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Property defect warning for homebuyers in South Africa

Today at 11:30 AM, via Daily Investor

Homebuyers in South Africa must now be extra cautious, as a High Court ruling confirmed that marketing terms such as “stunning” are not legal guarantees, and that estate agents are not liable for undisclosed latent defects.

South Africa

Severe thunderstorms expected for parts of SA

Today at 11:18 AM, via SAnews

Severe thunderstorms expected for parts of SA

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 Warning for severe thunderstorms that are expected in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.“Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of low-lying areas, susceptible roads and bridges, as well as localised damage to...

South Africa

SAPS confirms reappointment of General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Today at 10:50 AM, via SAnews

SAPS confirms reappointment of General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the reappointment of Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal on a five-year fixed-term contract.In a statement on Saturday, the SAPS said the reappointment follows consultation with the Premier of the KwaZulu-Natal province,...

Education

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language

Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language.

“I...

Education

Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’

Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.

Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the...

Education

Reform UK’s ‘pro-family’ policies are an exclusionary sham, minister says

Yesterday at 18:59 PM, via The Guardian

Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all

Reform UK’s “pro-family” policies are a sham and exclude non-traditional families, the government’s early years minister has said before the rollout of hundreds of new Sure Start-style family centres across England on Monday.

Olivia Bailey said she wanted the hubs to be...

Science/Tech

Disney Ends $1B OpenAI Investment After Sora’s Surprise Closure. What’s Next?

Today at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

Just six days ago — and 30 minutes after a Disney-OpenAI meeting about a project with Sora — Disney’s team was “blindsided” with the news Sora was being discontinued, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, describing OpenAI’s move as “a big rug-pull.” Even some Sora employees were surprised by the cancellation. It was just 14 weeks ago Disney announced a $1 billion investment in...

Science/Tech

Do Emergency Microsoft, Oracle Patches Point to Wider Issues?

Today at 05:34 AM, via Slashdot

“Emergency out-of-band fixes issued by enterprise IT giants Microsoft and Oracle have shone a spotlight on issues around both update cycles and patching,” reports Computer Weekly:Microsoft’s emergency update, KB5085516, addresses an issue that arose after installing the mandatory cumulative updates pushed live on Patch Tuesday earlier this month. According to Microsoft, it has since emerged...

Science/Tech

MacOS 26.4 Adds Warnings For ClickFix Attacks to Its Terminal App

Today at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: ClickFix attacks are ramping up. These attacks have users copy and paste a string to something that can execute a command line — like the Windows Run dialog, or a shell prompt. But MacRumors reports that macOS 26.4 Tahoe (updated earlier this week) introduces a new feature to its Terminal app where it will detect ClickFix attempts and stop them by...