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Rich South Africans are rushing to buy these properties

Today at 15:25 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s high-value property market is experiencing a major shift as wealthy buyers and developers increasingly prioritise climate resilience alongside traditional markers of luxury.

Business

Rand goes from zero to hero in a year

Today at 14:00 PM, via BusinessTech

The rand has hit its strongest levels in three years, pushing toward R16.30/$ from over R19.00/$ a year ago. And investors think things will get better still.

Sport

Record prize money on offer at Australian Open

Today at 14:22 PM, via BBC News

The Australian Open will offer a record prize pot of £55m at this year’s tournament – but players are still likely to be unhappy a source says.

Education

Many schools don’t think students can read full novels anymore. That’s a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.

Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to...

Education

It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves

Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...

Science/Tech

Disney+ Unveils The Official Trailer For FX’s “The Beauty,

Today at 15:21 PM, via Tech Financials

Disney+ unveiled the official trailer for FX’s “The Beauty,” a new international thriller from executive producer Ryan Murphy. FX’s “The Beauty” will premiere on Thursday, 22 January on Disney+ in South Africa, launching with the first three episodes. New episodes of the 11-episode first season will debut weekly on Thursdays, with two episodes releasing in each of the […]

Science/Tech

iStore problems in South Africa

Today at 15:10 PM, via MyBroadband

Dozens of people have reported issues with customer service, delayed deliveries and refunds, and warranty disputes at popular South African Apple product retailer iStore in the past few weeks.

Science/Tech

VW Brings Back Physical Buttons

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: Volkswagen is making a drastic change to its interiors, or at least the interiors of its electric vehicles. The automaker recently unveiled a new cockpit generation with the refreshed ID. Polo — the diminutive electric hatchback that the brand sells in Europe — that now comes with physical buttons. […] The steering wheel gets new clusters of buttons...

Science/Tech

Ortho-Design: The South African Biotech Betting Boldly On Local Innovation

Today at 14:12 PM, via Tech Financials

Orthopaedic devices are rarely associated with African innovation, and Ortho-Design wants to change that narrative.  Moving from a strong engineering idea to a scalable business that designs and manufactures orthopaedic tools for South Africa and beyond. Proving that world-class medical technology does not have to arrive in a box from somewhere else. Founded by engineer […]