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Ebola patients flee attacks on DRC health facilities, hobbling response

Today at 11:45 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly.

South Africa

Steenhuisen calls for urgent climate resilience in agriculture

Today at 10:50 AM, via SAnews

Steenhuisen calls for urgent climate resilience in agriculture

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen says resilience is no longer an abstract concept for agriculture but an “operational necessity” as climate change, failing logistics infrastructure and volatile global markets reshape the future of South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry.

Addressing the Hortgro Symposium 2026 in...

South Africa

Police arrest 142 following looting and public violence in Mangaung

Today at 10:38 AM, via SAnews

Police arrest 142 following looting and public violence in Mangaung

Free State police have arrested 142 people following incidents of looting, public violence and damage to property in several areas of Mangaung.

According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the incidents followed the circulation of voice recordings and digital posters on social media calling for a “total...

Africa

Malawi’s industrial dream built backwards

Yesterday at 17:13 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Malawi’s industrial strategy has achieved only 40% of its targets, while core industrial capacity continues to weaken

Business

War is brewing in South Africa

Today at 11:00 AM, via BusinessTech

South Africa is facing an escalating risk of major social unrest, with anti-illegal immigration groups giving foreigners until 30 June to leave South Africa.

Business

Your next website could be built by AI and it won’t cost R20k

Today at 10:47 AM, via BusinessTech

A few years ago, building a professional website meant hiring a developer, constant back and forth, and spending thousands of rands. Today, AI can generate a fully designed, responsive to any screen website in minutes with no coding required. For South African small and medium businesses, this changes everything. The problem with outdated websites has

Politics

eThekwini corruption scrutiny could hurt ANC in November elections, analysts warn

Yesterday at 17:04 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The ANC faces mounting political pressure in eThekwini after municipal leaders were grilled by Parliament’s Scopa over R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure, governance failures and corruption allegations. Analysts warn the fallout could weaken the party before the local government elections in November

Sport

‘I hope to inspire’ – Monfils bows out of final French Open

Today at 11:47 AM, via BBC News

Gael Monfils speaks of his desire to inspire young black kids to play tennis, after exiting his final French Open, his home Grand Slam and the major where he reached the semi-finals in 2008 and a further three quarter-finals.

Education

‘We can stitch together our past’: the AI-generated time-travellers vlogging from history

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

The content creators behind channels like Chloe VS History are using AI tools to ‘bring history to life in a really visceral way’

“I have just arrived in Tudor London, 1536,” a young woman in a green puffer jacket tells the camera. “I’m going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market. Then, later I am meeting the actual king – yep, Henry VIII – in person.”

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Science/Tech

To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant

Today at 12:00 PM, via Wired

The world’s leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to think through ethical edge cases and grand questions of mind and morality. Are they another instrument of hype?