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Revamp kitchen cabinets on a budget

Today at 09:32 AM, via SowetanLIVE

With fresh paint, new handles and a stylish backsplash, your kitchen can feel like new without a major renovation.

Africa

Malawian state’s rhetoric belies reality

Friday at 04:24 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Communities grapple daily with failing health services, entrenched corruption and gender inequality, leaving women and girls literally walking for survival

Sport

LIVE | Bafana Bafana vs Angola – AFCON 2025

Today at 09:20 AM, via The South African

After weeks in camp fine-tuning their preparations, Bafana Bafana are set to begin their AFCON 2025 campaign on Monday, 22 December.

Education

Nigeria: Remaining 130 Abducted Niger Pupils Released

Today at 08:11 AM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri community, Niger State, have now been released, following the freedom of the final group of 130 victims, bringing the total number of rescued pupils to 230.

Education

Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement

England’s universities regulator has been attacked for being “asleep at the wheel” over its delays in investigating suspected fraud, bullying and mismanagement at the University of Greater Manchester.

Phil Brickell, the MP for Bolton West whose constituency includes the campus, has accused the...

Lifestyle

Tamia Mpisane shows off mommy makeover results

Yesterday at 23:29 PM, via The South African

Hot mom club: Tamia Mpisane – the wife of soccer boss and player Andile Mpisane – has shown off the results of her recent mommy makeover…

Science/Tech

Can you solve it? Are you ready for twenty twenty-six…seven?

Today at 09:10 AM, via The Guardian

The year ahead in numbers

As we say goodbye to 2025, let’s delight in its numerical charms one final time. The year was unique this century as being a square number.

442 = 1936

452 = 2025

462 = 2116

Five 9s

Six 8s.

Six 7s.

Six 6s.

Four 5s.

Six 4s.

Four 3s.

Four 2s.

a partridge in a pear tree. (Only joking)

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Science/Tech

In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers

Today at 08:34 AM, via Slashdot

They call it “the business-impersonator scam”. And it’s fooled 396,227 Americans in just the first nine months of 2025 — 18% more than the 335,785 in the same nine months of 2024. That’s according to a Bloomberg reporter (who also fell for it in late November), citing the official statistics from America’s Federal Trade Commission:Some pose as airline staff on social media and respond to...

Science/Tech

Starwatch: After the Geminids meteor shower, it is the turn of the Ursids

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Patient watchers should wrap up warm to witness one of nature’s subtler events on night of 22 to 23 December

If the Geminids whetted your appetite for meteor showers, then you are in luck. This week it is the turn of the Ursids. Admittedly, they are nowhere near as plentiful as the Geminids, producing a maximum of just 10 meteors an hour, but there is a unique satisfaction to witnessing one of...

Motoring

South Africa’s vehicle recall crisis

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via TopAuto

The increasing pattern of vehicle recalls across many different manufacturers and models shows that there is an inherent system weakness in the pre-market testing process, production oversight, and regulatory verification.

Health

Living and Light

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via BBC News

Illuminating new science on artificial light and our health.

Health

What Is ‘Functional Freeze’?

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.