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Planned maintenance disrupts water in Johannesburg

Today at 13:25 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Rand Water has completed the first phase of maintenance on the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant, causing water disruptions in parts of Gauteng such as Noordwyk and Kyalami.

South Africa

Presight Opens Applications For Second AI Accelerator Cohort

Today at 13:59 PM, via iAfrica

Presight has opened applications for the second cohort of its AI Accelerator program, expanding its efforts to scale market-ready artificial intelligence solutions and accelerate the commercial adoption of advanced technologies. The global initiative is aimed at fast-tracking applied AI products with the potential to deliver significant real-world impact. Applications are open to AI startups,...

South Africa

Ghana, UAE sign $1bn deal to build major AI and innovation hub

Today at 13:56 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana and the United Arab Emirates have signed a $1 billion strategic investment agreement to develop what is being positioned as Africa’s largest integrated innovation and artificial intelligence hub, aimed at expanding Ghana’s digital capacity and serving regional and global markets. The project forms part of a broader bilateral partnership between the two countries and […]

South Africa

South African Researchers Helped Shape The Foundations Of Google DeepMind

Today at 13:53 PM, via iAfrica

Google DeepMind, a United Kingdom-based artificial intelligence company, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern AI. Led by Demis Hassabis, the company gained global attention for developing computer programs that taught themselves to play chess and later Go, which is often described as the most complex board game in the world. These […]

South Africa

South Africa leads Africa’s AI Competitiveness Ranking Ahead Of 2026

Today at 13:49 PM, via iAfrica

South Africa ranks as Africa’s most competitive country in artificial intelligence, according to an analysis based on the Global AI Vibrancy Tool and its seven pillars: research and development, responsible AI, economy, talent, policy and governance, public opinion, and infrastructure pasted. The framework includes both absolute and per capita rankings. South Africa placed 36th globally […]

Africa

Malawian state’s rhetoric belies reality

Friday at 04:24 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Communities grapple daily with failing health services, entrenched corruption and gender inequality, leaving women and girls literally walking for survival

Business

End of an era for major private school group in South Africa

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Listed private school group Curro has announced to shareholders that all suspensive conditions for takeover by billionaire Jannie Mouton’s Foundation have been met, making the deal unconditional.

Education

More Abducted Nigerian Children Released, Government Says

Today at 13:09 PM, via New York Times

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.

Education

Ghana: Global Conference Champions Inclusive Education and Employment for Persons With Disabilities

Today at 12:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The International Conference on Bridging Employment and Inclusive Education/TVET was successfully held virtually on Saturday, December 6, 2025, bringing together 992 participants from around the world. The conference focused on transforming education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and employment for learners with autism, intellectual, and developmental...

Science/Tech

Say goodbye to the SA Post Office as you know it

Today at 13:05 PM, via MyBroadband

The South African Post Office’s bid to have private couriers fined for delivering small parcels — and keeping the proceeds for itself — has been dealt a death blow.

Science/Tech

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry

The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would no doubt have understood and even appreciated the latest attack by the Trump administration on climate researchers and their work.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, is to be dismantled after more than 50...

Science/Tech

Politics Is Fandom; Fascism Is Fanfic

Today at 13:00 PM, via Wired

From Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to the US government’s Halo memes, fandom has become the defining language of US politics.

Health

Living and Light

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via BBC News

Illuminating new science on artificial light and our health.

Health

What Is ‘Functional Freeze’?

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.