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A youth empowerment programme has seen an increased interest in climate and environment issues. The post Eastern Cape learners’ project feeds school children appeared first on The Mail & Guardian .

South African TV presenter and radio legend Jeremy Mansfield is battling cancer again -- this time a type of liver cancer. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/3GWka7d via sinceretalk

Young Mozambicans in the country’s north, who are driven to join Islamic insurgents by poverty, must be included in peace and security efforts The post Youth key to halting insurgency in Mozambique appeared first on The Mail & Guardian .

Australian Open organisers said Sunday that Peng Shuai's safety "is our primary concern" after video emerged of security staff preventing spectators wearing T-shirts in support of the Chinese player. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/33ZlE2e via sinceretalk

Several Black Mississippi state senators on Friday walked out en masse as their fellow legislatures banned the teaching of critical race theory in classrooms. Local news station WLBT reports that the Black Mississippi lawmakers decided to walk out after decrying the bill as totally unnecessary given that there is no evidence that critical race theory is being taught in any Mississippi public schools. Sen. John Horhn (D-MS) said that the intention of the bill wasn't merely to target critical race theory, but to put what he described as a "chilling effect" over teachers who give frank lessons about the history of racism and slavery in the United States. "I think this bill is going to put a chilling effect on that journey," he said. "I think it’s going to slow us down on coming together, and I think it’s going to drive a wedge between us that doesn’t need to be driven." Simmons led all of his Black colleagues out of the chamber as the vote for the ...

As a record number of U.S. states and cities raise their minimum wages following a decade of grassroots organizing by the #FightFor15 movement, the Biden administration on Friday directed federal agencies to pay government employees at least $15 an hour. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued new guidance to the heads of all executive departments and agencies instructing them to implement the new wage by January 30. Nearly 700,000 federal workers are expected to receive a raise as a result of the new policy, which was first reported by Axios . OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said in a statement that "as the largest employer in the country, how the federal government treats its workforce has real impact. Raising pay rates across the federal government to a minimum of $15 per hour reflects our appreciation for the federal workforce and our values as a nation." Today, @POTUS @JoeBiden is raising the pay of nearly 70,000 American workers in one of his most signif...

A Republican congressional candidate from Alaska finally conceded that former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election on Friday — but not until after being asked the question no fewer than four times by CNN host Alisyn Camerota. Camerota was following up on a story about another candidate for Alaska's only House seat, Greg Brelsford, who recently left the GOP to become an Independent, citing "attacks on democracy." On Friday, she interviewed GOP candidate Randy Purham. "So you heard one of your opponents, who was saying that basically he's tired of all the re-litigating of Donald Trump's election loss," Camerota told Purham. "Are you one of the Republicans he was speaking of who believes Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 presidential election?" "I'm not going to say that he did not lose, but we realize there are some irregularities with the election," Purham responded, before Camerota cut him off. "Just to be c...