On Tuesday, the state-owned bank appeared before parliament’s finance watchdog Scopa to address allegations of financial irregularities in respect of certain multi-million rand loans.
The 2018 Andy O Sullivan 5k at Cowm Reservoir
Proceeds from this year’s Andy O’Sullivan 5k race at Cowm Reservoir in Whitworth will go towards raising money for a school building in Malawi, East Africa.
Former race organiser Andy is supporting the work of a Bolton schoolteacher, who is raising funds for the non-governmental organisation Chisomo Children’s Club to build a school in Bisa village, with the aim of providing education for all and keep children off the streets.
Established in 1998, Chisomo aims to provide a better future for street-connected and vulnerable children in Malawi.
The first of Andy’s own named races took place in 2018, organised by Adems Runners.
A spate of mass killings in Niger’s Tillabery region has raised the spectre of broader civil strife. Most worrying is the ethnic dimension to the crimes. Authorities should move quickly to prioritize civilian protection lest vigilantes take matters into their own hands.
May 5, 2021 4:00 AM PT
The software industry fueled jobs and GDP growth in the United States in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by an international software research organization.
The report by Software.org: the BSA Foundation found the software industry supported more than 15.8 million jobs in 2020, a 5.9 percent jump from 2018; and supported $US1.9 billion in total value-added GDP, a 17.1 percent increase over the previous two-year period.
More than 12.5 million of those jobs were outside the tech sector, added the report, which measures software s impact on the U.S. economy with data and analysis from The Economist Intelligence Unit.
It also noted that the industry directly contributed $933 billion to the U.S. economy in 2020, a 15.1 percent over 2018.