Around the world, politicians are fixated on factories. But this obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

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As the Trump administration moves to freeze foreign aid, halting vital humanitarian health programmes and medical research trials worldwide – I argue that the US stand to lose far more from this move than its 1% government investment in foreign aid. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/02/24/i...

This article is so misleading and inaccurate. “Cheap solar” and “expensive Eskom power” is not the reason SA consumers aren’t paying their bills or that Eskom and municipal distributors can’t recover the costs of power supplied… @economist.com.
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Energy efficient appliances can save consumers a lot of money. The upfront cost of an inefficient lamp or fridge might be « low » . But consumers don’t sit in front of spreadsheets estimating lifecycle costs so they don’t realise the amount of power they will save by buying « the expensive one ».

Déjà vu. In 2008, Zuma disbanded the Scorpions - a body investigating him for corruption. It was replaced by the Hawks which, as a judgement later read were “insufficiently insulated from political influence in its structure and functioning…because…activities must be coordinated by the Cabinet.”

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

Some reprieve, may sanity prevail. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...

Five million South Africans and 20 million people in total losing access to life saving ARVs as a result of the Trump PEPFAR stop work order. He’s a cruel and vindictive narcissist.. though it’s not clear who is trying to punish by denying most vulnerable HIV + people access to live saving drugs.

Yes he will kill people - blood on their hands.

This is inexcusable 😡 . www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

Fired for “excessive focus” on diversity and inclusive hiring. Or simply because she is a women? It’s difficult to understand why ~57% of white women and ~45% of women in the U.S. voted for Trump. A man who believes the playing field is level & that if women are underrepresented they are inferior.

The dodgy Russian deal that Min Gwede Mantashe hailed last year as “ a better model for SoEs” implodes www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

The dodgy Russian deal that Gwede mantashe hailed last year as “ a better model for SoEs” thankfully implodes. Shem www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

2.9km ice core from Antarctica - ice traps air bubbles - will help researchers to understand how our climate has changed. Saw an interesting exhibit on ice cores this week at the @museumofscience.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Third or fourth electricity grid collapse in less than 3 months. Poor cuban citizens must be feeling desperate, hope they are looking into distributed PV and BESS amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Some pleasant surprises from milei.. “we were able to double the pesos received by families by cutting out intermediaries”- some lessons here for South Africa @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social
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