Last year, 973 children under five have died of severe acute malnutrition in South Africa’s state hospitals. Activist Mark Heywood estimates the real number is ten times as much at around 11 000. Daily Maverick’s Estelle Ellis explains.
A firefighter battles with painful eyes after fighting the runaway blazes in Kouga, Kromme River, Eastern Cape, that led to destroyed properties and evacuations. (Photo: Deon Ferreira) Residents in Kouga faced terrifying fire ordeals, with rapid evacuations and heartbreaking losses. Community support shone as brave neighbours helped one another escape, showcasing resilience amid destruction.
Durban’s giant bronze statues of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo, still wrapped in plastic, have become unlikely festive-season punchlines and a lightning rod for anger over service delivery. Critics call the R22m commission vanity spending amid sewage failures and potholes, while Mayor Cyril Xaba insists the unveiling is imminent.
Monday will be a mix of weather conditions across the country, with disruptive rainfall expected in parts of the country while the Eastern and Western Cape will face a heatwave with uncomfortable conditions, according to the South African Weather Service.
Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target US military bases if President Donald Trump carries out threats to intervene on behalf of protesters.
Discovery Health announced that it will cover the cost of a claims system error that resulted in the overpayment of certain Above Threshold Benefit (ATB) claims during 2025.
Philippe Clement says Josh Sargent will not be leaving Norwich in January, after claiming the striker made himself unavailable for Sunday’s FA Cup tie with Walsall.
Mansfield Town cause one of the shocks of the FA Cup third round with a stunning victory over Sheffield United in a seven-goal thriller at Bramall Lane.
Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research finds
Excessive screen time is damaging toddlers’ ability to speak, the government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives.
New research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use – about five hours a...
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.
An anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget:If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you’re not alone. As reported by Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, there was a data breach revealing the “sensitive information” of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwarebytes added that the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone...
“China recently placed a supercritical carbon dioxide power generator into commercial operation,” writes CleanTechnica, “and the announcement was widely framed as a technological breakthrough.”The system, referred to as Chaotan One, is installed at a steel plant in Guizhou province in mountainous southwest China and is designed to recover industrial waste heat and convert it into electricity....
Remember that re-discovered computer tape with one of the earliest versions of Unix from the early 1970s? This week several local news outlets in Utah reported on the find, with KSL creating a video report with shots of the tape arriving at Silicon Valley’s Computer History Museum, the closet where it was found, and even its handwritten label. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the closet where...
Comments by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies suggest the revised schedule may presage an approach to immunization that prizes individual autonomy and downplays scientific expertise.