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Mali’s president strengthens influence over key mining sector

Today at 16:47 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Mali’s military leader has created a new ministerial-level role to oversee the mining sector, strengthening the presidency’s direct oversight of the critical gold industry, and appointed a former Barrick Mining executive to fill it.

South Africa

Departments finalising MoU to strengthen subject-choice guidance, learner preparedness

Today at 15:42 PM, via SAnews

Departments finalising MoU to strengthen subject-choice guidance, learner preparedness

The Departments of Basic Education and Higher Education and Training are finalising a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening alignment between the school and post-school systems.

This is particularly around subject-choice guidance, learner preparedness and smoother...

Business

South Africa’s biggest retailer kissing Eskom goodbye

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa’s largest retailer, Shoprite Group, has installed its 100th solar photovoltaic (PV) system, making it one of the largest private-sector installations in the country.

Business

Double blow for Clicks

Today at 15:58 PM, via BusinessTech

Clicks has seen its turnover growth slow slightly in the first 20 weeks of the 2026 financial year amid several challenges.

Sport

All change in The Hundred – what’s next?

Today at 16:08 PM, via BBC News

Changing names, signing players and elaborate new logos. BBC Sport takes you through all the changes in The Hundred as sides build towards the 2026 season.

Sport

Spurs’ Bergvall facing up to three months out

Today at 15:55 PM, via BBC News

Tottenham Hotspur are awaiting on a final diagnosis on Lucas Bergvall’s ankle injury amid early concerns he faces up to three months on the sidelines.

Science/Tech

Nvidia Allegedly Sought ‘High-Speed Access’ To Pirated Book Library for AI Training

Today at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

An expanded class-action lawsuit filed last Friday alleges that a member of Nvidia’s data strategy team directly contacted Anna’s Archive — the sprawling shadow library hosting millions of pirated books — to explore “including Anna’s Archive in pre-training data for our LLMs.” Internal documents cited in the amended complaint show Nvidia sought information about “high-speed access” to the...

Science/Tech

‘No Reasons To Own’: Software Stocks Sink on Fear of New AI Tool

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

The new year was supposed to bring opportunities for beaten-down software stocks. Instead, the group is off to its worst start in years. From a report: The release of a new artificial intelligence tool from startup Anthropic on Jan. 12 rekindled fears about disruption that weighed on software makers in 2025. TurboTax owner Intuit tumbled 16% last week, its worst since 2022, while Adobe and...

Science/Tech

‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Researcher points to ‘medicalisation of masculinity’ after investigating how men’s health is being monetised online

“If you’re not waking up in the morning with a boner, there’s a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers.

Despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most young...