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Nearly three dozen former employees from Facebook’s early days on Wednesday blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act against incendiary posts by US President Donald Trump as “cowardly” and a “betrayal” of company
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The prominent SA actor who was arrested with four others in Limpopo for illicit cigarette trade has been revealed as a Skeem Saam actor.
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Eskom is on the verge of tipping SA back into load shedding - TechCentral
Eskom warned on Thursday that there is a high likelihood of the first load shedding in almost four months on Thursday as it struggles to return generating units to service.
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China's trillions toward tech won't buy dominance
The plans are bold and vague: China wants to bring technology into its mainstream infrastructure build-out and, in the process, heave the economy out of a gloom due only partly to the
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Morehouse Cancels Fall Sports Due to Ongoing Pandemic
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Unicorns are seeing their valuations sliced, some by 40%, as tracked by European company
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Zimbabwean farmers get tech savvy to stay in business
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Here's How Big Facebook's Ad Business Really Is
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Zimbabwe Forex Woes Set to Deepen, Researchers Warn
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are set to worsen due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has reduced exports and slowed down remittances, a leading research firm has
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Uganda: Maj Gen Lokech Released Without Charges, Cautioned
Police in Kampala on Thursday evening briefly held Maj Gen Paul Lokech after an alleged confrontation with a senior traffic police officer on Namugongo Road, Kira Municipality in Wakiso
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Trump angrily denies report that he denigrated US service members | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump on Thursday forcefully denied a report in The Atlantic magazine that he had disparaged US service members killed in battle and chose to skip a ceremony honoring veterans. Speaking to reporters after returning from a rally in Pennsylvania, the President said the report was
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Former Employees At Complex & OkayPlayer Speak Out About Experience of Racism & Sexism
At a time when companies across the company are reckoning with their toxic work cultures, media companies are now on the chopping block for their role in treating employees of color and women unfairly and subjecting them to
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Zimbabwean Farmers Get Tech Savvy to Stay in Business – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Calls for Solidarity as World Leaders Discuss Post COVID-19 Recovery
President Kenyatta spoke Thursday evening during a virtual high level meeting on development financing in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic convened by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio
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AP changes writing style to capitalise 'b' in Black
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'Standing with You': Ryan Destiny Seemingly Hints That She Was Mistreated on 'Star' and Encourages Young Black Women to Speak Out Against Discrimination
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Apple lifts a giant middle finger to Intel
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A collective response from black councillors in Birmingham - Voice Online
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