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Robert Roberson was scheduled to die in a US case where experts cast doubt on the evidence used in his conviction.

Case revolves around what the US says was an attempt to kill prominent Sikh separatist leader, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in parts of the Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

The South African government has confirmed being part of a core group of countries that fully support United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

Disgraced former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s resignation set tongues wagging among the party’s rank and file.

By the end of August, 1.65-million HIV-negative people in South Africa had used the anti-HIV pill at least once, making the country’s HIV prevention pill programme the world’s largest.

In Tanzania, restrictions on social and mainstream media, extrajudicial killings of political activists, and arbitrary arrests have become routine ahead of local authority elections on 27 November.

Plans are at an advanced stage to house Parliament in a dome structure for two years until the reconstruction of the burnt building is complete.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will make a decision on the serious allegations leveled against Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Thembi Simelani in due time.

Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo believes that the very entity he leads is not meant for poor people because the rich are the only ones to benefit from the regressive system.

David Beckham is hopeful that minority owner Jim Ratcliffe will turn Manchester United’s fortunes around but says it will take time to return to the “good old days”.

A grand jury handed up charges against Colt Gray, 14, who is accused of killing four people at his high school. His father, Colin Gray, is accused of giving him access to the murder weapon.

A $28.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the university helped create a fresh precedent for prosecuting predatory advertising in for-profit education.

[Daily News] Speaking on World Food Day, Wawira Njiru, CEO of Kenyan non-profit Food for Education, has called on African and world leaders to invest in school feeding programs to feed the future of all of Africa.

[This Day] The Nigerian School on Internet Governance (NSIG), championed by the Internet Society Nigeria Chapter has successfully concluded its 5th cohort, graduating a new wave of leaders poised to shape the future of the digital world.

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

During its MAX event yesterday, Adobe teased some experimental photo and video editing tools for PhotoShop and Premiere Pro. There are a total of nine features, which include being able to rotate vector images, produce sound effects from text descriptions, and generate images in various shapes and sizes. Engadget reports: [W]e’ll start with Project Perfect Blend for PS, which improves natural...

Google’s NotebookLM app has been updated to let you generate custom podcasts from almost any source material. The AI software is also dropping the “experimental” tag. Wired reports: To make an AI podcast using NotebookLM, open up the Google Labs website and start a New Notebook. Then, add any source documents you would like to be used for the audio output. These can be anything from files on...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A new ClickFix campaign is luring users to fraudulent Google Meet conference pages showing fake connectivity errors that deliver info-stealing malware for Windows and macOS operating systems. ClickFix is a social-engineering tactic that emerged in May, first reported by cybersecurity company Proofpoint, from a threat actor (TA571) that...

A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.

Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible.

The transition to green energy is littered with challenges, from corruption to financial constraints and communities that have long been reliant on coal production. SA can look to countries like China, France and the Netherlands, says Jonathan Tembo.

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane said the power utility is eyeing a pipeline of 2 000MW of renewable energy projects for the next two to three years.

It’s important that we consider interim measures to unlock grid capacity and help Eskom get more use out of its existing power lines. There are plenty of solutions out there, says Nick Hedley.

South Africa is set to export hydrogen from its commercial ports within 10 years, according to the Transnet National Ports Authority.