Senegal Adds Battery-Storage Capacity to Grid to Avoid Blackouts
State utility Senelec SA, in partnership with Africa REN, is adding 10 megawatts of battery storage that's capable of holding up to 20 megawatt-hours of electricity to an existing 16-megawatt solar plant, the partners said in a statement on Wednesday.
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I Found a Surprisingly Painless Way to Clean Up My Gmail Inbox
When I made my Gmail account in middle school, I wasn't thinking about how I'd someday run out of storage space. But as my inbox filled up with receipts, promotions and forgotten threads, I finally hit Gmail's limit of 15GB of free storage. I didn't want to spend hours deleting messages or start paying for more space. Luckily, I didn't have to: I found a way to clear out massive amounts of storage in minutes, and I didn't lose a single important email in the process. All I had to do was create a second Gmail account to store all of my current messages. There's no restriction on the number of free Google accounts you can own, which meant I could set one up as a dedicated archive account and then transfer all of my old emails to it. Transferring your Gmail messages is also a great strategy if you have a school or business Gmail account that you won't be able to access permanently. Most universities and businesses will deactivate your account once you're no longer a student or employee, so if you want to view your old messages and files, you'll have to port them to a personal account before you lose access. Completing the whole process of transferring your Gmail messages to a new account doesn't take too long but it will depend on just how many messages you have. I'll walk you through the simple process of transferring your emails from your old account to a new one (including the important step of backing everything up first). For more about Gmail, learn about its new AI summaries or how to use emoji reactions. Tips and tricks for using Gmail Tips and tricks for using Gmail Click to unmute Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Next playlist item Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 1:07 Loaded : 11.94% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 1:07 Share Fullscreen This is a modal window. 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Fifteen gigabytes of free storage may sound like a lot when you make a Gmail account but it gets filled up quickly. For starters, the 15GB isn't just used for email: It also includes the files you've saved in your Google Drive and Google Photos. If you frequently send or receive messages that contain large files such as videos, or if you find yourself uploading a lot of pictures and videos to your Google Photos, then it won't be long before you'll see the "Account storage is full" notification. This means that you will no longer be able to send or receive emails on this account, so you'll want to do something ASAP. Tips and tricks for using Gmail Tips and tricks for using Gmail Click to unmute Google Introduces Gemini AI Upgrades to Gmail and Chat The quickest solution is to upgrade to a Google One account. Even if you choose the least expensive plan -- 100GB for $20 a year -- you'll still end up paying money to store old emails that you might not even need anymore. If you don't want to buy more storage, you can always delete your old emails. You can get back a surprising amount of storage space by putting large files in the trash. Gmail makes it easy for you to identify and delete files by size. Even so, that option might seem tedious; maybe you don't want to spend hours sifting through correspondence from a decade or more ago, deciding which memories to keep and which to get rid of forever. There's always the option to download large files to your desktop before you delete them from your Google account but at some point you'll probably run into the same issue with your local files and have to manage the storage space on your device. This brings us to our "nuclear option:" Transferring all your emails to a new Gmail account. How to transfer your Gmail messages to a new email account Before you start the Gmail transfer process, I recommend that you back up your emails. You can do this by downloading your emails either to your computer or an external hard drive. You can delete the backup after you finish transferring the emails to your new account if you like but it's always a good idea to have an extra copy stored locally. To back up your Gmail messages, go to Google Takeout. Using my test Gmail account that held about 75,000 messages, I got a download from Google Takeout in about 2 hours. Once you've saved a copy of your emails, you're ready to begin transferring them. Here are the steps you need to take: 1. Start by logging into your original Gmail account, clicking the "gear" icon in the top right and clicking See all settings. 2. Select the Forwarding POP/IMAP tab and then select the option Enable POP for all mail (POP stands for Post Office Protocol). 3. You'll have several options under When messages are accessed with POP. To automatically delete the emails from your original account after the transfer, select delete Gmail's copy. 4. Select Save Changes. Screenshot by CNET Now it's time to create your new account and transfer all your messages there: If you haven't already done so, create your brand new, inbox-zero Gmail account -- we'll call this your archive account. 1. Login to your new archive account, click the gear icon at the top and select See all settings. 2. Select the Accounts and Import tab at the top, then select Add a mail account next to Check mail from other accounts. 3. In the pop-up window, enter the name of your original Gmail account. Select Next. 4. Select Import emails from my other account (POP3) and select Next again. 5. Enter the password of your original Gmail account. You might also be required to create a Google app password (see note below). 6. Select 995 under Port. 7. Check these 3 boxes: Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail, Label incoming messages, Archive incoming messages (Skip the Inbox) 8. Select Add Account. Screenshot by CNET You'll probably need to create a Google app password to transfer Gmail messages I tested this Gmail message transfer process twice and both times the standard password for the Gmail accounts did not work. After a bit of research, I determined that I'd need to create a temporary "app password" to sync the accounts. Google app passwords are 16-digit passcodes created for "less secure" apps or devices to access your Google account. They work exactly like your Google password. If your regular Google password doesn't work for syncing Gmail accounts, visit to create an app password. Simply create a name for the password -- I used "Transfer Bulk Email" -- and then hit the Create button. You'll get a pop-up window with your new 16-digit passcode. Screenshot by CNET Once you've created the app password, return to step 6 of the instructions above and use that new app password instead of your usual password. Important: Google will only display your app password once. After you've created it, you can't ask to see it again so be sure to write it down or otherwise record it after it's been created. Google's own Help Center mentions that "app passwords aren't recommended and are unnecessary in most cases." So once you've completed transferring your Gmail messages, I recommend deleting your app password. What happens after my Gmail accounts are synced? Once you've successfully linked your new Gmail archive account to your original account, your emails should begin to transfer automatically. The process could take several hours or days, depending on how many emails you have. In my test account with about 75,000 messages, I found that it took Gmail about 2 full days to transfer all of them from the original account to the new archived mail account. Important: After transferring your Gmail messages to your archived mail account, your original Gmail account will place all those messages in the Trash folder, which you'll need to empty manually. Clearing out those 75,000 messages from the Trash took about an hour. Screenshot by CNET Before transferring Gmail messages, my test account was using a little more than 12GB, or 80%, of Google's free 15GB. After transferring, the account was only using 0.66GB, of which 0.06GB was from Gmail. What Gmail messages won't be transferred? I found that Gmail transferred all of my messages except for two categories -- Drafts and Spam. You'll need to decide what to do with your Drafts manually. Spam messages are automatically deleted every 30 days so you can let Gmail handle that or go into the Spam folder yourself after transferring your mail and delete or forward those messages. Once all of your emails have been imported to your new account, enjoy the experience of inbox zero. You've given your original account a new lease on life. At this point, there are two last steps: You'll want to stop the automatic transfer process so that you can continue using your original account and you'll want to delete that app password if you had to make one. 1. Login to your new account, go into your Settings and select See all settings. 2. Select the Accounts and Import tab, and then select delete for your original account (under Check mail from other accounts.) 3. When prompted to Confirm delete mail account, select OK. If you had to create a Google app password and want to delete it now, go back to and click the trashcan icon next to the password you created. Congrats, you're finished. One important final note: Google will delete accounts that have been inactive for more than two years. So make sure you don't completely ignore all your old emails after transferring them. If you don't plan to regularly use your archive account to send email, you can still keep the account active by signing in at least once every two years.
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4 hours ago
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De Lille dissolves tourism board, accuses members of unlawfully convening meeting
Minister Patricia de Lille dissolved the South African Tourism board after an unlawfully convened meeting on 1 August. De Lille plans to appoint interim management and initiate the process for forming a new board. OUTA criticised the decision, accusing De Lille of political interference and protecting SA Tourism management over governance concerns. Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille has dissolved the South African Tourism board, with immediate effect, after they unlawfully convened a special board meeting earlier this month. On Wednesday, De Lille's spokesperson, Aldrin Sampear, said in a statement that the minister informed board members of her decision on 19 August, following consideration of their written representations as to why the board should not be dissolved. He said, 'In their written representations dated 14 August 2025, the board members failed to address the important issue about the legality of the procedure followed by the board when it convened a special board meeting on 01 August 2025 at which the unlawful resolution was taken.' Sampear said, according to the minister's legal advice, the special board meeting of 1 August was convened unlawfully. He explained, 'Section 18(2) of the [Tourism] Act empowers only the board chairperson to convene a special board meeting. This exclusive power given to the chairperson of the board is further confirmed by clause 9.1.2 of the Board Charter, which was adopted on 16 April 2024. As of 01 August 2025, the board had no chairperson to lawfully convene a special board meeting following the resignation of Professor Gregory Davids the day before (31 July 2025), but this notwithstanding, the board elected to convene a special board meeting and, in doing so, the board acted unlawfully and ultra vires its powers. The City Press reported on Sunday that following several allegations of misconduct, which led to the suspension of SA Tourism chief executive Nombulelo Guliwe last week, De Lille threatened to dissolve the agency board. De Lille reportedly wrote to the board last Thursday, asking it to explain why it should not be dissolved. City Press understood that the agency board convened a meeting where it decided to suspend Guliwe following allegations that she had authorised a R4.1 million advance payment to a service provider for the failed Dubai Expo during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the report, Guliwe was accused of making the upfront payment while she was SA Tourism's chief financial officer. Sampear said De Lille had previously cautioned the board of the possible implications of failing to follow due process when convening special and ordinary meetings. He said, 'On 04 July 2025, in a meeting with the board, followed by a letter to the board dated 13 July 2025, the minister expressed her concerns about the board's failure to follow governance procedures, which undermines the integrity of the board and could render outcomes from such meetings procedurally invalid and unlawful. 'In response, by way of a letter dated 22 July 2025, the board assured the minister that it has put in place interventions and these 'enhancements have and will ensure that all meetings are properly constituted, chaired, and documented….'' Sampear stated that the minister would initiate the process to appoint a new board and invite nominations of eligible persons in due course. 'In the interim, the minister shall, in terms of Section 16(3) of the act, appoint one or more persons to manage the affairs of the board until the new board is appointed.' De Lille, he said, assured the nation and the sector that the developments would not derail the ongoing programmes of the department. Meanwhile, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage condemned De Lille's decision, labelling it political interference and calling for the minister to reverse her decision. Duvenage said government entities needed strong board oversight and leaders who demand good governance, 'not those who undermine it'. He said: The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is outraged by minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille's decision to dissolve the South African Tourism (SAT) board. This action is nothing short of gross political interference and represents a direct assault on governance and accountability within a state entity. He added that the board had acted within its mandate and in line with its fiduciary responsibilities by addressing serious governance concerns, including findings raised by the Auditor-General and a corroborating forensic investigation into irregular financial conduct. 'Instead of supporting her own competent board for holding executive management accountable, the minister has chosen to protect the SAT CEO by disbanding the very body tasked with oversight,' he said. Furthermore, Duvenage called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire De Lille for conduct that was inconsistent with her constitutional mandate, which is to ensure effective oversight, not to obstruct it, he said.
