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Business

End of the road for TV Licences in South Africa

Today at 16:57 PM, via BusinessTech

Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says that South Africa’s TV Licence regime has all but collapsed, and details on a new scheme will be presented to the department next month.

Sport

Olympic champion Kim dislocates shoulder

Today at 22:36 PM, via BBC News

Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim dislocates her shoulder just a month before the start of the Winter Games in Milan.

Sport

Wales trio wait on Six Nations coaching choice

Today at 21:28 PM, via BBC News

Dragons duo Dan Lydiate and Rhys Patchell joined Ospreys coach Duncan Jones in Steve Tandy’s backroom staff for Wales’ autumn internationals.

Education

East Africa: Uganda Breweries Learning for Life Program Celebrates 140 New Graduates

Today at 23:25 PM, via AllAfrica

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda — 140 young people have graduated from Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL)’s Learning for Life program. This program has trained and equipped participants with essential business and hospitality skills, enhancing their chances of gaining employment in the hospitality industry and improving their livelihoods.

Education

Liberia: Gbarnga Authorities Revive School for Deaf Children With Timely Support.

Today at 23:21 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] Authorities in Gbarnga have earned public commendation following their decision to allocate LRD 267,000 (approximately US$1,500) from Bong County’s allotment toward the renovation of the Gbarnga Central School for the Deaf, a move widely described as a major boost for inclusive education in the county.

Education

‘Immoral’: Cambridge college urged to drop private school recruitment drive

Today at 22:21 PM, via The Guardian

Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policy

Trinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a “step backwards” for...

Education

Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’

Today at 19:42 PM, via The Guardian

NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are staging nine-day walkout over ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupils

Teachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action.

Members of the NASUWT teaching union at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools...

Science/Tech

Iran in ‘Digital Blackout’ as Tehran Throttles Mobile Internet Access

Today at 22:44 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Internet access available through mobile devices in Iran appears to be limited, according to several social media accounts that routinely track such developments. Cloudflare Radar, which monitors internet traffic on behalf of the internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare, said on Thursday that IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), a standard widely used for...

Science/Tech

Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?

Today at 22:25 PM, via Wired

Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.