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MONDAY, 08 JUNE 2026, 13:52

South Africa

Deputy President hosts Singapore President

Today at 13:10 PM, via SAnews

Deputy President hosts Singapore President

Deputy President Paul Mashatile paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, on Monday in Johannesburg.

President Shanmugaratnam is on a Working Visit to South Africa, where he is, among other things, attending the World Bank High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs and the Group of Thirty Spring...

Sport

Pitso Mosimane teases major announcement

Today at 13:34 PM, via The South African

Pitso Mosimane appears to be close to his next managerial role, with growing speculation that an announcement about his future is imminent.

Sport

Leclerc slams Ferrrari brake failure after Monaco GP crash

Today at 12:52 PM, via BBC News

On The Chequered Flag Podcast, BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson reads out Charles Leclerc’s comments stating his Ferrari brake issue is “borderline dangerous” after crashing out of the Monaco Grand Prix. Running in a podium position late in the race, Leclerc lost control into the barriers after three out of four brakes failed to work.

Education

Nigeria: Will Ogbomoso Be the Turning Point?

Today at 13:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] The nationwide protest organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) over the Ogbomoso school abductions is a welcome development. And for many reasons. For one, newspapers are giving the abductions more front-page treatment.

Science/Tech

Ruby Fights Supply-Chain Attacks With Filter Offering ‘Cooldown’ Before Installing New Packages

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

Most supply-chain attacks using Ruby’s package hosting site “exploit a narrow window,” according to a new blog post form Ruby core maintainer Hiroshi Shibata. So its packaging-managing Bundler tool now offers a filter that blocks new version until it’s been public “for at least N days. Releases too new to have been scrutinized are passed over in favor of ones that have aged past the window.”The...

Science/Tech

Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

A record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be built in drought-ridden locations, a Guardian analysis has found.

About two-thirds of upcoming...