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South Africa flirting with disaster

Today at 08:30 AM, via Daily Investor

The US escalated its criticism of South Africa after naval exercises this week involving China and some of the BRICS member nations.

Top Stories

One ANC decision that broke South Africa’s most important industry

Today at 07:33 AM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s mining output has stagnated since the MPRDA was implemented, which created policy uncertainty, deterred investment and exploration, and kick-started the decline of the country’s most important industry.

World

A Saudi-UAE rift is turning two close allies into regional rivals

Today at 00:00 AM, via NPR

The key question now is whether the Saudi-UAE rift settles back into business as usual or accelerates into a wider realignment, says Marc Lynch, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.

Sport

Former Pirates striker on what makes Ouaddou special

Today at 09:01 AM, via The South African

Richards Bay FC striker Gabadinho Mhango has praised Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou, revealing what stood out during their time together at Marumo Gallants.

Entertainment

Do we still need universities?

Today at 09:15 AM, via The Citizen

I’m just not convinced that building up the narrative that the best thing one can do after school is going to university is a good one for the country.

Science/Tech

Digitap ($TAP) Price Prediction 2026: The Path to $5 and Flipping $2 XRP

Today at 09:00 AM, via Tech Financials

Price predictions in crypto often sound exciting, but most fail because they rely on noise instead of fundamentals. Tokens spike on hype and fade when attention moves on. Real growth comes from something slower but stronger: usage. Projects that become part of everyday financial behavior are the ones that survive cycles and compound value over […]

Science/Tech

Astronomers aim to take ‘revolutionary’ moving image of black hole

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude

Dark, hungry and inescapable: black holes are often portrayed as the ultimate cosmic villains.

But now astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time, in observations that could help reveal another side to these elusive – and...

Science/Tech

53% of Crypto Tokens Launched Since 2021 Have Failed, Most in 2025

Today at 07:59 AM, via Slashdot

=[“More than half of all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now defunct,” reports CoinDesk, citing a new analysis by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko. And most of those failures occurred in 2025:The study looked at token listings on GeckoTerminal between mid-2021 and the end of 2025. Of the nearly 20.2 million tokens that entered the market during that period, 53.2% are no longer...

Science/Tech

AKEDO Raises $5 Million Seed Round to Build an AI-Native Content Creation Engine 

Today at 07:28 AM, via Tech Financials

Hongkong (PinionNewswire) — AKEDO today announced it has raised $5 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its AI-native Content Creation Engine and Launchpad, designed to dramatically improve game and content development efficiency through coordinated AI agents. The seed round was led by Karatage, with participation from leading investors across gaming, AI, and crypto, […]

Health

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

Friday at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.