Flood disasters in South Africa are not only natural events. Pollution and poor river management are causing far worse damage, as was shown during the recent extreme weather in the Western Cape.
Sixteen-year-old South African student Reatlegile Rammuki has been selected for the MIT Jameel Clinic AI and Health Summer Bootcamp at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts — a highly competitive global programme exploring how artificial intelligence can be applied to real-world healthcare challenges. The bootcamp, scheduled for July, brings together selected...
Government ramps up FMD response while safeguarding export markets
South Africa is successfully maintaining key livestock export markets despite the ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, says Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen.
Speaking at a media briefing in Parliament on Monday, Steenhuisen said retaining and expanding export markets was critical for supporting farm...
American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend, including Qeeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. And, Trump’s anti-weaponization fund faces scrutiny in Congress and the courts.
The outbreak remains focused in Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Financial Times reporter Abigail Hauslohner about the funding of President Trump’s Board of Peace to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction.
Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber said the government is rapidly moving to phase out South Africa’s green barcoded ID books after nearly five decades in circulation.
Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse
Britain’s leading female golfer, Lottie Woad, is doing everything she can to capitalise on LPGA-winning form before this week’s Women’s US Open near Los Angeles.
[This Day] IHS Holding Limited group, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world, has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, covering environmental, social and government activities.
[The Point] Students in the Lower River Region (LRR) have called on the Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, to provide them with a school bus to ease the growing challenges of transportation.
[Vanguard] Public primary and secondary schools across Oyo State were on Monday largely deserted as teachers complied with the directive of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on an indefinite strike over the continued captivity of abducted teachers and pupils in the state.
[GroundUp] Meals are cooked outside at Boxahuku Primary in Vhembe East because the kitchen can no longer be used due to the stench from the school toilets
From today, 1 June 2026, all travellers crossing South Africa’s borders must submit an online customs declaration and declare any foreign-registered vehicles they bring into the country. This launch of the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) new digital Traveller Declaration System, together with stepped-up education of customs rules at every port of entry, marks a […]
Ottawa, Ontario – Kyzenn today announced the release of a marketplace growth framework designed to help consumer brands improve operational efficiency, traffic quality, and performance measurement across Amazon and other retail media environments. The framework addresses a growing challenge for e-commerce brands as advertising costs rise, attribution becomes more complex, and marketplace...
Crypto has a strange habit of bringing back stories the market had already written off. Zcash was supposed to be a footnote, a privacy coin left over from a previous cycle, technically solid but commercially forgotten, drifting quietly while everyone chased AI tokens and modular blockchains. Then it blew past $600, and the conversation changed […]
Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there may be more to it.