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Luxury Mercedes-Benz Sprinter gets SVI treatment

Today at 17:00 PM, via SowetanLIVE

SVI Engineering has unveiled what it describes as its most luxurious armoured vehicle yet: a heavily customised Mercedes-Benz Sprinter designed to serve as an executive lounge on wheels.

South Africa

Committees support plan to tackle municipal debt owed to Eskom

Today at 15:33 PM, via SAnews

Committees support plan to tackle municipal debt owed to Eskom

Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and on Electricity and Energy have thrown their weight behind the creation of an inter-ministerial committee to address the growing crisis of financially distressed municipalities, particularly those burdened by escalating debt to...

Politics

News24 | Mbali Shinga’s expulsion fight with NFP postponed

Today at 12:00 PM, via News24

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has postponed the legal battle between expelled National Freedom Party member Mbali Shinga and the party, after the court directed the NFP to file its answering affidavit first.

Sport

RFU council member punished for post about Alphonsi

Today at 17:07 PM, via BBC News

A member of the RFU council has been stripped of perks of his position for seven months – including tickets to England games, free meals and travel expenses – after posting discriminatory criticism.

Education

Namibia: Nanso, NSFAF Reach Deadlock in Disbursement of Funds

Today at 14:21 PM, via AllAfrica

[Namibian] The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) on Tuesday met with student body organisations to discuss ongoing delays in the disbursement of student tuition and non-tuition funds.

Education

Nigeria: Asohon, CPN Call for Immediate Release of Abducted Ibadan Pupils

Today at 14:21 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The Association of Orphanages and Home Operators in Nigeria (ASOHON), Oyo State chapter, in collaboration with the Child Protection Network (CPN), has called for the immediate and safe release of schoolchildren and their headmistress reportedly abducted in Ibadan last month.

Science/Tech

Google Ordered To Put Clearer Links In AI Search, Let UK Publishers Opt Out

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: UK regulators today ordered (PDF) Google to put clearer attributions and links to publishers’ content in its AI-generated search features. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also said Google must give publishers a way to opt out of AI features in search. “In a world first, publishers will now have effective tools to prevent...

Science/Tech

How LinkedIn Found Its Social Platform Era

Today at 16:36 PM, via New York Times

Celebrities and paid influencers have transformed the career-focused platform, which for some users, has become a job unto itself.

Science/Tech

SpaceX targets biggest ever stock market debut, putting Musk on course to be trillionaire

Today at 16:27 PM, via The Guardian

IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.77tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealth

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is looking to raise $75bn (£55bn) from its blockbuster stock market listing next week as the rocket company aims for the largest initial public offering ever.

If the stock market launch – primed for 12 June – goes as planned, founder Musk, the world’s...

Motoring

GWM Ora 5 on the way to Mzansi

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Citizen

Further specifications, pricing and availability details will be announced at the official South African launch of the Ora 5 in July 2026.