Skip to Content

TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2026, 16:06

South Africa

Government welcomes continued growth in South Africa’s economy

Today at 15:15 PM, via SAnews

Government welcomes continued growth in South Africa’s economy

Government has welcomed the latest data released by Statistics South Africa showing that South Africa’s economy grew by 1.1% in 2025, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanding by 0.4% in the fourth quarter.  

Fourth quarter performance, covering the period from October to December, marks the fifth consecutive quarter...

South Africa

Gauteng remains heartbeat of SA economy – Maile

Today at 15:11 PM, via SAnews

Gauteng remains heartbeat of SA economy – Maile

Despite global economic volatility and geopolitical tensions, Gauteng remains the “engine of the national economy”.

This according to Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile who tabled the Gauteng 2026/27 budget on Tuesday.

The province contributes some 33% of South Africa’s Growth Domestic Product with provincial...

South Africa

‘Fiscal discipline non-negotiable’: Maile tables Gauteng budget

Today at 14:24 PM, via SAnews

‘Fiscal discipline non-negotiable’: Maile tables Gauteng budget

Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile has tabled a R179.2 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year aimed at improving frontline services, accelerating infrastructure delivery and maintaining fiscal discipline.

Maile presented the provincial government’s budget in the Gauteng Provincial...

Sport

RIP: South African rugby icon dies at age 70

Today at 14:53 PM, via The South African

Former South African Rugby Union and Eastern Province loose forward Charles Peter Kleinbooi has sadly passed away at the age of 70.

Education

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.

It’s an effort to reconnect them to the bodily experience...

Education

Malawi: Education Activists Proposes 10 Percent of CDF for Education

Today at 13:48 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nyasa Times] The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has proposed that 10 percent of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) be allocated specifically to improving education standards at constituency level, citing persistent underfunding and growing challenges in Malawi’s public education sector.

Education

Ghana: Planet One Announces Tvet Projects Worth $327m

Today at 13:41 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] PLANET One has announced its latest investment across three countries in West Africa in the TVET sector, a sector that holds strategic importance in the group’s overall plan for the education sector in Africa.

Entertainment

New Lepas L4 SUV priced at just R299 900

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Citizen

Chery’s Tiggo 4 still tops in price war as Lepas L4 downs Jaecoo J5 and Omoda C5 as South Africa’s cheapest Chinese SUV.

Science/Tech

Many International Game Developers Plan To Skip GDC In US

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco, as they have since 1988, for the weeklong Game Developers Conference. But this year’s show will be missing many international developers who say they no longer feel comfortable traveling to the United States to attend, no matter how...

Health

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Today at 09:00 AM, via New York Times

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.