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South Africa

President Ramaphosa undertakes Working Visit to Spain

Today at 21:25 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa undertakes Working Visit to Spain

President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook a Working Visit to the Kingdom of Spain on Wednesday night.“His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa is this evening undertaking a working visit to the Kingdom of Spain, where the President will have an audience with the King of Spain, His Majesty Felipe VI, and a bilateral engagement with...

South Africa

The AI shift: Mapping South Africa’s growing AI skills economy

Today at 19:28 PM, via iAfrica

Pnet, South Africa’s leading online recruitment platform, has released the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for March, including an analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI) skills are evolving in South Africa. Based on data sourced from the company’s online recruitment platforms, the report shows that AI exposure among South African professionals has shifted from niche […]

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 15 April 2026

Today at 18:30 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

Anna’s Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. The shadow library failed to appear in court and briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. In addition to the monetary penalty, a...

Science/Tech

NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

Today at 20:55 PM, via Wired

The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on social science research: embracing uncertainty | Editorial

Today at 19:43 PM, via The Guardian

Science rarely produces identical outcomes. Mistaking this for failure turns caution into an excuse for inaction

A new set of studies out this month suggests that as many as half of all results published in reputable journals in the social sciences can’t be replicated by independent analysis. This is part of a long-running problem across many research fields – most visibly in the social...

Motoring

New electric buses coming to Cape Town

Today at 16:25 PM, via TopAuto

The City of Cape Town has announced that it will soon take delivery of its first electric buses for the MyCiti service.

Health

Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds

Today at 17:00 PM, via New York Times

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes.

Health

In Defense of Dumb Dogs

Today at 16:00 PM, via New York Times

Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.