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REIMAGINING AFRICA: How to avoid the future we fear — a journey with an environmental futurist

Yesterday at 23:59 PM, via Daily Maverick

As climate disruption, vanishing wildlife and war shrink our sense of what lies ahead, environmental futurist Nicholas King has asked a radical question: what if we stopped rehearsing catastrophe and began planning for a future we actually wanted?As climate disruption, vanishing wildlife and war shrink our sense of what lies ahead, environmental futurist Nicholas King has asked a radical...

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Levy failure: There must be a total ban on single-use plastic bags in SA

Yesterday at 23:16 PM, via Daily Maverick

Every year, South Africans pull eight billion single-use plastic carrier bags from supermarket counters – more than 100 per person. With less than 1% of these bags recycled, the rest spill over into landfills and waterways, choke our marine life and degrade into toxic microplastics.

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What Montesquieu missed: Why democracy must be protected from economic power

Yesterday at 22:56 PM, via Daily Maverick

When Baron de Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, he provided the intellectual blueprint for modern constitutional democracy. Montesquieu lived in an age when tyranny came primarily from kings. Today there are a whole lot of other dangers.

Sport

West Indies beat Pakistan & dedicate win to Sobers

Yesterday at 23:59 PM, via BBC News

Jayden Seales takes 5-20 in second innings as West Indies’ pace attack ruthlessly blow away Pakistan to secure a 90-run victory just after tea on day four of the first Test.

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Barcola agrees Liverpool move – Wednesday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:31 PM, via BBC News

PSG’s Bradley Barcola verbally agrees to join Liverpool but clubs apart on valuation, Real Madrid have no plans to sell Vinicius Jr, Everton want around £70m for Iliman Ndiaye, plus more.

Education

Malawi: Atidi in K43m Malawi Schools Csr

Yesterday at 21:22 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nyasa Times] Over 3,000 pupils in Lilongwe will drink safe water and sit on desks–some for the first time in nearly 30 years–thanks to the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) which has donated the items valued at more than K43 million.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 28 July 2026

Yesterday at 22:50 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power

Today at 00:22 AM, via New York Times

In an interview, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported “more openness.”

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AI-Found Bugs Aren’t Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has yet to produce the expected surge in real-world attacks: VulnCheck found that only 14 of 1,061 attributed discoveries, or 1.3 percent, had been exploited, which is “almost identical to the rate across all vulnerabilities in VulnCheck’s dataset,” reports The Register. “That’s a far cry from the narrative that frontier AI is dramatically tilting the balance...

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eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

eBay and several former executives have agreed to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner, the newsletter writers targeted in a 2019 corporate harassment campaign that involved threats, surveillance attempts, and deliveries of live insects and other disturbing items. The settlement closes the couple’s civil case after seven former employees pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the...

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Gersan Elektrik Now Trades on the OTCQX Best Market with GERLF Ticker Symbol

Yesterday at 22:50 PM, via Tech Financials

ISTANBUL, Turkiye (PinionNewswire) — ISTANBUL, Turkiye and NEW YORK, 07.28.2026 – Gersan Elektrik Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. (“Gersan Elektrik,” “Gersan” or the “Company”) (BIST: GEREL; OTCQX: GERLF), a Turkiye-based publicly traded industrial manufacturer operating in the electrical equipment, energy distribution and electromechanical infrastructure sectors, today announced that...