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WhatsApp-based service helps manage domestic workers lawfully

Today at 05:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Many households are turning to the internet to learn about managing their domestic worker’s affairs properly, including issuing payslips and managing their leave while complying with SA’s labour laws.

Africa

Inside rugby’s greatest production factory

Friday at 13:36 PM, via BBC News

On Saturday Wales face South Africa – a nation who never seem to run out of international-class players. Are there lessons the tourists can learn?

Education

‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school

Saturday at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Falling pupil numbers have left ‘unique’ London school facing an uncertain future, but its supporters have ambitious plans

Sandwiched between a strip club, a West End theatre and a pub might not be the most obvious location for a school but Soho Parish C of E primary has thrived for decades among the colourful charms of inner London.

But in an area that once had 16 schools, Soho Parish is the...

Education

Uganda: Minister, Police Storm Jinja School Over Corporal Punishment Allegations

Friday at 21:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] JINJA CITY — The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Mercy Faith Lakisa, on Thursday led police detectives and government officials to Multiple Junior School in Jinja City following allegations of continued corporal punishment at the institution.

Entertainment

Give Madlanga more rope

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Citizen

Through the Madlanga commission, South Africans are getting the clearest view yet of how deeply compromised parts of the justice system is

Entertainment

Turning up the global heat…

Today at 05:30 AM, via The Citizen

The people who will ultimately suffer the most from global heating are the poor

Science/Tech

Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists

For many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often make national headlinesThe western reef heron, for example, usually found in Africa and southern Europe, spotted in a seaside town in north...

Science/Tech

As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security

Today at 04:15 AM, via Slashdot

The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley’s “winners” whose financial security suddenly “evaporated” as their workforce “pushed headlong into AI and heavy job cuts,” creating a transformed job market. “Her ex-husband, a designer at Meta who was laid off in 2020, eventually gave up looking for jobs in his profession. He now lifts boxes at a...

Science/Tech

Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon

Today at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom’s Hardware:The Zilog Z80 has just turned 50 years old. This iconic 8-bit processor first went on sale in July 1976 and stayed in production for 48 years until Zilog, now a Littelfuse subsidiary, stopped accepting orders in June 2024. However, there’s an open-source replacement closer than ever to shipping in the chip’s original 40-pin DIP package...

Science/Tech

Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services

Today at 01:09 AM, via Slashdot

“If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake,” reports Bloomberg. “Not so in a robotaxi…”Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi’s speakers as he rode home late at night from a friend’s birthday party in 2025. The next moment, Los Angeles firefighters were opening the door and asking if he was OK....