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South Africa

‘AmaPanyaza’ crime prevention wardens declared Peace Officers

Today at 16:21 PM, via SAnews

‘AmaPanyaza’ crime prevention wardens declared Peace Officers

The Crime Prevention Wardens (CPWs) – popularly known as amaPanyaza – have been formally declared as Peace Officers in terms of Section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act.

This was announced by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, during a joint media briefing with Police Minister...

South Africa

President Ramaphosa welcomes FIFA World Cup Trophy to South Africa

Today at 15:30 PM, via SAnews

President Ramaphosa welcomes FIFA World Cup Trophy to South Africa

By Dikeledi Molobela 

A sense of pride, joy and quiet awe filled the Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre at the Union Buildings on Friday, as President Cyril Ramaphosa officially welcomed the FIFA World Cup Original Trophy to South Africa, marking a historic and emotional moment in the country’s football journey.

Bathed in...

Africa

Zambia rethinks its energy future

Today at 00:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The government plans to add 1 000MW of solar power to the national grid by 2027, with projects spread across the country

Business

South Africa and Israel give each other the boot

Today at 16:58 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business

Retail price index rose by 2.8% in 2025

Today at 16:53 PM, via BBC News

The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Sport

Time to triple up on Chelsea? FPL talking point

Today at 19:02 PM, via BBC News

With kind-looking fixtures coming up, is time to triple up on Chelsea? FPL expert Heisenberg and some of the team from the FPL Podcast assess the best options for Gameweek 24.

Sport

Fan group ‘concerned’ by ICE raids before World Cup

Today at 18:53 PM, via BBC News

Fan group Football Supporters Europe (FSE) says it is “extremely concerned by the ongoing militarisation of police forces in the US” before this summer’s World Cup in North America.

Education

A Farewell Column From David Brooks

Today at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 30 January 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

‘Call Screening is Aggravating the Rich and Powerful’

Today at 18:41 PM, via Slashdot

Apple’s call-screening feature, introduced in iOS 26 last year, was designed to combat the more than 2 billion robocalls placed to Americans every month, but as WSJ is reporting, it is now creating friction for the rich and powerful who find themselves subjected to automated interrogation when dialing from unrecognized numbers. The feature uses an automated voice to ask unknown callers for...

Science/Tech

‘Innovating weather science’: Met Office launches new two-week forecast

Today at 18:19 PM, via The Guardian

Weather service research finds less accurate probability-based predictions are still considered helpful

The Met Office is to lean into one of Britain’s favourite pastimes – talking about the weather – by launching a new two-week forecast.

At present, the publicly funded weather and climate service offers a seven-day forecast on its website and app with an hourly breakdown for the first five...

Science/Tech

The UK Paid $5.65 Million For a Bookmarks Site

Today at 18:01 PM, via Slashdot

The UK government paid consulting firm PwC $5.65 million to build its new AI Skills Hub, a site meant to help 10 million workers gain AI skills by 2030 that functions largely as a bookmarking service, directing users to external training courses that already existed before the contract was awarded. The hub links to platforms like Salesforce’s free Trailhead learning system rather than offering...