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South Africa

SAWS releases seasonal climate forecast

Today at 13:32 PM, via SAnews

SAWS releases seasonal climate forecast

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) forecast indicates that warmer conditions are expected in most parts of the country in the late autumn and winter, while significant rainfall is expected mainly over the southern and eastern coastal parts of South Africa.

In its seasonal climate watch released on Tuesday, the weather service said the...

Sport

Springbok forward heads overseas

Today at 14:02 PM, via The South African

A well-known Springbok, who has questions over his international future, has chosen to sign with an overseas club.

Education

Rightwing group PragerU thinks ‘western civilization is in danger’. Their plan? Infiltrate US schools

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, the non-profit’s leaders are intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatism

In the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded a digital education non-profit, Prager...

Entertainment

Salmaan Moerat moves on from the Stormers

Today at 14:30 PM, via The Citizen

Stormers boss John Dobson said this is an opportunity for Moerat’s family to achieve financial security that would not be possible in SA.

Science/Tech

How games capture the awe and terror of cosmic isolation

Today at 13:40 PM, via The Guardian

As real astronauts vanish behind the moon, games have long tried to evoke the fragile quiet of drifting through space

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Last week’s launch of the Artemis II space mission was a stunning spectacle, the 17-storey-high rockets erupting into cacophonous life before wrenching the craft through the Earth’s atmosphere. But the images...