By Annisa Essack17/02/2020 By definition, “oppression” means “prolonged, unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. Oppression is exercised in multiple ways, ranging from subtle comments to murder. It is a tool wielded throughout human history by those with power and authority to keep those with less power in a position of submission, and it continues today throughout the world. Recently, a confidential report by the German Foreign...

  By Annisa Essack 17/02/2020 The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) says that skills shortages will be the single biggest challenge facing the South African information and communication technology (ICT) sector over the next ten years. South Africa’s highly innovative and entrepreneurial ICT sector is on par with global counterparts, but the ICT brain-drain and slow ICT skills development are threatening the...

    By Mumtaz Moosa Saley 13/02/2020 Last Friday, I was having lunch when suddenly without warning or even a clue my husbands’ phone was snatched.  At the moment it happened, we assumed it was a prank until the perpetrator got into a car.  Just like that, my husbands’ phone and wallet were gone.     Now, with an iPhone, you can track the phone via the Find My Phone app so it’s really important that you activate this setting.  However, shortly afterward the...

  By Annisa Essack 12/02/2020 The British Government is embarking on the most significant transport infrastructure project in the UK since the building of the motorways. High Speed 2 is the new national high-speed rail network that is also a deeply controversial plan by the Government to construct a new high-speed rail network linking London, the West Midlands, Leeds, and Manchester. HS2's inception follows the development of HS1, the high-speed...

  By Annisa Essack 12/02/2020 Ousted dictator of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir may finally face international justice. However, this is not yet guaranteed. Today, Sudan’s joint military-civilian council showed signs that the former leader could finally, be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes for his role in the genocide that began in 2003 in the Darfur region. The...