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WATCH LIVE | Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused back in court

Today at 11:37 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The son of late Zimbabwean president Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of an employee in Hyde Park are back at the Alexandra magistrates’ court

South Africa

MEC Gaoage Molapisi delivers houses and hosts district imbizo for Military Veterans

Today at 11:07 AM, via SAnews

MEC Gaoage Molapisi delivers houses and hosts district imbizo for Military Veterans

North West MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Gaoage Oageng Molapisi, will today hand over seven houses to military veterans in Jouberton, in the City of Matlosana Local Municipality. 

According to the department, the housing project is implemented in...

South Africa

Basic Education leads inter-departmental career choices Expo Day in Mpumalanga

Today at 11:02 AM, via SAnews

Basic Education leads inter-departmental career choices Expo Day in Mpumalanga

Basic Education Deputy Minister Dr Reginah Mhaule is today leading a government and stakeholder-wide Career Expo Day to commemorate Freedom Month and Schools Democracy Month. 

The inaugural Career Expo Day is taking place at the Spamplek Sports Ground in Daggakraal in the Gert Sibande District in...

Business

Eskom workers score double-inflation wage increase

Today at 11:20 AM, via BusinessTech

Power utility Eskom has announced that it has formally concluded its 2026 wage negotiation cycle, with workers accepting a 7% annual increase, starting 1 July.

Education

A New Historian for the Borough of Brooklyn

Today at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Asad Dandia, 33, an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will take over from Ron Schweiger, who has held the unpaid position for 24 years.

Education

‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Though welcomed by chefs and campaigners, many schools say the government’s plan to remove ‘grab and go’ options from the menu is a step too far

It is lunchtime at Richard Challoner school, a Catholic comprehensive for boys in New Malden, south-west London. The familiar smell of school lunch is beginning to waft around the corridors.

In the canteen, there is a moment of calm as the kitchen team...

Science/Tech

AI is ready. Are we?

Today at 10:59 AM, via ITWeb

At the ITWeb AI Summit 2026, Discovery Vitality’s Sandra Lehmann will explain why humans bring something to AI that the technology cannot do alone: imagine the question worth asking.