of South African mine deaths this year to just under 120. A worker died at Exxaro’s Grootegeluk coal mine outside Ellisras, in Limpopo, on Monday afternoon, when a conveyor belt structure had collapsed, trade union […]

South Africa. A portion of the Highveld region incorporating parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga have been declared as national air pollution hotspots. The declaration was officially made on Monday by Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk in terms of the National Environmental Management, Air Quality Act 2004. The priority area covers a total […]The Australian teen had first hacked into the Apple systems when he was 13

A 17-year-old Australian school student hacked into Apple's secure system hoping to impress the company and get a job.

The Adelaide-based boy confessed that he, along with another teenager from Melbourne, hacked into the Apple's mainframe in December 2015 and then again in early 2017 and downloaded internal documents and data, ABC.net reported on Monday.

He said he used his "high level of expertise" in information technology to create false digital credentials which tricked Apple's server into thinking he was a company employee. His actions were reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation who contacted the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Defending his client, the boy's lawyer Mark Twiggs told the court his client was not aware of the