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Hawks arrest 20 suspects in R113m Mpumalanga school repairs scandal

Today at 16:18 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Twenty suspects, including former and current senior officials in the Mpumalanga government, have been arrested in a sting operation by the Hawks in connection with fraud and corruption in a R113m “emergency school repairs” scandal.

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PODCAST | Gender wars grieve God’s heart

Today at 16:14 PM, via SowetanLIVE

This week on Deeply Rooted, we shine the light on a rising divide between His creation, men and women. In many spaces in society, it occurs oftentimes where we see the two genders at loggerheads for more reasons than one. Although calling each other out

South Africa

President Ramaphosa hails Hosi N’wamitwa II as a pioneer of gender equality

Today at 15:17 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa hails Hosi N’wamitwa II as a pioneer of gender equality

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Hosi Dr Phylia Tinyiko Lwandlamuni N’wamitwa II as a trailblazer who transformed customary law and advanced the rights of women, saying her life was a triumph of courage over patriarchy.

Delivering the eulogy at her Special Provincial Official Funeral at the...

Africa

‘Emotional’ Mourinho should apologise – McCarthy

Friday at 13:43 PM, via BBC News

Benni McCarthy says Jose Mourinho should admit his “mistake” following the Benfica manager’s post-match comments after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr claimed he was racially abused.

Education

‘Beyond worried’: the families waiting to hear how Send reform will change their lives

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Already struggling to get help, families with children with special needs are concerned changes could make things worse

At the age of 12, May Race’s son Joseph spends almost all of his time in his bedroom, too anxious, burnt out and – she says – traumatised even to join his parents and older brother downstairs most days. Joseph no longer leaves the house at all.

He is autistic and has dyslexia...

Education

Readers reply: what would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

This week’s question: what would happen to the world if computer said yes?

I’ve always thought it would be good to acquire an old warehouse in every town throughout the land and convert it into low-rent community...

Education

Tories would scrap ‘debt trap’ of high interest on student loans, says Kemi Badenoch

Today at 15:19 PM, via The Guardian

Education secretary suggests Labour’s priority is maintenance grants for poorer students rather than cutting interest

Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high interest rates on student loans, piling pressure on Labour ministers to tackle the growing outrage over the high costs.

The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, admitted the system of plan...

Education

Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: NLT report says time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports

Fewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 read daily, according to research, which found reading for pleasure was being crowded out of teenage lives by schoolwork, screens and sports.

While reading declines for both boys and girls in early adolescence, there are “signs of recovery” among girls in...

Science/Tech

Has the AI Disruption Arrived – and Will It Just Make Software Cheaper and More Accessible?

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

Programmer/entrepreneur Paul Ford is the co-founder of AI-driven business software platform Aboard. This week he wrote a guest essay for the New York Times titled “The AI Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun,” arguing that Anthropic’s Claude Code “was always a helpful coding assistant, but in November it suddenly got much better, and ever since I’ve been knocking off side projects that...

Health

A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study

Friday at 16:25 PM, via New York Times

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.