Lisa Kramer, University of Toronto A high-stakes legal drama featuring cryptocurrencies has been unfolding in a Canadian court recently. The antics that led to the litigation almost defy credulity, and they highlight the need for new regulations to better suit a financial marketplace that includes virtual currencies. News broke in early February that Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX was seeking creditor protection, leaving in financial limbo about 115,000 people who had entrusted the firm to maintain their deposits of cash, Bitcoins and other digital tokens worth an estimated C$250 million. The company’s need for bankruptcy protection arose when its founder and…
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“Don’t worry, just vote me as the governor of the state – You will witness a political El Dorado You will never witness any problem in the state. You will enjoy voting me so much that you will want me to be an immortal ruler of this country. I will rebuild all dilapidated schools and colleges. I will build many bridges and recreational centres. I will not even take a penny from the state purse. Investors will rock the state during my tenure. Just vote for me!!!” The man cried like a kid whose lollypop had been snatched by a stringent…
As at this time last week, Nigeria and the global business community were expecting the verdict from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the outcome of the keenly contested 2019 presidential elections. The curtain has been unveiled and we are all aware that the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, will preside over Africa’s largest economy for another four years. In line with our philosophy of knowledge-sharing and client leadership, we partnered with an elite group of consulting firms under the aegis of Perchstone & Graeys’ Crystal Ball™, a proprietary research tool that forecasts key socio-economic events that influence and shape the state of…
Camaren Peter, University of Cape Town In 1967 one gigabyte of hard drive storage space cost US$ 1m. Today it’s around two US cents. Computer processing power has also increased exponentially: it doubles every two years. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to technological progress in the 21st century. There have also been tremendous advances in communication technology; robotics; nanotechnology; genetics and artificial intelligence, among other things. This merging of digital, physical and biological worlds has come to be known as the “fourth industrial revolution”. So far, relatively little attention has been paid to the…
Lisa Denny, University of Tasmania Sensationalist claims that 40% of jobs in Australia won’t exist in the future are unhelpful for young Australians thinking about entering the workforce. The reality is some jobs will no longer exist, new jobs will be created and most jobs will undergo some form of transformation. The skills we need for work are changing, but young Australians can plan for these changes. Fears of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) wiping out future work are well founded – new technology is changing the way we work. But as the current workforce grows up alongside an ageing…
Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs Botswana has an elephant poaching problem. The numbers far exceed previous years according to a new survey. The survey was conducted between July and October 2018 by conservation group Elephants without Borders, in collaboration with Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The survey reported a total of 1677 observed carcasses in the survey area of northern Botswana. The surveyors visited carcasses that were of concern – reported as possibly poached – which numbered 104 out of a total of 128 “fresh” carcasses. Dr Mike Chase, who managed the survey, wrote that:…
Reading 1 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep within the barricade, with his spear thrust into the ground at his head and Abner and his men sleeping around him. Abishai whispered to David: “God has delivered your enemy into your grasp this day. Let me nail him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I will not…
The poetry in his eyes was fetish and fictitious He wore white on Fridays and black on Mondays and gave the colours their honours Poised with unprecedented charisma and a benevolent posture like a line fully drawn At sunset, if you ask me I’d say We stay till sunrise I close my eyes So I may breathe silence In solitude In unflagging strength I redeem my sanity I looked for the stars at night You were looking for the sun It was at the moment I realized Incompatibility was a huge boundary for us. Poem by Zee…
Holy Humour 10 Will do Centuries ago, God came down, went to the Germans and said, “I have Commandments that will help you live better lives.” The Germans ask, “What are Commandments?” And the Lord says, “Rules for living.” “Can you give us an example?” God says, “Thou shalt not kill.” “Not kill? We’re not interested.” So God went to the Italians and said, “I have Commandments…” The Italians wanted an example and the Lord said, “Thou shalt not steal.” “Not steal? We’re not interested.” Next, the Lord went to the French saying, “I have Commandments…” The French wanted an example…
Nicola Dawson, University of the Witwatersrand There are a few established “rules” for being a good parent. Praise your children for their achievements, big or small. Be warm and happy when you’re around them. Smile at them and stay upbeat. When it comes to babies, make lots of face to face verbal contact. Look at and talk to them while they babble and play. These approaches are based on extensive studies that seek to understand the relationship between parenting and child outcomes. Again and again, research has found that parenting behaviours have a huge impact on child development and success,…