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LISTEN | Lordkez reflects on ‘surreal’ Colors Show debut, flying SA flag abroad
Johannesburg-based alternative R&B singer Lordkez is still pinching herself after making her debut on the globally acclaimed Color Show platform.
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Johannesburg-based alternative R&B singer Lordkez is still pinching herself after making her debut on the globally acclaimed Color Show platform.

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Poultry and vegetable farming initiative helps sustain early childhood development centres

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The South African Football Association’s (Safa’s) visa blunder that delayed Bafana Bafana’s departure for the Fifa World Cup is more than just an administrative mishap.

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Bafana players left OR Tambo International Airport on Monday afternoon for Mexico, where they will start their preparations for the World Cup. Despite missing a day of preparations in a high-altitude area in Pachuca, Mexico, Jordaan hopes this will only m

South Africa
This follows his election to chair Parliament’s Impeachment Committee

South Africa
Steenhuisen says 14 million more doses of FMD vaccinations have been secured.

South Africa
Four people, including a 15-year-old passerby, were killed in a tavern shooting in Kanana.

South Africa
Two trucks and a light motor vehicle collided side by side at Crown Interchange.

World
The leader of Denmark’s Social Democratic Party is forming a centre-left coalition minority government, giving her a third term as prime minister.

World
Thousands of Kyiv residents ran for shelter following what officials said were ballistic missile strikes on the city centre.

World
There are currently no approved drugs that target Bundibugyo – the species of Ebola responsible for this outbreak.

World
Instead of a uniting event, America’s Independence Day celebrations are becoming yet another partisan battleground.

Africa
Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Africa
Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

Africa
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

Africa
According to media reports, the team’s departure for Mexico on Sunday has been delayed due to an “administrative bungle”.

Business
Some firms are putting pressure on staff to use AI, but have not thought through their AI rollout.
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Business
The AI company behind Claude is set to offer the public shares of stock sometime this year.
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Politics
Karl Sander on Monday focused on the disappearance of drugs from the Isipingo police station

Politics
IEC has announced plans to meet with Rise Mzansi to seek clarity on the terms of its loan.

Politics
ANC members gather in protest after conference postponed and nullified over voting irregularities.

Politics
Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs are completing the sale of Aden McCarthy to Sabah FK, taking the club’s overseas transfer earnings from five player sales to more than R41 million since 2022.

Sport
Wales forward Hannah Cain is leaving Leicester City following the club’s relegation from the WSL but Wales goalkeeper Olivia Clarke will stay.

Sport
It may only have lasted 87 minutes, but Aryna Sabalenka’s match against Naomi brought an X-factor to a very rare French Open women’s night-session match.

Sport
Ireland followed up Sunday’s win over Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Nations Series by beating West Indies for the first time in that format in a dramatic finish at Clontarf.
Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — China’s diplomatic push in Africa is increasingly moving beyond infrastructure projects and trade agreements into classrooms, cultural exchanges and youth engagement.
Education
[Daily News] Dodoma — THE Tanzanian government has expressed concern over the rising use of electronic devices among children in Tanzania, warning that increased access to smartphones is exposing minors to inappropriate content and heightening the risk of online abuse.
Education
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s schooling system presents a striking paradox. Fewer than one in five grade 4 learners can read for meaning, yet more than 60% of young people (aged 15 to 24) eventually complete grade 12. Matric (school leaving exam) pass rates have been rising steadily and reached record highs in recent years, especially in poorer schools.

Education
About 20 students report anonymous late-night phone calls from men who ‘intimidated, demeaned and belittled’ them
The University of Manchester has launched an investigation after about 20 female medical students complained of receiving anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night from male callers who intimidated and sexually harassed them.
The calls have been going on for at least three...

Lifestyle
Let’s look back at Minnie Dlamini’s semi-nude photoshoots over the years, which have mostly sparked not-so-positive comments from fans.

Lifestyle
Dream of nature, yet find it surprisingly difficult to switch off outdoors? Here’s why connecting with nature can be hard.

Lifestyle
Higher petrol prices and longer commutes are changing home-buying habits, boosting demand in these well-located property hotspots.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
The rules of intimacy have changed. Here’s what pairs are doing right now to navigate through coupling up and sticking together.

Entertainment
The PA defector’s return raises old doubts about DA inclusivity as coloured members question their seat at the table.

Entertainment
AfriForum used the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to request Eskom’s electricity supply contracts with neighbouring countries.

Entertainment
Studies show safety training fails as kids still pull triggers. Removing guns from homes is the only real protection.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The buzz on college campuses is that AI is disrupting the job market for young college graduates. But new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that the culprit may be something else: remote work. An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech...
Science/Tech
Twenty years after Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay’s Stockholm data center and seized its servers, the site remains online. In fact, the 2006 crackdown arguably made it more famous, helping turn it into “one of the most resilient and iconic websites on the internet,” reports TorrentFreak. From the report: On May 31, 2006, less than three years after The Pirate Bay was founded, 65 Swedish...
Science/Tech
“Hackers used Meta’s AI support chatbot to change email addresses associated with high-profile Instagram accounts, such as Barack Obama’s White House account, allowing them to change the passwords and gain control over the accounts,” writes Slashdot reader fropenn. Other accounts affected include the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force and Sephora’s. 404 Media reports: In March, Meta announced...
Science/Tech
Florida’s attorney general has sued (PDF) OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritized growth and market value over user safety and failed to adequately warn about risks tied to ChatGPT. The lawsuit, the first by a U.S. state over OpenAI safety concerns, is separate from a criminal investigation the state opened into OpenAI in April. Variety reports: In the 83-page complaint...
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Health
The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.

Health
Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.
Health
Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos. These “death jars” may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

Health
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.