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FESTIVE FEAR: Community initiatives step up for children as holiday hunger bites

Today at 15:01 PM, via Daily Maverick

With schools and early learning centres closed for the summer holiday, many children have lost access to feeding programmes and safe play spaces. For caregivers struggling to put food on the table, the community-led initiatives providing support over this period can make a world of difference.

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One decision cost South Africa a decade

Today at 15:00 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s “lost decade” was triggered by the 2015 firing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, which shattered investor confidence and compounded existing governance and policy failures, but analysts now think this era has come to an end.

South Africa

Strategy to combat Foot-and-Mouth Disease strengthened

Today at 14:53 PM, via SAnews

Strategy to combat Foot-and-Mouth Disease strengthened The Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has expressed confidence in South Africa’s intensified strategy to combat Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD).“South Africa now has a realistic and technically sound roadmap to realise its goal of FMD-free status with vaccination, a crucial step for restoring confidence in export markets...

Business

Great news about petrol prices in January

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

The latest data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) for the end of the third week in December indicates that motorists can expect an even bigger cut in prices at the pumps.

Sport

Uefa pays £7.8m to clubs for Women’s Euros players

Today at 14:32 PM, via BBC News

Uefa has distributed €9 million (£7.88m) between 103 European clubs as benefit payments for releasing players for Women’s Euro 2025, with Chelsea and Arsenal sharing £763,000

Sport

Gloucester-bound Lake back to lead Ospreys

Today at 14:02 PM, via BBC News

Wales hooker Dewi Lake will return to captain Ospreys for the United Rugby Championship home match against Munster in Bridgend on Saturday.

Education

U.S. Will Pay $450,000 to Wildfire Fighters With Cancer

Today at 12:03 PM, via New York Times

They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.

Science/Tech

Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and...

Health

Why the New Cannabis Classification Matters

Today at 12:04 PM, via New York Times

Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients.