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The South African AI Association and the Western Cape Government have launched the Western Cape AI Cluster, a three-year collaboration designed to research, develop and grow the province’s AI ecosystem — and to position the Western Cape as a globally significant AI hub. The cluster launches at a significant moment. South Africa’s planned National AI […]

Global accounting and payroll technology company Sage has announced the rollout of Sage Ai across its solutions in South Africa, select pan-African markets and the Middle East, introducing a suite of AI tools designed to automate administrative processes, strengthen compliance and improve productivity for small and mid-sized businesses. The rollout includes Sage Copilot, a generative […]

AAIC Investment has announced that Aumet, a portfolio company of its Africa Innovation and Healthcare Fund II, has completed a Series A funding round raising $12 million. Aumet is a health-tech company that develops AI-powered healthcare procurement and supply chain platforms for the Middle East and North Africa region. Its proprietary platform integrates pharmaceutical and […]

Meta’s platforms already contribute R16.5 billion annually to South Africa’s economy, and artificial intelligence could add a further R528 billion to GDP over the next decade, according to a new report by research firm Public First commissioned by Meta. The report, titled Meta’s Impact in South Africa, found that 910,000 small and medium enterprises are […]

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

Two European countries are targeting skilled South Africans with remuneration packages that are hard to say no to.

A recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court has clarified a significant aspect of eviction law in South Africa.

This is a list of the top 40 soft drinks that contain the most sugar in South Africa

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Manchester United beat Brighton on the final day of the season, with captain Bruno Fernandes breaking the Premier League record for most assists in a single campaign.

Sunderland beat Chelsea to qualify for European competition for the first time in 53 years, securing a place in the Europa League at the visitors’ expense.

Liverpool confirm Champions League football for next season despite being held by Brentford as Anfield waved farewell to club legends Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.

Substitute Thomas Cairney scores a superb long-range strike as Fulham signed off with a comfortable win against Newcastle United on the final day of the Premier League season.

Announcement comes after Alan Milburn says Britain has neglected generation of young people struggling to access work and training opportunities

Ministers are expanding youth work experience and training schemes, after Alan Milburn warned Britain is spending £25 keeping young people on benefits for every £1 spent helping them into work.

Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary will...

Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable deposits and add-ons

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s flagship expansion of funded childcare hours.

Phillipson has written to the Competition and...

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

Vincent Tshituka and his wife Katlego are the latest Springbok couple to announce that they are expecting a baby…

Chris Brown receives an honorary PhD in Visual & Performing Arts from Harvest Christian University at a graduation ceremony

Social media users had some of the most hilarious reactions to Unathi Nkayi’s alleged drunk driving arrest.

US actress Gabrielle Union buried her late father’s ashes in a Cape Town vineyard which she has praised for being ‘black-owned’…

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Guardiola made his entrance to a rousing reception alongside a giant banner bearing his face and the message “Game changer. History maker. City forever.”

The South Africans generally did well in the tournament played in Antwerp, Belgium.

South Africa has the legislation to respond to nation-scale DDoS attacks but the practical capacity does not exist.

Opting for the RAV4 means a bigger engine, in this case, 2.5-litres versus the Corolla Cross’ 2.0-litres.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.