• Vodacom to let South African staff go

    Vodacom Group reportedly plotted to cut jobs from its domestic operation in a bid to lower costs, though the company stated the move also related to a shift towards a more technology-oriented approach.

  • The moment I knew: ‘I thought to myself, if she can go through all that, she can get through anything’

    When Jeannette came by the social security office to claim a payment, Richard Smith was struck by her sunny and cheerful demeanour. It would go down as his ‘best day’s work’On Valentine’s Day 1968 I was working at the newly founded Department of Health and Social Security in London when I was summoned to the front desk to deal with a confusion about a client’s identity.Waiting for me there was a beautiful young woman with a big lovely smile. She needed her single-mother’s payment but she and her...

  • Going, going, gone: Could the Republicans' slim House majority slip away before November?

    The crack of Louisville Slugger ash bats connecting with rawhide baseballs laced in Costa Rica will soon echo throughout ballparks all over North America.  A dulcet-toned announcer will lunge forward from his seat in the press box, perched three tiers above home plate. The announcer will squint, looking to see if the ball hooks just inside the foul pole several hundred feet away down the right field line.  "Going! Going! Gone!" he’ll chirp as the ball hugs the pole, staying just fair. The ball...

  • The Compost: How renters can go green

    This week’s environment newsletter also has good news for the Balboa Island Ferry, bald eagle parents and rare shrimp fans.

  • The Compost: How renters can go green

    This week’s environment newsletter also has good news for the Balboa Island Ferry, bald eagle parents and rare shrimp fans.

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    The Compost: How renters can go green

    This week’s environment newsletter also has good news for the Balboa Island Ferry, bald eagle parents and rare shrimp fans.

  • The Compost: How renters can go green

    This week’s environment newsletter also has good news for the Balboa Island Ferry, bald eagle parents and rare shrimp fans.

  • The Republican Party is going through a nasty divorce

    When former Vice President Mike Pence said last Friday that he would not be endorsing his old boss Donald Trump for a second term as president, it made for a good chuckle: Pence wouldn't be backing the guy who tried to have him hanged on Jan. 6, 2021. But zoom out a bit and Pence's rejection of his former boss comes amid a potentially meaningful groundswell of opposition from many of those who worked closest with Trump—including his former top aides and Cabinet members. The Biden campaign sure...

  • Why going into hospital can be VERY bad for your health

    Until just over a year ago, Janet Allen, right, was living independently, walking a friend's dog several times a week and relishing frequent visits from her four family and daughter Jackie, inset.

  • How to get Sableye in Pokemon Go & can it be shiny?

    Pokemon Go players are looking to catch the elusive Sableye to add it to their PvP teams and increase their Stardust gains. So here's how to get Sableye in Pokemon Go and if it can be shiny. Sableye is a rare Gen 3 species that Pokemon Go players grind hard to find as it is excellent for PvP teams, particularly the Great League. That's not all, as it's one of those few Pokemon that give extra Stardust on being caught making it a prized catch for trainers. So if you want to get...

  • Can you park there? What different curb colors mean

    Blue, yellow, white, red, green — these are the different curb colors you may comes across while you look for parking. But what do they mean?

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    Can you park there? What different curb colors mean

    Blue, yellow, white, red, green — these are the different curb colors you may comes across while you look for parking. But what do they mean?