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State capture is not finished in South Africa

Today at 07:30 AM, via Daily Investor

Economist Dawie Roodt argues that state capture persists through an overpaid civil service and politically connected tenderpreneurs, who consume a large share of government spending without improving service delivery.

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Chairman Dloti’s African Bank CEO cull list

Today at 05:20 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The turbulence surrounding the departure of African Bank CEO Kennedy Bungane, the third under board chair Thabo Dloti, has raised questions about goings-on in the lender’s boardroom.

Africa

One house, two faiths, one fasting season

Thursday at 14:40 PM, via BBC News

Ramadan and Lent haven’t overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.

Sport

Kaizer Chiefs winger makes personal admission 

Today at 07:55 AM, via The South African

Exciting Kaizer Chiefs winger Asanele Velebayi has admitted what many Amakhosi supporters have already noticed: the final product still needs to arrive.

Education

Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs

Friday at 18:22 PM, via The Guardian

Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit

Lawyers have been accused of exploiting parents of children with special needs by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who claimed their criticisms of the government’s policy changes were motivated by profit.

Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)...

Entertainment

Aussies edge Blitzboks in New York

Today at 07:12 AM, via The Citizen

Australia will face Fiji in the first semi-final on Sunday (6:28pm SA time) with Argentina up against the Blitzboks (6:50pm SA time).

Science/Tech

Will AI Bring ‘the End of Computer Programming As We Know It’?

Today at 05:34 AM, via Slashdot

Long-time tech journalist Clive Thompson interviewed over 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and start-ups for a new article on AI-assisted programming. It’s title? “Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It.” Published in the prestigious New York Times Magazine, the article even cites long-time programming guru Kent Beck saying LLMs got him going again...

Science/Tech

America’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project Finally Finishes Construction

Today at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

It’s America’s first large-scale offshore wind project, reports WBUR — enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes in Massachusetts from 62 offshore wind turbines generating 800 megawatts. But it took a while… The plant’s first construction delay happened back in 2019, they point out — and then “Just three months ago, when the project was 95% complete, the U.S. Interior Department issued a...

Science/Tech

How a Raspberry Pi Saved the Super Nintendo’s Infamously Inferior Version Of ‘Doom’

Today at 01:34 AM, via Slashdot

“Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel,” writes Kotaku — especially with the console’s underpowered “Super FX” coprocessorHampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth...

Science/Tech

Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar ‘Balcony’ Panels?

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via Slashdot

Plug-in (or “balcony”) solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home’s electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave while “displacing electricity that otherwise would come in from the grid…” But what’s holding up their adoption in America?For the panels to become...

Motoring

5 ways to save petrol in South Africa

Yesterday at 08:40 AM, via TopAuto

South Africa could be facing massive petrol price hikes next month due to the conflict in the Middle East, making it more important than ever for motorists to conserve fuel.

Health

How Safe Is Plasma Donation?

Friday at 18:07 PM, via New York Times

Two recent deaths tied to for-profit clinics in Canada raised concerns about the health effects of having plasma drawn as often as twice a week.

Health

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide

Friday at 17:32 PM, via New York Times

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.