Bets on weather, politics and war. Volume rose from under $5bn monthly in mid-2025 to nearly $24bn by April 2026 — and universities are already planning gambling literacy courses. [...]
Every student a registered voter before leaving school. A 45–90 minute workshop for Grade 11s, 12s and university students, with on-site IEC registration. [...]
A free 45 to 90 minute workshop for Grade 11 and 12 learners and university students, ending with every participant registered on the IEC website. [...]
The interesting question is rarely which faith is largest in a country, but whether it holds one community or many — which is what shapes its politics and its tolerance of difference. [...]
Iceland’s indoor football centres were built to fight teenage drinking. The national team was a by-product. Organised activity beats any awareness campaign. [...]
Most guidance our young people get arrives as condemnation, not education. SAMNET proposes a six-step coalition programme — starting by educating the experts. [...]
Preserving and sharing Our Heritage – National Mosque Open Day: Building our Historical Records One of the gaps in many of our communities is not recording our history for future generations. Part of this process is preserving our “Past” and recording our “Present “, so it becomes our “History” for [...]
SAMNET on Channel Islam International’s Political Arena of Opinions, on why the Muslim community needs to make decisions from data rather than assumption. [...]
A recruitment route into the UN Secretariat. The composition of international institutions reflects who applied a decade earlier. [...]
Keep a visitors’ book. Preserve the marriage registers, the architectural drawings, the mimbar. Everything old was once new — the record worth having in fifty years is the one being made now. [...]
Who qualifies for a SAMNET bursary, which fields of study are covered, and how to request an application form. The fund helps students in journalism, media, communications and political science who face real financial hardship — it is not a course, and it does not cover other fields. [...]
Muslims grew fastest; Christians lagged behind global population growth. But the most significant finding may be the rise of the religiously unaffiliated to third largest group worldwide. [...]