EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Nasa saw asteroid that was too close to Earth for comfort only hours before it missed us
SAA head Vuyani Jarana has had to cancel a contract he awarded without following proper processes, and Steinhoff implosion shows how networking can go horribly wrong
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world South African Airways’ (SAA’s) new CEO, Vuyani Jarana, has had to cancel a contract he awarded without following proper processes, using "threats" as an excuse. To date, SAA has not disclosed the nature of these threats, what assessment was made before putting out the tender, or why the contract was suddenly cancelled. An asteroid, travelling at about 105,000km/h, narrowly missed hitting Earth last weekend. Scientists say it was between 50m and 100m wide, and was about half the average distance between Earth and the moon away, which scientists say is a little too close for comfort. Also Nasa scientists noticed the asteroid only a few hours before it rushed by our planet. In my opinion Matters of debate "Many of the foreigners we work with have spent years — sometimes a decade — jumping through every regulatory hoop the department can conceive of and are still no closer to attaining the permanent residency or citizenship for which they asp...
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