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Corruption, looting in ANC municipality

Today at 00:30 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Maluti-a-Phofung city manager Mzwakhe Mofokeng is on the warpath to stamp out rampant and entrenched corruption bringing the town to its knees

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How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN

Today at 00:30 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets

Sport

Carrick has no date for injured De Ligt’s return

Today at 00:30 AM, via BBC News

Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt is “improving” but manager Michael Carrick is unable to put a timeframe on the Dutchman’s return from a back injury.

Education

Uganda: Parents Demand Accountability Over Morukatipe School Relocation

Yesterday at 20:09 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Parents and local leaders in Tororo Municipality are demanding answers after the relocation of Morukatipe View Primary School to make way for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) left the new site with fewer facilities than the original school.

Science/Tech

Online Bot Traffic Will Exceed Human Traffic By 2027, Cloudflare CEO Says

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Cloudflare’s CEO predicts AI-driven bot traffic will surpass human internet traffic by 2027, as AI agents generate vastly more web requests than people. “If a human were doing a task — let’s say you were shopping for a digital camera — and you might go to five websites. Your agent or the bot that’s doing that will often go to 1,000 times the number of sites that an actual human would visit,”...

Science/Tech

4Chan Mocks $700K Fine For UK Online Safety Breaches

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

The UK regulator Ofcom fined 4chan nearly $700,000 (520,000 pounds) for failing to implement age checks and address illegal content risks under the Online Safety Act, but the platform mocked the penalty and signaled it won’t pay. A lawyer representing the company responded with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster, writing in a follow-up post on X: “In the only country in which 4chan...