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SARS coming after your data in South Africa

Today at 07:41 AM, via Daily Investor

SARS is intensifying enforcement of third-party data submissions to close the tax gap, improve compliance, and trigger audits where discrepancies arise.

Africa

Six players to watch at Afcon 2025

Friday at 14:30 PM, via BBC News

BBC Sport Africa picks out six players to keep an eye on at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Sport

Match of the Day

Today at 01:21 AM, via BBC News

Highlights from four Premier League matches, including Arsenal v Wolves.

Education

What to Know About Brown University

Today at 04:28 AM, via New York Times

Here’s what to know about the Rhode Island university, where a shooting on Saturday killed two people and injured eight others.

Lifestyle

TRAGIC start to summer beach season

Today at 07:02 AM, via The South African

The NSRI urges caution this summer beach season as fatalities start to add up. And it warns of an unlikely contributing factor …

Science/Tech

New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI-Generated Code

Today at 07:34 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix:Due to the growing number of GNOME Shell extensions looking to appear on extensions.gnome.org that were generated using AI, it’s now prohibited. The new rule in their guidelines note that AI-generated code will be explicitly rejected: “Extensions must not be AI-generated While it is not prohibited to use AI as a learning aid or a development...

Science/Tech

Ethereum Network Sees 62% Drop in Fees: Is ETH Price at Risk? – Analysts See Digitap ($TAP) Banking Layer as the Best Crypto Presale 2026

Today at 07:10 AM, via Tech Financials

Ethereum is heading into December with network fees down 62%, a sign that activity on the chain has cooled noticeably. The dip comes as traders wait for clarity from the SEC on staking-enabled Ethereum ETFs, leaving ETH stuck near $3,236 and moving within a much tighter range than earlier in the year. With things slowing […]

Science/Tech

Is the R Programming Language Surging in Popularity?

Today at 05:44 AM, via Slashdot

The R programming language “is sometimes frowned upon by ‘traditional’ software engineers,” says the CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe, “due to its unconventional syntax and limited scalability for large production systems.” But he says it “continues to thrive at universities and in research-driven industries, and “for domain experts, it remains a powerful and elegant tool.” Yet...

Motoring

The worst countries to drive in

Yesterday at 09:00 AM, via TopAuto

The worst countries to drive in for 2025 have been revealed, and South Africa is only ranked fourth.