THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026, 03:33
Longtime Slashdot reader Himmy32 writes: GitHub has announced on X that their internal repositories have been breached through a compromised VS Code Extension on an employee’s workstation. Bleeping Computer reported that the attack is linked to TeamPCP who have been in the news for a recent campaign affecting Checkmarx, Trivy, SAP, TanStack, and Bitwarden. The group appears to be attempting to...
Eskom may step in and sort out Johannesburg’s electricity crisis after City Power fails to pay the national power utility a debt exceeding R5.2bn.
Repositioning government communication to better serve citizens
In a move aimed at improving public access to reliable information, the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) is repositioning itself as a central hub for credible government content, enhanced media monitoring and faster responses to citizens’ concerns.
“This is part of evolving GCIS from being just...
Sergei Krajev, 64, was taken to hospital after he was found critically injured on Monday.
Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he will retire at the end of the 2026 NFL season after signing a new one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.
Former Wigan Mayor Michael Winstanley is named as the Conservative Party’s candidate.
Nearly two full years after being elected into Parliament and becoming the official opposition to the national coalition, the MK party shows many signs that it is unable to fulfil a vitally important job.
The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical
From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy. Coaches, psychologists and parents say its educational and developmental purpose is being displaced by performance and profit, while legal experts warn that children risk being reduced to unpaid entertainers in a rapidly expanding...
In his final State of the City address, outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero delivered an upbeat farewell filled with cherry-picked statistics and swipes at political rivals. However, the optimistic tone was overshadowed by a crippling R5.3bn Eskom debt threat and widespread municipal collapse.
Iain Henderson, Stuart McCloskey, Rob Herring and Jacob Stockdale will miss Ulster’s Challenge Cup final with Montpellier, but they still have a role to play.
IEC is concerned about sustained misinformation about the commission’s management of elections.
A.I. is replicating the pattern followed by every ed-tech quick fix.
And fuel duty freeze extended to the end of the year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A coalition of thirteen major publishers has won a massive $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. A New York federal judge fully approved the publishers’ requests, issuing a broad permanent injunction that orders more than twenty specific global registries, hosts, and service providers to immediately disable...
Leaked State Dept memo shows US threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they push for senior UN post
Salim Essa, a central figure in South Africa’s State Capture, evades justice in Dubai as prosecutors pursue his extradition for orchestrating massive corruption linked to state contracts.
South African digital insurer Naked has launched a ChatGPT app that can generate a final, binding car insurance quote inside the chatbot, in what the company says is a global first for motor insurance.
The education secretary defends videos starring The Only Way Is Essex star promoting post-16 education.
South Africa’s conservation establishment has a favourite phrase, ‘sustainable use’, presented as the pragmatic answer to balancing biodiversity protection with economic reality. But sustainable use is not a self-executing principle. It depends on science, lawful governance and meaningful enforcement. Where those conditions collapse, the framework does not conserve wildlife. It...