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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has brought in some of the country’s top minds – including retired Judge Ian Farlam – to review the way the Anglican Church in South Africa handled warnings it received about former UK barrister and church member John Smyth, now accused of horrific acts of abuse of young boys.

Almost 40 years after he died in a neighbouring country, South African struggle hero Luvuyo Gladstone Motswenyane-Tayi’s remains have finally made it to the Eastern Cape, where he was buried close to his Mdantsane home on Saturday.

DA councillor in the Bluff in Durban, Zoë Solomon, is facing a criminal investigation for signing a proof of address letter with fake information, which led to an alleged criminal getting bail, News24 can exclusively reveal.

A KwaZulu-Natal man is in critical condition after falling two storeys through the roof of a shopping centre in Winkelspruit, Durban, on Thursday afternoon.

The arrest of a Ugandan opposition figure in Kenya was carried out with Nairobi’s knowledge, a Ugandan government spokesperson told AFP Friday.

A Zimbabwe court ruled Friday that opposition leader Jameson Timba and 34 people in prison since their arrest at his home more than five months ago were guilty of unlawful gathering.

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Within minutes of reading the provisions in the contentious National Health Insurance Act for a payroll tax and a surcharge on personal income tax to fund the NHI, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi denied that taxes would be raised to fund the universal health coverage scheme.

A rural Limpopo community has demanded answers from authorities after a local sports stadium has been left dormant for nearly a decade.

David Braff was first accused of misconduct years ago but has since held a series of school jobs. The authorities are investigating the possibility of additional victims.

Microsoft-owned GitHub published a blog post asking “Does GitHub Copilot improve code quality? Here’s what the data says.” Its first paragraph includes statistics from past studies — that GitHub Copilot has helped developers code up to 55% faster, leaving 88% of developers feeling more “in the flow” and 85% feeling more confident in their code. But does it improve code quality?[W]e recruited...

June, 2023: “Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings.” November, 2024: “The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger.” A senior editor at the Atlantic raises the possibility of systemic dishonesty-rewarding incentives where “a study must be even flashier than all the other flashy findings if its authors want to stand out,” writing that “More than a...

Meta wants to force Apple and Google to verify the ages of people downloading apps from their app stores, reports the Washington Post — and now Meta’s campaign “is picking up momentum” with legislators in the U.S. Congress. Federal and state lawmakers have recently proposed a raft of measures requiring that platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram block users under a certain age from...

CNN reports that investigators “are trying to crack the mystery of how two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea were cut within hours of each other.” But there’s now two competing viewpoints, “with European officials saying they believe the disruption was an act of sabotage and U.S. officials suggesting it was likely an accident.”The foreign ministers of Finland and Germany said in a...

The picks to oversee public health have all pushed back against Covid policies or supported ideas that are outside the medical mainstream.

Medical care can be wearying and time-consuming, especially for seniors. Researchers are beginning to quantify the burdens.

Officials have linked 11 listeria cases since October 2021 to items from Yu Shang Food, which is recalling more than 72,000 pounds of products.

In selecting a doctor who is skeptical of vaccine safety, the president-elect is emphasizing his commitment to reforming the role of federal health agencies in radical ways.

For South Africa to maintain its solar momentum beyond load shedding, we need to reach the economic tipping point seen in other countries where the solar market evolved sustainably, says Jon Kornik.

South Africa has recognised aquaculture as a priority for national and regional development. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, explains why.

Twenty-five countries at the COP29 climate summit Wednesday pledged not to build any new unabated coal-power plants, in a push to accelerate the phaseout of the highly polluting fossil fuel.

Antiretrovirals like dolutegravir help keep people healthy. But their use adds to global warming, which drives climate change. Switching to newer forms of medicines can help to lower carbon emissions. But we don’t have enough to make this a reality.