Author: Ewang Johnson
Particularly key is the knives-edge music that plays when blonde bombshell Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), not long after checking in to the Bates Motel, is attacked through a shower curtain by a shadowy killer, who later turns out to be the motel’s owner, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), dressed up as his dead mother. “That music is everything,” says Rachel Zeffira, a film composer and one half of art-folk duo Cat’s Eyes. “It’s the birds, it’s the bees, and it’s the voices in the back of your head.” Source link
Draft strategic roadmap and policy framework envisage a future where every African learner has to access locally developed digital education by 2030, transforming the continental economic and social landscape The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) today launched the draft African EdTech 2030: Vision, Plan and Policy framework for consultation and stakeholder input. The ambitious new vision sets out an achievable roadmap to transform African education systems through technology whilst positioning the continent as the global leader in mobile-first, locally-relevant digital learning. The vision, mission and policy framework were unveiled during the STEMtastic Adventures! Africa symposium. Aligned with Agenda 2063, STISA-2034,…
Ravenhill recalled that upon telling Kane that he thought Cleansed was brilliant, she smiled and replied, “Yeah, well, I’m in love”. A couple of months later, when she directed Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck at the Gate, Kane removed the possibility of redemption for any of the characters. “Yeah, well, I fell out of love,” Kane explained. As explored in her final two plays, 1998’s Crave, and 4.48 Psychosis, Kane had fallen out with the idea of love itself. She wrote Crave under the pseudonym Marie Kelvedon to detach herself from the associations of her name, allowing her to explore a free-flowing…
By Johan Gellatly – Managing Director of Altron FinTech In a fast-paced, real-time world, milliseconds matter. You’re in line at a store. You tap your card. Nothing happens. You try again. Still nothing. What you experience as a moment of frustration is for a business, a potential revenue loss, and for the economy, a dent in trust. When payment systems go down, it’s more than a glitch, it’s a disruption to commerce, a hit to reputations, and a breakdown in economic momentum. In today’s always-on digital economy, reliability isn’t a luxury. It’s the standard. For a tech business like Altron…
When, in 1969, the duo opened a sister studio in LA (and another in Sausalito in 1972), they supercharged the original concept, creating a sort of rock hotel, with group Jacuzzis, mirror-ceilinged bedrooms, bedrooms with nicknames including “S&M”, and, in keeping with the era, a variety of illicit drugs intended to keep these paying guests holed up as long as they could. “Mirrors were embedded in the consoles, and the assistants were instructed to make sure there was a clean blade and a straw there every morning,” says Porter. Source link
WASHINGTON, USA – July 22, 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Governments of Mauritania and Chad today signed funding agreements for the Regional Engagement for Learning and Collaboration in Education (RELANCE) Project, supported by the World Bank and the Federal Republic of Germany, for a total of $137 million. This ambitious project aims to transform education systems in both countries by strengthening sector governance and expanding access to flexible and inclusive learning pathways. It targets more than 850,000 young people, half of whom are girls, while promoting access to learners with special needs. In a regional context of sustained demographic growth, disparities…
Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of heavy metal band Black Sabbath often described as the “Godfather of Heavy Metal”, died on Tuesday at 76, just days after performing a final concert in his hometown of Birmingham. Source link
This retro-future Marvel offering has ‘breezy competence’ but not enough tension Source link
By Aslam Tajbhai, Head of Solutions at Data Management Professionals South Africa As Africa’s digital economy rapidly grows, businesses across the continent are facing the challenge of securing data in an environment characterised by evolving cyber threats, unreliable connectivity and diverse regulatory frameworks. One of the primary data-related challenges in Africa is the limited awareness and training around data governance and cybersecurity. Many regions still face significant gaps in both tools and technical expertise, making it difficult to build resilient digital ecosystems. Cross-border data sharing presents further complexity, particularly around compliance and ensuring data sovereignty, meaning that organisations must be…
The award-winning author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how it is the voices and hearing the chatter of his characters that inspires him to write. Swedish-Tunisian writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s new book “The Sisters” in English or “Les Sœurs” in French follows the lives of three sisters and a curse that weighs on them. In the book they spend 35 years trying to break the curse “Everything you love, you will lose”. He spoke to us in Perspective. Source link