Vodacom partners with China's Alipay to create 'super app' in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group (VODJ.J) plans to create a ‘super app’ in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China’s Alibaba group (BABA.N), to allow consumers in South Africa to shop online, pay bills and send money to family from next year.
The app will also help small to medium enterprises (SME) access financial services such as lending and insurance, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Vodacom and other mobile operators in South Africa are seeking to expand their mobile payment apps into online market places to leverage their network and customer base.
They are also looking to tap more than 11 million South Africans who do not have bank accounts, to offer lending and other financial services.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodacom-grp-alipay-safrica/vodacom-partners-with-chinas-alipay-to-create-super-app-in-south-africa-idUSKCN24L1LY
#africa #southafrica #vodafone #alipay
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group (VODJ.J) plans to create a ‘super app’ in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China’s Alibaba group (BABA.N), to allow consumers in South Africa to shop online, pay bills and send money to family from next year.
The app will also help small to medium enterprises (SME) access financial services such as lending and insurance, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Vodacom and other mobile operators in South Africa are seeking to expand their mobile payment apps into online market places to leverage their network and customer base.
They are also looking to tap more than 11 million South Africans who do not have bank accounts, to offer lending and other financial services.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodacom-grp-alipay-safrica/vodacom-partners-with-chinas-alipay-to-create-super-app-in-south-africa-idUSKCN24L1LY
#africa #southafrica #vodafone #alipay
South Africa’s Internet Censorship Bill will deal a massive blow to free speech
The new proposals seek to regulate "harmful content."
South Africa is joining a growing number of countries struggling with new legislation being introduced to regulate the internet, that might easily hinder freedom of speech and content distribution online.
The Amendment Regulations (FPAA) to the Films and Publications Amendment Act (FPA) that now await South African president’s signature to become law, are known by critics as the Internet Censorship Bill.
What FPA wants to do is regulate the films, games, and publications market, while the amendments that have now been adopted by the country’s parliament seek to adjust to the new reality of online content availability, social media, and electronic communications.
https://reclaimthenet.org/south-africas-internet-censorship-bill/
#Africa #SouthAfrica #internet #censorship
The new proposals seek to regulate "harmful content."
South Africa is joining a growing number of countries struggling with new legislation being introduced to regulate the internet, that might easily hinder freedom of speech and content distribution online.
The Amendment Regulations (FPAA) to the Films and Publications Amendment Act (FPA) that now await South African president’s signature to become law, are known by critics as the Internet Censorship Bill.
What FPA wants to do is regulate the films, games, and publications market, while the amendments that have now been adopted by the country’s parliament seek to adjust to the new reality of online content availability, social media, and electronic communications.
https://reclaimthenet.org/south-africas-internet-censorship-bill/
#Africa #SouthAfrica #internet #censorship
Reclaim The Net
South Africa's Internet Censorship Bill will deal a massive blow to free speech
The new proposals seek to regulate "harmful content."
In solidarity with Palestine, South African dock workers refused to unload an Israeli cargo ship in Durban.
#bds #apartheid #palestine #southafrica #how
#bds #apartheid #palestine #southafrica #how
Sending these WhatsApp messages in South Africa could now land you in jail
https://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/542766/warning-sending-these-whatsapp-messages-in-south-africa-could-now-land-you-in-jail/
A person convicted of an offence under the Cybercrimes Act is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period of up to fifteen years or to both a fine and such imprisonment as may be ordered in terms of the offence.
#sa #southAfrica
https://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/542766/warning-sending-these-whatsapp-messages-in-south-africa-could-now-land-you-in-jail/
A person convicted of an offence under the Cybercrimes Act is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period of up to fifteen years or to both a fine and such imprisonment as may be ordered in terms of the offence.
#sa #southAfrica
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Warning: Sending these WhatsApp messages in South Africa could now land you in jail
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Cybercrimes Bill into law, with parts of the bill now set to take effect from 1 December 2021.
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Unscheduled power outages result in high chicken mortalities - some farmers give up as Incubators run cold, freezers full of product thaw out, and losses mount.
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Power grid “Load shedding” drops certain zones deemed non-critical — but this is causing farmers to lose their animals!
Deidre Carter, CEO of Agri Limpopo, said one of the organisation’s members had reported losing about 2 000 broiler chickens in a single day due to Eskom’s unilateral load-reduction strategy, while another had decided to leave the poultry industry altogether.
“Load reduction is a lot worse than [rolling blackouts], because one never knows when or how long the power will be out,” she told Farmer’s Weekly.
#EnergyCrisis #SouthAfrica
https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/unscheduled-power-outages-result-in-high-chicken-mortalities/
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Power grid “Load shedding” drops certain zones deemed non-critical — but this is causing farmers to lose their animals!
Deidre Carter, CEO of Agri Limpopo, said one of the organisation’s members had reported losing about 2 000 broiler chickens in a single day due to Eskom’s unilateral load-reduction strategy, while another had decided to leave the poultry industry altogether.
“Load reduction is a lot worse than [rolling blackouts], because one never knows when or how long the power will be out,” she told Farmer’s Weekly.
#EnergyCrisis #SouthAfrica
https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/unscheduled-power-outages-result-in-high-chicken-mortalities/
Farmer's Weekly
Unscheduled power outages result in high chicken mortalities
In addition to Eskom’s schedule of rolling blackouts across South Africa, which reached Stage 6 in early July, farmers in Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga have also been hit by severe and unscheduled power outages referred to as ‘load reduction’.
Shocking insight into Israel's Apartheid | Roadmap to Apartheid | JourneyManPictures - 18/10/2023
With a comparison between apartheid South Africa and the Israel/Palestine conflict, this doc traces the future of one conflict from the past of another. Weaving the history of apartheid into the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians, it highlights the frighteningly similar laws and tools used by Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. It's a dark picture of the present but offers hope based on the peace that South Africa eventually found.
#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Colonisation #Occupation #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Genocide #Nakba #SouthAfrica
With a comparison between apartheid South Africa and the Israel/Palestine conflict, this doc traces the future of one conflict from the past of another. Weaving the history of apartheid into the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians, it highlights the frighteningly similar laws and tools used by Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. It's a dark picture of the present but offers hope based on the peace that South Africa eventually found.
#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Colonisation #Occupation #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Genocide #Nakba #SouthAfrica
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🇵🇸 ICJ hearing against Israel: All you need to know about South Africa's case in the Hague
In an unprecedented first, South Africa is taking Israel to the International Court of Justice for violating the Genocide Convention in its unrelenting bombardment of Gaza since 7 October 2023. This is the first time Israel - a nation state built as a sanctuary for Jews who have historically faced anti-Semitism, pogroms, and genocide - will take the stand to defend itself against accusations of genocide. In a meticulously written 84-page document, South Africa has made a strong case for why it believes Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinians.
Ahead of the first part of the case against Israel which will begin on January 11, here’s what you need to know.
Source : Middle East Eye
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #ICJ #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #IOF #Israel #SouthAfrica
11/01/2024
In an unprecedented first, South Africa is taking Israel to the International Court of Justice for violating the Genocide Convention in its unrelenting bombardment of Gaza since 7 October 2023. This is the first time Israel - a nation state built as a sanctuary for Jews who have historically faced anti-Semitism, pogroms, and genocide - will take the stand to defend itself against accusations of genocide. In a meticulously written 84-page document, South Africa has made a strong case for why it believes Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinians.
Ahead of the first part of the case against Israel which will begin on January 11, here’s what you need to know.
Source : Middle East Eye
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #ICJ #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #IOF #Israel #SouthAfrica
11/01/2024