Semiconductors in BRICS Countries: Why Chips Serve as “Oil of 21st Century”

What challenges are BRICS countries facing in the struggle for access to this strategically important resource? And what are the BRICS nations doing to achieve digital sovereignty? Read the full analysis by TV BRICS

Technological sovereignty is part of the practical BRICS agenda. The focus is on creating a new digital space where technologies serve as a key instrument of development. Semiconductors play a particularly important role in this context.

Chips and their importance for BRICS

Semiconductor chips are theREAD MORE

Former Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp has made an interesting observation, detailing what it takes to coach the Phefeni Glamour Boys.

The German would know better since he had two spells at Naturena (2005 – 2007 and 2018 – 2020).

“Anyone who wants to coach this team must understand the magnitude of the Naturena environment,” wrote Middendorp on LinkedIn, a social networking service.

“The club carries an enormous history, a massive supporter base across the country, constant media attention, andREAD MORE

The Covid-19 pandemic, disruptive technologies, and current developments in changing global geopolitics, specifically the US travel ban on 21 countries and counting, as well as the raging war in the Middle East, have led to a dire situation that requires repositioning of internationalisation in the higher education landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional internationalisation activities, further stretching already limited resources and impacting international student and staff mobility. To date, delays in study visa processing continue to pose a major obstacleREAD MORE

Police in Gauteng have arrested two suspects and seized a cache of high-powered weapons as part of ongoing efforts to curb violent crime and the spread of illegal firearms in the province.

Members of the Organised Crime Unit recovered three AK-47 rifles, a 9mm pistol and scores of rounds of ammunition during an intelligence-driven operation in Lawley Extension 2 in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg.

The operation, carried out on Thursday, led police to a property where the weapons were discovered.READ MORE

A former senior audit executive linked to the massive accounting scandal at Steinhoff International has been sentenced to prison after admitting he failed to report suspicious activities that contributed to the company’s inflated financial statements.

The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sentenced Hein Odendaal (67), the former Group Audit Executive at Steinhoff at Work, to four years’ direct imprisonment or a fine of R2 million.

In addition, Odendaal received a two-year prison sentence wholly suspended for five years on conditionREAD MORE

I am writing this op-ed not as a political scientist but as a decolonial scholar, rooted in organic intellectualism. I was born in Soweto and now reside in a neighbourhood where the state remains invisible, arriving silently in the form of a rates bill or a traffic fine, never as a boot through the door. This duality shapes how I interpret the State of the Nation Address and observe 550 soldiers being deployed toREAD MORE

The murder case linked to the killing of popular amapiano artist DJ Sumbody has been postponed to October after a pre-trial conference concluded in the High Court in Johannesburg.

Businessman Katiso Molefe appeared in court on Thursday alongside his co-accused, Michael Pule Tau (55), Tiego Floyd Mabisela (45), and Musa Kekana.

The four men face 35 charges related to the murder of DJ Sumbody, whose real name was Oupa John Sefoka.

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The Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has launched a court application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to force a security company to cough up money it allegedly failed to bank as directed.

The state-owned nature conservation entity has also opened a case of theft with the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Hluhluwe, northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The court action and the latter case stem from an alleged theft that was committed by the security company and its employees while itREAD MORE

English coach Stephen Constantine has been appointed Rwanda’s head coach for a second spell after signing a two-year contract running until March 2028.

The 63-year-old returns to the role he previously held between May 2014 and January 2015.

“The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) has appointed Stephen Constantine as the Head Coach of the Rwanda Senior Men National Football Team (Amavubi) and the Rwanda U-23 National Team on a two-year renewable contract,” said Rwanda’s Football Association.

Before his appointment, Constantine wasREAD MORE

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has proposed a new bonus structure that would see Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana earn less to play for the country’s senior national football teams, reports the Sowetan newspaper.

According to documents that were to be presented at last Saturday’s aborted National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, players will receive between 20% and 45% of tournament winnings, depending on the elimination stage.

This would drastically curtailREAD MORE