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2026 LGE: Youth urged to take an active role in shaping their municipalities

Today at 13:45 PM, via SAnews

2026 LGE: Youth urged to take an active role in shaping their municipalities

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has urged young South Africans to register to vote ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections and take an active role in shaping the future of their municipalities.

The call comes as South Africa marks Youth Month and prepares for the national voter...

South Africa

Winter initiation season opens with renewed focus on safety

Today at 13:26 PM, via SAnews

Winter initiation season opens with renewed focus on safety

The official opening of the 2026 Winter Initiation Season in the Eastern Cape has been accompanied by renewed calls for safe, responsible and dignified initiation practices, as government intensifies efforts to eliminate deaths, injuries and illegal initiation schools.

According to a public notice issued by the Department...

South Africa

Deputy President hosts Singapore President

Today at 13:10 PM, via SAnews

Deputy President hosts Singapore President

Deputy President Paul Mashatile paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, on Monday in Johannesburg.

President Shanmugaratnam is on a Working Visit to South Africa, where he is, among other things, attending the World Bank High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs and the Group of Thirty Spring...

South Africa

Gungubele to address the 2026 Future of Work and Business Conference

Today at 13:08 PM, via SAnews

Gungubele to address the 2026 Future of Work and Business Conference

Communications and Digital Technologies Deputy Minister Mondli Gungubele will this week deliver a keynote address at the 1st Annual Future of Work and Business Conference taking place at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Wednesday.

The conference — organised by Enterprise Capital in association with the Tshwane...

Sport

Pitso Mosimane teases major announcement

Today at 13:34 PM, via The South African

Pitso Mosimane appears to be close to his next managerial role, with growing speculation that an announcement about his future is imminent.

Education

Uganda: Solar Energy Transforming Education in Kilulu-Mbale

Today at 14:02 PM, via AllAfrica

[Independent (Kampala)] Mbale, Uganda — High in the rolling hills of Mbale District, Kilulu B Village is witnessing a quiet but powerful revolution, one powered not by politics or pipelines but by sunlight. At the centre of this transformation are Local Council I Chairperson Simon Malenje and his partner Grace Kayegi, who manages Good Journey Nursery and Primary School.

Education

Nigeria: Will Ogbomoso Be the Turning Point?

Today at 13:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] The nationwide protest organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) over the Ogbomoso school abductions is a welcome development. And for many reasons. For one, newspapers are giving the abductions more front-page treatment.

Science/Tech

Ruby Fights Supply-Chain Attacks With Filter Offering ‘Cooldown’ Before Installing New Packages

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

Most supply-chain attacks using Ruby’s package hosting site “exploit a narrow window,” according to a new blog post form Ruby core maintainer Hiroshi Shibata. So its packaging-managing Bundler tool now offers a filter that blocks new version until it’s been public “for at least N days. Releases too new to have been scrutinized are passed over in favor of ones that have aged past the window.”The...

Science/Tech

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

A record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be built in drought-ridden locations, a Guardian analysis has found.

About two-thirds of upcoming...