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CLEAN BREAK (Part 3): Phantoms and forgeries: The cover-ups of Cape Town’s planning officers

Today at 19:13 PM, via Daily Maverick

In this last instalment of our three-part investigation, Daily Maverick takes its reporting on the clandestine workings of Cape Town’s municipal planning structures to the Blaauwberg district, where 40,000 middle-income ratepayers have been protesting against the City’s inaction on dozens of illegal buildings. As we discovered, along with the allegations of corruption, the threats of...

South Africa

SA increases pledge in response to Ebola outbreak

Today at 15:55 PM, via SAnews

SA increases pledge in response to Ebola outbreak

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will increase its financial contribution to the Ebola response effort to US$13.5 million, reaffirming the country’s commitment to supporting African nations affected by the outbreak. 

President Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Champion for Pandemic Preparedness,...

South Africa

NYDA shifts focus from grants to broader youth development agenda

Today at 15:32 PM, via SAnews

NYDA shifts focus from grants to broader youth development agenda

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Executive Chairperson, Dr Sunshine Myende, says the agency has repositioned itself from being primarily a grant-making institution to becoming a leading force for youth development across South Africa.

Since taking office on 1 August 2025, the NYDA Board has focused on...

Business

Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?

Today at 13:02 PM, via BBC News

Thames Water’s lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?

Sport

Sri Lanka shock defending champions New Zealand

Today at 19:17 PM, via BBC News

Watch the moment Sri Lanka beat reigning champions New Zealand for the first time at a Women’s World Cup, as Kaushani Nuthyangana’s four seals a chase of 153 with two balls to spare.

Education

Angola: Minister of Health Reiterates Commitment to Specialized Training

Today at 19:27 PM, via AllAfrica

[ANGOP] Luanda — Angolan Health Minister Sílvia Lutucuta reaffirmed today in Luanda that investing in specialized training for professionals in the sector represents a decisive step towards building a modern, efficient National Emergency Medical System prepared for current challenges.

Education

Some college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduate

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness

Story and photographs by Rachel Bujalski

Everyone knows the feeling of leaving something unfinished.

A half-written novel. A business idea scribbled into a notebook. A hobby abandoned after the excitement fades. In my own life as a...

Education

South Africa: ‘Children Lost Five Months of Learning’ – Western Cape Parents Demand Urgent Learner Placement

Today at 16:01 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Maverick] Singing struggle songs and carrying placards demanding education for their children, more than 200 parents, learners and community activists marched from the Western Cape Provincial Legislature to the Western Cape Department of Education’s offices on 15 June, calling for urgent intervention as dozens of children have still not been placed in school, more than five months into...

Science/Tech

Dogecoin’s 88% Crash and NEAR’s Slow Rise has Smart Money Piling into BlockDAG’s Legacy Sale

Today at 19:00 PM, via Tech Financials

Scan any list of top crypto coins today and you’ll find assets defined almost entirely by their upside scenarios, price targets, breakout levels, percentage gains. What you won’t find is a second column showing what happens if the upside doesn’t arrive on schedule.  Dogecoin price and Near Protocol price both illustrate this clearly this week, […]

Science/Tech

The US Government’s Anthropic Models Ban Was Never About an AI Jailbreak

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker argues that the U.S. government’s abrupt export-control order forcing Anthropic to pull its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models offline was “never about an AI jailbreak” threat. Instead, it was driven more by “personality differences” between the AI company and Trump administration. Security experts say the reported guardrail bypass did not justify the order and warn that...

Science/Tech

The Future of Home

Today at 19:00 PM, via Wired

How we live now is defined by unprecedented forces. In this special issue, WIRED and Architectural Digest help you understand what home will look like tomorrow—and beyond.