How an unemployed Nkhabiso Ngobeni got herself thousands of interview offers within hours

Engineering graduate Nkhabiso Ngobeni had been unemployed for over a year when she took a leap of faith. She recorded herself as if she was in an interview, posted the video on LinkedIn, and the rest is history. She tells Drum her story.
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'Colonialist mentality.' Fury over UK refusal to recognise vaccinations done in SA, India

The UK government is facing a rising backlash over its refusal to recognise visitors as vaccinated unless they received their shots in a handful of select countries.
#uk #india #sa #ukgovernment

Tunisian police re-arrest MP hostile to President Saied

Tunisian lawmaker Seifeddine Makhlouf, an outspoken critic of President Kais Saied, has been re-arrested, for "undermining the dignity of the army", his lawyer told AFP on Wednesday.
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A fifth of Nigeria’s workforce lost their jobs because of Covid-19

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in a fifth of Nigeria’s workforce losing their jobs, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics said.
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BP traders lost almost R1.5 billion in African deal 'debacle'

BP's traders lost $100 million (~R1.48 billion) in a "debacle" of a deal with a west African commodities firm, according to details from a London employment lawsuit that offers a rare glimpse into the business on the oil giant’s trading floor.
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Tunisia president takes new powers, says will reform system

Tunisian President Kais Saied has put in place special measures for wielding legislative and executive power, the presidency said on Wednesday, without elaborating.
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Over 30 dead during Guinea-Bissau health worker strike, union says

More than 30 people have died because a health workers' strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses' union said on Wednesday.
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Republican Party operatives charged with illegally funnelling Trump campaign contribution from Russian

US prosecutors on Monday unsealed criminal charges against two long-time Republican Party operatives, accusing them of illegally funnelling a foreign campaign contribution to former president Donald Trump in 2016.
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Post Trump, US Democrats offer bill to rein in presidential powers

US House of Representatives Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday seeking to pull back powers from the presidency, part of an effort by lawmakers to rein in the White House after what Democrats saw as overreach during the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump.
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'I'm still alive,' says pope, 'though some wanted me dead'

Pope Francis has joked that some people in the Church hoped he would not survive his recent colon operation, and denounced vociferous conservative critics for doing "the work of the devil" by undermining the Roman Catholic Church.
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