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US threatened to withhold military aid to Israel, but deployed troops, anti-missile system at the same time.

Two suspected extortionists were shot dead, and another was injured during a shootout with police on the N1 near Century City on Tuesday evening.

Two weeks after the latest statistics showed that Nelson Mandela Bay has one of the highest murder rates in the Eastern Cape, local leadership grappled with how to stop the metro’s escalating violence.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the central interior on Wednesday. Additionally, a yellow level 2 warning has been issued for damaging winds and waves between Hout Bay and Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

The Western Cape Education Department says over 1 000 teachers are facing allegations of transgressions such as sexual misconduct, sexual assault, and discrimination.

The Gauteng Department of Education is confident that the 2024 matric exams will run smoothly and pupils will ace their assessments.

African activist Kemi Seba, known for his virulent anti-Western stance, has been arrested in Paris, a source close to the case told AFP on Tuesday.

Cartrack owner Karooooo reported on Tuesday that a climb in subscribers of nearly a fifth helped deliver another set of record earnings. It has also now completed a spend on a new central SA office in Johannesburg, which it expects to underpin further local growth.

Reminiscent of Mao’s Little Red Book during China’s cultural revolution, the MKP’s constitution requires its cadres to “read and internalise” a speech by its corruption-accused leader, former president Jacob Zuma.

In what appeared to be a veiled response to South African Communist Party secretary-general Solly Mapaila, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said those who criticise the government of national unity must come up with a better option.

Thomas Tuchel is set to be named England’s new manager after agreeing a deal with the Football Association (FA), multiple British and German media outlets reported on Tuesday.

Former Wallabies skipper Rocky Elsom on Tuesday called his conviction for misuse of corporate assets at French rugby club Narbonne “a clear perversion of justice” after an international warrant was issued for his arrest.

[Leadership] No fewer than 30,000 professional teachers have so far indicated interest to participate fully in 2024 Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) annual conference.

[Leadership] The Defence and Police Officer’s Wives Association (DEPOWA) has sensitized girls of adolescent age on menstrual health hygiene and distributed sanitary pads to them at Junior Secondary School Dei-Dei in Abuja.

[Leadership] The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has called for transparency amid the rising crisis surrounding the Vice-Chancellor’s appointment at the University.

[Premium Times] The Zonal Coordinator, Nurudeen Masopa, said in a statement that the union resolved to issue the ultimatum after a recent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

Phoronix’s Michael Larabel reports: Intel and AMD have jointly announced the creation of an x86 ecosystem advisory group to bring together the two companies as well as other industry leaders — both companies and individuals such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds. Intel and AMD are forming this x86 ecosystem advisory group to help foster collaboration and innovations around the x86 (x86_64) ISA....

In a press release this morning, Apple announced a new iPad Mini with a faster A17 Pro chip that supports Apple Intelligence. The Verge reports: The new Mini is mostly a spec bump: it runs a new A17 Pro chip, which Apple says has a 30 percent faster CPU, 25 percent faster GPU, and a Neural Engine twice as fast as the previous model. The device also supports the new Apple Pencil Pro, which is a...

Seth Keshel has become a darling among election deniers by factoring widespread voter fraud — the existence of which has been widely debunked — into his election predictions.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: This fall, thousands of fake albums were added to Spotify, with some appearing on real artist pages, where they’re positioned to lure unsuspecting listeners into streaming by posing as new releases from favorite bands. An Ars reader flagged the issue after finding a fake album on the Spotify page of an UK psych rock band called Gong. The...

The British government announced a multimillion dollar pharmaceutical partnership with Eli Lilly, including a trial that will study the impact of a weight-loss drug on work and productivity.

Supplies of a highly nutritious treatment are running out, according to UNICEF.

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.

South African children have shared their firsthand accounts of climate change in a groundbreaking bilingual book.