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Ethiopia’s Esa shatters record to win Cape Town Marathon

Today at 14:22 PM, via SowetanLIVE

This is excellent news for the event, which is already the premier marathon in Africa and about to complete the final phase of the candidacy process to become an Abbott World Marathon Majors event.

South Africa

SADC sets regional roadmap for resilience amid global geopolitical shocks

Today at 14:02 PM, via SAnews

SADC sets regional roadmap for resilience amid global geopolitical shocks

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Foreign Ministers have committed to a coordinated regional response aimed at strengthening economic resilience and shielding member states from escalating global geopolitical and economic disruptions.

This follows the SADC Ministers of Foreign Affairs Retreat held...

World

What both sides have said about a U.S.-Iran deal

Today at 14:54 PM, via NPR

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

World

What we know about the status of a U.S.-Iran deal

Today at 14:18 PM, via NPR

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

Africa

Ndiaye adamant Senegal are champions of Africa

Friday at 12:43 PM, via BBC News

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

Business

South Africa’s semigration lie

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

Sport

Tribe staking England claim with Lions share

Today at 13:19 PM, via BBC News

Glamorgan’s Jersey-born batter Asa Tribe continues to stake his claim for a senior call-up by impressing for England Lions in South Africa.

Education

I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Education

Pioneering study aims to find out how repeated blows to head in women’s rugby affects brain

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

Entertainment

Nohamba set for Shark Tank return

Today at 13:18 PM, via The Citizen

The Sharks have already secured the return of former Bulls and Saracens scrumhalf Ivan van Zyl, while Bradley Davids recently signed a contract extension until 2029.

Science/Tech

More Videogames Developers Consider Unionization – Some Spurred By Changes to Remote Work Policies

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

Developers for several top videogames have joined unions under the Communication Workers of America — including Call of Duty, Fallout, Overwatch, Diablo and World of Warcraft. Last month workers on the online game Magic: The Gathering Arena team announced their own CWA union. The gaming news site Aftermath shares some interesting details:Owner Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast could have...

Science/Tech

Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change?

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another way

In 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the “best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed journal Science.

I remember a colleague from the World Wildlife...

Health

How Profit-Seeking Autism Clinics Can Harm Kids

Yesterday at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.