commission. Salmaan Jacobs the Chairperson of the PSC.

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Uncategorized

Department of Water Affairs to monitor pollution

The Department of Water Affairs within the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform will be conducting a water resource quality and pollution control monitoring investigation in the Windhoek jurisdiction between May 20 and May 24. This is a routine inspection to ensure compliance with regulations. Here is the City of Windhoek's spokesperson Lydia Amutenya.

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Business / Economics

Paratus Namibia Holdings doubles market capital with N$ 600 million raise

Paratus Namibia Holdings Limited (PNH) has successfully raised over N$600 million through its recent Rights Issue and investment drive. The capital infusion has effectively doubled the company's market capital on the NSX. The company says the raised capital was sourced from a diverse group of investors, including the Paratus Group (61,9%), Paratus employees (2,6%), institutional investors (34%), and retail investors (1,5%). Paratus Namibia Managing Director Andrew Hall adds that the […]

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World

EU, US, and UK criticise Georgia’s foreign agent bill

European Union members, the United Kingdom, and the United States have criticised the passage of a new "foreign agent bill" in Georgia's parliament. The legislation would require organisations that get more than a fifth of their funding from overseas to register as foreign agents. Giles Gibson has more.

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Health / Medical

Patients to benefit from cataract surgical campaign

The Otjozondjupa Health Directorate and the National Blindness Prevention Programme are conducting a cataract surgical campaign with support from teams at the Windhoek Central Hospital and international volunteers from Germany and the US. The campaign starts in Rundu next month, where over 700 patients will be treated. The team will then move to Engela in July to help more than 600 patients before continuing to Oshana and concluding the campaign […]

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Namibia

Wildlife special court reconvenes in Katima Mulilo

The Wildlife Special Court has reconvened in Katima Mulilo for the second time since its establishment in 2022. The court is expected to hear over 60 wildlife crime cases in a period of two months. Here is the Ministry of Environment Forestry and Tourism's Chief Control Warden, Morgan Saisai with more. Meanwhile, the latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Wildlife Crime Report reveals that wildlife trafficking hasn't […]

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World

Social media seen as more influential than voting booths among young Hungarians

Young Hungarians are showing a lack of interest in voting in the EU elections in June. That's according to a recent EU Commission survey. Separately, a new Eurobarometer survey has found that 70% of Hungarians say they are likely to vote in the June European Parliament elections. Altogether 65% of Hungarians say they are interested in voting on June 9, which is 15% more than those who said so ahead of the […]

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Africa

Nigeria suspends cybersecurity law

Nigeria has suspended a planned levy on electronic transfers to fund cybersecurity. The Central Bank of Nigeria had in a circular last week directed all banks and mobile money operators to charge 0.5% of the value of electronic transfers as a cybersecurity levy. Ajeck Mangut reports.

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