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Shaw and Hasegawa on PFA women’s award shortlist

Today at 11:28 AM, via BBC News

Manchester City duo Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Yui Hasegawa are shortlisted for the Professional Footballers Association’s Women’s Player of the Year award.

South Africa

Anti-corruption campaign goes to Oshoek border

Today at 11:06 AM, via SAnews

Anti-corruption campaign goes to Oshoek border

The Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum (BMIACF) will host its quarterly anti-corruption campaign at Oshoek Port of Entry on 10 June 2026. 

The BMIACF is chaired by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and seeks to proactively root out corruption from South Africa’s ports of entry.

Border Management Authority (BMA)...

South Africa

Call for SA to be part of climate change response

Today at 10:57 AM, via SAnews

Call for SA to be part of climate change response

As South Africa joins the international community to celebrate World Environment Day, government has called on every South African to be part of the climate response. 

“Businesses must accelerate cleaner and more sustainable practices. Communities must protect local ecosystems and reduce environmental harm. Civil society, youth,...

South Africa

Gaming and Betting Tax Bill to boost KZN revenue

Today at 10:57 AM, via SAnews

Gaming and Betting Tax Bill to boost KZN revenue

KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has tabled the KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting Tax Bill, 2026, before the Provincial Legislature, proposing a modernised tax framework aimed at strengthening revenue collection, enhancing transparency and advancing transformation within the gaming and betting sector.

The proposed legislation...

Politics

Migration diplomacy drive unveiled

Today at 00:30 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Kenyan President William Ruto’s state visit highlights the tension shaping South Africa’s relations with the continent, along with other barriers to interregional trade

Science/Tech

AI Has Come for Serif Fonts

Today at 11:00 AM, via Wired

AI companies are using serif to project humanity. Critics are calling it “tasteslop.”

Science/Tech

Inside Nika Finance: How a Three-Person Team Outperforms Larger Crypto Organizations

Today at 10:20 AM, via Tech Financials

One of the persistent assumptions in crypto over the last several years has been that a team’s size and the seriousness of its product are correlated. A 40-person team is taken to be building something more substantive than a 10-person team. A 100-person team is treated as evidence that whatever it is building must be […]

Health

1 in 4 births in England now by emergency C-section

Today at 11:12 AM, via BBC News

A quarter of all babies in England are now delivered by emergency caesarean operations, BBC analysis shows – marking a significant rise over the last five years.

Health

How Gold Is Driving the Spread of Ebola

Today at 11:04 AM, via New York Times

Mining has been the lifeblood of this remote Congolese hill town for decades. Now, it is fueling the spread of a devastating outbreak.