Russian Oil Company Tatneft Hailed As ‘Peculiar, Technologically Advanced’ 

The President of the Global Energy Association has hailed Tatneft as a “peculiar” and technologically advanced Russian oil company that has managed to turn fracking into a lucrative business. 

Dr Sergey Brilev said Tatneft is one of the first companies in the world to turn the dream of capturing and pumping CO2 into oil to reduce emissions and increase oil production. 

Speaking to African Times on the sidelines of the Oil Summit in Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan,READ MORE

A sentence buried in South Africa’s own grid operator adequacy modelling deserves far more attention than it has received. Even with every available battery and pumped-storage scheme dispatched at full tilt during the evening peak, the projected shortfall for 2030 still does not close.

That admission comes from the National Transmission Company South Africa’s Medium-Term System Adequacy Outlook 2026–2030 (MTSAO 2025). It is not a critic’s warning about the pace of the energy transition. It is the systemREAD MORE

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — As classrooms worldwide grapple with the transformative yet disruptive power of artificial intelligence (AI), a fundamental question hangs over the future of education: what is schooling for when machines can outthink humans?

This question has recently taken centre stage in Beijing, where global academics, policymakers and frontline educators gathered to map out new models for teaching in the intelligent era. Amid the lively cross-border exchanges, one reality is clear: China’s large-scale experiments withREAD MORE

A 30-year-old black woman. Dineo Mokwele.
Admin assistant at BMW. 12 qualifications.
She applied for a job. She was successful.
 
Then came the crosshairs. Paul O’Sullivan said it out loud: “A 28 year old admin assistant from BMW parachuted to a brigadier.”
 
That’s when the charges were formulated.
That’s when an open invitation became high-intensity intelligence warfare.
 
The issue is not one angry white man of pensionable age. The issue is a corrupt system of whitenessREAD MORE

At the 2026 World Robot Conference, we saw China’s robotic hands in action, from welding cars on factory lines to sorting packages in warehouses, from making coffee to sensing a feather landing on a robotic palm. They’re not perfect yet. The real challenge ahead is making these systems reliable, flexible and useful beyond the lab or the show floor.

African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency

The Border Management Authority has strengthened South Africa’s preparedness for public health emergencies by conducting a two-day Ebola Virus Disease simulation exercise at the Beitbridge Port of Entry in Musina, Limpopo.

The exercise, held from 19 to 20 August, was the BMA’s second Ebola simulation this year and follows a similar exercise conducted at OR Tambo International Airport on 19 June.

The latest exercise focused on testing South Africa’s ability to detect, assess and respond to aREAD MORE

There are songs that do more than play in the background. They take you somewhere.

A familiar opening note can transport you to a university residence, a first love, a family celebration or a dance floor shared with friends who have long since gone their separate ways.

That is the feeling organisers of the inaugural Lehika Soul Picnic hope to capture when music lovers gather at Cookes Lake in Mahikeng on Saturday, 19 September.

With aREAD MORE

Attorney Charlotte Tibana is now facing five charges in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo after the State added a serious count of theft.

Tibana, the wife of co-accused Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) officer Peter “Greater Gagash” Nonyane, already faced two counts of fraud and two counts of money laundering.

The charges stem from allegations surrounding the administration of the estate of the late Hlengani Thompson Maswanganye, who died in October 2023.

According to theREAD MORE

A 47-year-old Boschkop man accused of deliberately infecting his girlfriend with HIV has been granted R2,000 bail by the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court.

The man faces a charge of attempted murder after allegedly concealing his HIV-positive status from his 38-year-old partner and telling her that he was HIV negative during their relationship.

According to a statement issued by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Gauteng Division regional spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana on Friday, the couple started datingREAD MORE

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn the fraud and corruption case against Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo and six senior police officials, following mounting questions about the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption’s handling of the investigation.

The decision, announced on Friday, comes as the Madlanga Commission continues to examine the circumstances surrounding the controversial case and the conduct of IDAC officials who investigated and prosecuted it.

The NPA said National Director of Public Prosecutions AdvocateREAD MORE