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WATER CRISIS: Nobody cares, rage Joburg residents as water outages worsen

Today at 13:21 PM, via Daily Maverick

The current water outages in parts of Johannesburg caused by a multi-system failure have led to residents being without water for more than two weeks. Schools and businesses have been closed and residents have grown disillusioned with the City’s apparent unwillingness to resolve the issue.

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Former French minister Lang summoned over Epstein links, source says

Today at 13:05 PM, via Daily Maverick

Pressure rose on Friday on former French culture minister Jack Lang to resign as president of the Arab World Institute over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after he was summoned to the foreign ministry to discuss the matter.

South Africa

Smith, Burger to carry SA flag at Winter Games 

Today at 12:25 PM, via SAnews

Smith, Burger to carry SA flag at Winter Games 

With the 2026 Winter Olympic Games set to get underway, cross-country skier Matthew Smith and skeleton athlete Nicole Burger have been selected to carry the South African flag at the opening ceremony of the games.“Smith (35) and Burger (31) are the oldest members among the five athletes who will do duty for Team SA at the XXV Winter...

Education

Nigeria: 10,000 Schoolgirls Participate in Alli’s ‘Flow With Dignity’ Initiative

Today at 12:37 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] About 10,000 school girls from Ibarapa communities have participated in a two-day initiative educating girl children on safe sexual life and hygienic menstrual management propelled by the senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dr Sharafadeen Alli.

Education

Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Today at 12:01 PM, via The Guardian

The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task

As someone who receives close to the maximum student loan from the government each year, I try my best not to think too hard about the crushing financial burden I am going to carry into my postgrad years. After all, for those of us who need a degree to enter their...

Science/Tech

Traffic fine scam warning

Today at 13:01 PM, via MyBroadband

Fraudsters have created websites mimicking the Aarto website to scam motorists with fake traffic fines.

Health

TrumpRx Is Set to Go Live on Thursday

Yesterday at 19:33 PM, via New York Times

The government website is meant to connect Americans with drug companies to buy prescriptions directly with their own money. It is not clear how many patients will save money.