Instagram influencers: when a special relationship with fans turns dark
Aug 08, 2018 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Ask a child or teenager what do you want to be? and you might get the response, a YouTuber. Instagrammer. Thats perhaps not surprising given how attractive the world of social media influencing seems to be. It looks...
A tribute to Winston Ntshona: a pioneer of storytelling and activism in South Africa
Aug 08, 2018 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A slim, well-thumbed paperback volume occupies a special place on my bookshelf. Its spine is torn and barely legible, but such is its familiarity that I can dispense with such necessities. I can find Statements: Three...
Trump needs a US-EU trade deal or Facebook, Amazon and Google could lose dominance
Aug 08, 2018 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Donald Trump recently stepped back from the brink of a trade war with the EU. Following a visit to the White House by the European Commission chief, Jean Claude Juncker, the two leaders issued a joint statement where they...
How ancient cultures explained comets and meteors
Aug 08, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Comets and meteors have fascinated the human race since they were first spotted in the night sky. But without science and space exploration to aid understanding of what these chunks of rock and ice are, ancient cultures...
Brazil's supposed 'racial democracy' has a dire problem with online racism
Aug 08, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Brazil has for years presented itself as a racial democracy a land of harmonious racial relations and free of racism. This image has many times been questioned, while the murder in April 2018 of social justice campaigner...
When temperatures rise, so do crime rates: evidence from South Africa
Aug 08, 2018 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Over the past few decades there has been a growing worldwide interest in examining the relationship between weather and various types of crime. Most research in this area has however produced inconsistent and often...
Victoria says it won't sign up to the NEG without concessions
Aug 08, 2018 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Victorian Labor government has significantly raised the bar for the federal governments efforts to win support for the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) by declaring it will only sign up if a set of tough conditions is...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects