In late April, when South African literary giant JM Coetzee declined an invitation to a writers’ festival in Jerusalem, it meant a lot more than another throwaway tweet from a Hollywood celebrity. What it meant, whether people admitted it or not, was that one of the world’s greatest living authors was standing by the themes of his most important masterworks.
Government working to restore order at borders and workplaces
Government says it has noted ongoing public discourse on immigration, particularly on issues related to illegal immigration.
On Wednesday, government reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty, security and the rule of law, while upholding the country’s constitutional values and respect for...
The first garden city suburb in Cape Town is one of the only suburbs in South Africa that has refused to have a single liquor store for over 100 years.
The Irish Rugby Football Union’s head of women’s strategy Lynne Cantwell says the upcoming WXV Global Series is like having “a mini-World Cup every year, but on home soil”.
When he pulls on the gloves for CD Colunga against CD Praviano in the fifth tier of Spanish football on Sunday, Angel Mateos Gonzalez will become the oldest player to appear in an official match in Spain.
England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadership
In its brief and unhappy life, England’s Office for Students has been offered a series of challenges it has largely failed to meet. This week the latest and most embarrassing of those was unveiled, when the high court decisively rejected the higher education...
[Nile Post] Uganda has earned international recognition after being selected among a small group of countries honoured at the Islamic University of Madinah Distinguished Alumni Awards (Fifth Edition, 1447 AH / 2026).
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discretely in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless
When the wealthy Paduan banker Enrico Scrovegni commissioned the building of his eponymous chapel in the 14th century, he made sure that he was immortalised in the lavish frescoes adorning its interior. Florentine artist Giotto...
With US restrictions limiting its access to advanced tech, SenseTime is doubling down on open source with a new model optimized to run on Chinese-made chips.
Gillian Morriss-Kay explains why she was also a formidable advocate for women
Your obituary of the astrophysicist Carole Jordan (31 March) describes a life dedicated to making important discoveries about the complex nature of the universe. These inspiring discoveries could not have been made by sending rockets to the moon, but perhaps the excitement generated by the latter will encourage more...
Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub’s frequent outages have made it “no longer a place for serious work,” prompting him to move his Ghostty terminal emulator project elsewhere after 18 years on the platform. The Register reports: “I’ve been angry about it. I’ve hurt people’s feelings. I’ve been lashing out. Because GitHub is failing me, every single day, and it is personal. It...
The case, which opened in the High Court on Wednesday, originally involved 3,000 claimants and is set to become the largest product liability case in UK history.
A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm.