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Junior Bokke trap Kiwi’s se tjank af tydens Wêreldbeker-toernooi, is steeds onoorwonne en het hul plek in halfeindstryd bespreek

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Junior Bokke trap Kiwi’s se tjank af tydens Wêreldbeker-toernooi, is steeds onoorwonne en het hul plek in halfeindstryd bespreek

Die Junior Bokke het hul stemme by die o.20-Wêreldbeker-toernooi dik gemaak deur Nieu-Seeland ’n deeglike pak slae te gee. Suid-Afrika het twee drieë gedruk om Donderdag met 25-17 in Rosario, Argentinië, hul laaste groepwedstryd te wen. Met die oorwinning het die Junior Bokke, wat steeds onoorwonne by die toernooi is, hul plek in die halfeindstryd..
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NEW TECHNOLOGY:- Face-scanning tunnel expected to replace immigration officers is trialed in Dubai

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The system cuts immigration control procedures down to just 15 seconds and removes the need for people to have their passports stamped. Passengers in Dubai have become the first in the UAE to trial a technology which is expected to replace immigration officers by 2020. Announced at Gitex last year, the system uses face recognition..
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Passengers can now identify which airlines use facial recognition with new tool – #getouttamyface

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Privacy activists in the US have launched a new tool to help passengers avoid airlines that use facial recognition technology. New website AirlinePrivacy.com lists all airlines which use the technology to identify passengers before boarding, something that has raised many questions around privacy and data security. The new site was unveiled by activist groups Fight..
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KLM’s new Flying-V jet will take test flight in October:- Futuristic sustainable aircraft could cut fuel use by 20 per cent

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The way we fly could be set to change faster than predicted thanks to a radical new Flying-V plane design. Air France-KLM collaborated with a Dutch university to fund research into a new aircraft design that could make long-haul air travel much more sustainable. The Flying-V has massive wings and unique two-prong design. The wings..
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The Great Migration: Hordes of Skilled South Africans Are Leaving SA’s Sunny Shores

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The Great Migration: Hordes of Skilled South Africans Are Leaving SA’s Sunny Shores

Amid the high crime rate, loss of job security, and political uncertainty, South Africans are leaving the country in significant numbers looking for greener pastures. On tonight’s episode of Carte Blanche (available for expats to stream from Tuesday), presenter Derek Watts looks at the rising number of skilled and educated South Africans – from medical..
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Visitors from Florida college students robbed at gunpoint while visiting preschool in South Africa

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The 19 students, professor and a staff member from the University of Florida were robbed of their laptops, cellphones, cameras, passports and bags. A group of 19 Florida college students and a professor and staff member from their university were robbed at gunpoint of their laptops, cellphones, cameras, passports, money and bags while on an..
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ZIM:- White farmer ‘resists’ to make way for minister’s son, what would you do?

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CHIPINGE farmer and retired Swiss banker, Richard Le Vieux, who has established a reputable business of exporting coffee, avocados and macadamia nuts for the past 30 years, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with failing to vacate part of FarFell Coffee Estate to make way for Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba’s son. Le Vieux,..
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Weekend travel information for 24 May 2019

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Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this Bank Holiday weekend, and the following week.

Most of the network will be open with services running as normal so you’ll be able to get wherever you need to go. Please check if any of the following affect you.

London Underground

Piccadilly line
From about 00:01 on Saturday 25 until Bank Holiday Monday 27 May, there will be no service between Hammersmith and Heathrow / Uxbridge. This is due to track replacement work. Customers for Heathrow airport should use non-stop coaches running between Hammersmith and Heathrow airport. These have porters and extra space for luggage and buggies but are not wheelchair accessible.

Customers for stations between Acton Town and Heathrow should use the Central line to Ealing Broadway or the District line via Gunnersbury and follow purple signs for bus A, which runs every 7 to 10 minutes.

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New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission Says:- It’s Not Okay To Be White

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Government-backed group condemns citizens wearing shirt affirming that it is, in fact, okay to be white. It’s not okay to be white, according to New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission. The commission, backed by the New Zealand government’s Ministry of Justice, condemned shirt company Trade Me for printing shirts that say “It’s Okay To Be White.”..
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