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South Africa

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Yesterday at 15:49 PM, via SAnews

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Limpopo MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, has called on motorists, public transport operators and workers travelling to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) May Day event to prioritise road safety, as traffic volumes are expected to spike over this long weekend.

The Cosatu national May Day...

Business

Officials suspended over fake AI sources in government policy

Yesterday at 21:29 PM, via BusinessTech

The Department of Communication and Digital Technology (DCDT) and the Department of Home Affairs have suspended four officials over an ongoing snafu involving AI-generated sources in government policy.

Lifestyle

Inside Charlize Theron’s Benoni childhood house

Yesterday at 21:05 PM, via The South African

Charlize Theron’s childhood home in Benoni has been thrust into the spotlight after her recent interview. Here’s what it looks like now…

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 30 April 2026

Yesterday at 18:42 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

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access On Major Distros

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw dubbed “Copy Fail” can let a local, unprivileged attacker gain root access on major Linux distributions, with researchers claiming the bug affects kernels shipped since 2017. “The POC exploit works out of the box today, but a future version that can escape from containers like Docker is promised soon,” writes Slashdot reader tylerni7. “Technical details are...

Science/Tech

In Real-World Test, an AI Model Did Better Than ER Doctors At Diagnosing Patients

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

A new study from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess found that an OpenAI reasoning model outperformed experienced ER doctors at diagnosing and managing patient cases using messy, real-world emergency department records. Researchers say the results don’t support replacing doctors, but they do suggest AI could meaningfully reshape clinical workflows if tested carefully in...

Health

Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General

Yesterday at 19:25 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.