Our Constitution is failing the poor
Equality without repair isn’t justice. Our Constitution is good at finding people who break the law. It is much less effective at fixing the damage that the violations cause
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Williams exits Welsh Open as Higgins and Robertson progress
Two-time champion Mark Williams is out of the Welsh Open, while John Higgins and Neil Robertson progress to the quarter-finals.
ART VS THE STATE: Artist Gabrielle Goliath takes on Gayton McKenzie in appeal against high court judgment
Artist Gabrielle Goliath will appeal against a high court ruling upholding Arts Minister Gayton McKenzie’s cancellation of her Venice Biennale participation, with an artwork called Elegy, which addresses femicide and genocide. Her legal team is contesting the judgment’s implications for artists’ rights.
What South Africans think of municipalities
Reports have highlighted that a significant number of elected councillors struggle with basic literacy and comprehension
What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: There’s a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them. Einstein’s website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms like Canvas to take tests and participate in discussions. Educators told me that Einstein is just one of...
Budget 2026: Between reform and reality
South Africa has been given a narrow window to turn the ship around. Whether this Budget becomes a footnote or a foundation depends on what happens next — in Cabinet, in the SOEs, in municipalities and in the daily grind of governance
American citizen among those killed in Cuba boat shooting, US official says
Cuba has accused those on board of planning “an infiltration with terrorist aims” and firing first.
As Trump dismantles asylum programs, Russians and Ukrainians fear for future
The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives.
Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I.
The Pentagon has imposed a Friday deadline over a demand that Anthropic provide unfettered access to its A.I. system without safeguards for military operations.
Editorial: A decent budget but let’s see…
On paper, Godongwana presented a credible framework that marks a turning point for South Africa
Budget: debt peaks but growth lags
The projected economic growth trajectory remains insufficient to address structural unemployment
The state’s role in corporate capture of our food systems
Hunger in the country persists not because the system is failing but because it is functioning according to a set of rules that reward scale, concentration and profit
Elections and power in the digital age
These prosecutions mark a rising pattern: as elections approach across Africa, the distance between digital civic space and state power grows
Poor upkeep behind water crisis, civil engineers say
They have stressed the need for skilled oversight and preventive maintenance
ANC Free State leaders accused of milking troubled municipality
The ANC provincial working committee in the Free State has been accused of defying the party’s deployees in government, resulting in the near collapse of the Matjhabeng local municipality. Sources say provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana and secretary Polediso Motsoeneng have used their political power to undermine premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae’s intervention in the municipality, which is […]
How Ghislaine Maxwell brought Bill Clinton into Epstein’s orbit
Documents in the Epstein files reveal how Maxwell nurtured the connection between the two men after Clinton left the White House.
‘We live in human faeces’, Matjhabeng residents say
In Thabong township, many children have sores on their hands and feet, which locals say are caused by contact with sewage
Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee ‘friendliness’
The fast-food chain is testing OpenAI-powered headsets that monitor staff interactions with customers.
Chris Mason: Gorton and Denton by-election could be a three-way tussle
Plenty think it could be a three-way tussle between Labour, Reform and the Greens, the BBC’s political editor writes.
Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Model With Faster Image Generation
Google has launched Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), a faster, more realistic image generation model that becomes the default across Gemini, Search, Lens, and Flow. TechCrunch reports: The new Nano Banana 2 retains some of the high-fidelity characteristics of the Pro model but produces images faster. The company says you can create images with a resolution ranging from 512px to 4K, in...