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Drug dealing, immigration offences dealt a blow in E Cape police operations

Today at 08:52 AM, via SAnews

Drug dealing, immigration offences dealt a blow in E Cape police operations

Police in the Sarah Baartman District in the Eastern Cape have arrested 139 suspects for a range of crimes, including drug dealing, robbery with aggravating circumstances and immigration offences.

The operations, which were conducted between 1 and 7 June, led to the arrest of 35 undocumented foreign...

Sport

Lions walk Skukuza Golf Club fairways – PHOTO

Today at 10:43 AM, via The South African

Golfers at Skukuza Golf Club received another reminder of why the course is often described as the “wildest golf course in the world”.

Science/Tech

A San Francisco Burglar Escaped in a Robotaxi – and Police Still Can’t Find Him

Today at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

A burglar took a self-driving Waymo taxi to rob a San Francisco yoga studio this past January, reports TechCrunch — “and police have still not caught them.” Even the police officer assigned to the case thought it would be easier to solve, notes The San Francisco Chronicle, since Waymos are outfitted with multiple high-definition cameras and require users to make accounts with their credit...

Science/Tech

Why Fixing South Africa’s Youth Unemployment Crisis Starts In The Workshop

Today at 09:16 AM, via Tech Financials

How do we address youth unemployment while ensuring the automotive sector has the skills needed to keep South Africa’s automotive industry moving? The question is becoming increasingly urgent. According to Statistics South Africa’s Q1 2025 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, unemployment among young South Africans aged 15-34 rose to 46.1%, with young women continuing to face […]

Science/Tech

Can you really see if someone is lying? Probably not – but you might hear it | Kirsty King

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

We are in dangerous territory as courts encourage jurors to discern untruth from body language. In fact, the words are far more revealing

Imagine you are a juror on a murder trial. A married couple have been found shot dead. The defendant, a man known to them, denies the charge. You’ve heard the prosecution’s evidence and you’ve heard his testimony. But you and your fellow jurors are...