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Chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma account for 4% of all deaths in South Africa and poverty is the main underlying driver of these diseases, say experts.

A court in Cape Town has ruled that the arrest last month of fugitive gym trainer Stanslav Stamenov was above board. He was detained about a month after Daily Maverick revealed that he was working in the city while wanted in Romania for drug trafficking.

Without funding for rusted pylons in Nelson Mandela Bay, the city faces a potential blackout crisis that could cripple businesses and disrupt the local economy.

No immediate risk of fuel shortages, says dept

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has reassured South Africans that the country currently faces no immediate risk of fuel shortages, despite rising global oil prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions affecting international markets.

In a media statement issued on Tuesday, the department said it remains in constant...

Koeberg’s Unit 2 reaches 365 consecutive days of operations

Unit 2 at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station has successfully operated for 365 consecutive days – at an average of 99.4% Energy Availability Factor (EAF) – since major upgrades were completed.

This is according to Eskom, who said in a statement on Tuesday that the unit delivers about 946MW of reliable electricity to the...

Smart ID digitisation programme initiated in 2015

Government has in a statement on Tuesday corrected claims that the Department of Home Affairs’ partnership with banks on Smart ID cards is “new and driven by a political party”.

A statement issued by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on Tuesday said the partnership with the banks was started as part of the...

Israel’s cybersecurity directorate said it had identified “dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes” since the start of the war in the Middle East, urging the public to be vigilant.

Zimbabwean authorities are using violence and intimidation against opponents of constitutional amendments that would extend the president’s term, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

[Nile Post] Uganda’s top young French learners were celebrated at the fourth edition of the Njogera Français 2026 competitions, as educators and diplomats highlighted the growing importance of French for career readiness, regional engagement, and global opportunities.

[Nile Post] St. Patrick Secondary School Nabisoigi (SPACK) in Kibaale Town Council marked a decade of academic excellence and regional transformation with the commissioning of the new Nadiope IV Boys Dormitory.

Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — High traffic on the Kenya Medical Training College admissions portal has temporarily disrupted access to admission letters for successful applicants.

Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.

OpenAI is reportedly backing away from expanding its AI data center partnership with Oracle because newer generations of Nvidia GPUs may arrive before the facility is even operational. CNBC reports: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle’s debt-fueled expansion. OpenAI is...

Health experts warn of long-term respiratory and neurological risks as smoke from burning oil spreads across the region.

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.