Open trenches and exposed cables are becoming a familiar sight across Nelson Mandela Bay as temporary electricity repairs remain in place for months because of ageing infrastructure, cable theft and a shortage of skilled artisans.
With ongoing investigations into sewage pollution, Nelson Mandela Bay could face severe penalties if convicted of violating environmental laws designed to protect the environment and local communities.
England struggle to recover from a dramatic early collapse of five wickets for 19 runs, as India cruise to a six-wicket victory in the first one-day international at Edgbaston to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
Policy to create youth clubs and health centres aims to tackle surplus of school spaces created by falling pupil numbers
Classrooms left empty by falling numbers of pupils could soon be converted into youth clubs or health centres, as part of a pilot scheme to be announced this week.
In the pilot a group of local authorities in England will be given £3.1m by the Department for Education to...
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year
Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned.
Universities’ finances are so precarious that redundancies are also occurring in business...
[New Times] A total of 258,255 candidates are set to sit the 2025/26 Secondary School National Examinations, slated for Wednesday, July 15-24, according to the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA).
[Vanguard] No fewer than 700 students and 130 teachers in Kwara State have received hands-on training in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and other digital skills at the 2026 edition of STEM Africa Fest, held at the Ilorin Innovation Hub.
Outdoor enthusiasts are being urged to exercise extra caution on Table Mountain after another violent attack was reported on the mountain’s lower slopes.
Today, the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents, APIs, and applications, based on Coinbase’s contributed x402 protocol. Backed by companies including AWS, American Express, Cloudflare, Google, Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa, the effort aims to make payments work directly over HTTP (assuming users are comfortable letting AI agents...
OnePlus will reportedly announce this week that it is shutting down its brand in the U.S. and Europe, following months of signs that parent company Oppo was winding down the brand’s global presence. India and China are reportedly unaffected, but it’s unclear whether Oppo will replace the brand directly in those markets. The move also raises questions about future support for existing OnePlus...
IBM shares plunged after the company warned that Q2 revenue and earnings would miss expectations, blaming customers’ sudden shift in spending toward AI hardware instead of software services. However, CEO Arvind Krishna did not place all the blame on IBM’s customers. The CEO also said it “faltered” by failing to “anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization.” “These conditions require...
He created U.S. Healthcare, one of the first H.M.O.s, and used his great wealth from the sale of the company for causes like advancing cancer research.