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Stellies accept they may lose Moloisane

Today at 05:50 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Moloisane’s contract with the Cape Winelands is set to expire at the end of the season and while they are keen to keep him at the club by offering a ‘competitive’ contract, he has yet to sign.

Education

Sad faces all round as Bolivia’s clowns protest over decree threatening their livelihoods

Today at 02:52 AM, via The Guardian

Clowns in Bolivia are upset by mandate that stops schools hosting events from which they earn a living

Dozens of clowns have marched through the streets of Bolivia’s capital to protest against a government decree that limits extracurricular activities in schools, threatening their livelihoods.

Wearing full face paint and their signature red noses, the clowns gathered on Monday in front of the...

Lifestyle

Is the Western Cape hoarding fuel?

Yesterday at 20:59 PM, via The South African

Reports of petrol limits and empty pumps have raised questions about whether fuel is being withheld in parts of the Western Cape.

Entertainment

Service failures make a case for Zille in Joburg

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Citizen

Recurring infrastructure failures and botched repairs highlight deep problems in Johannesburg, as Zille positions herself as a potential fixer.

Entertainment

Cancer survival reveals hidden heart care crisis

Today at 05:30 AM, via The Citizen

As more South Africans survive cancer, a shortage of specialists leaves many at risk of serious cardiovascular complications and inadequate follow-up care.

Science/Tech

AI Data Centers Can Warm Surrounding Areas By Up To 9.1C

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Andrea Marinoni at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues saw that the amount of energy needed to run a data centre had been steadily increasing of late and was likely to “explode” in the coming years, so wanted to quantify the impact. The researchers took satellite measurements of land surface temperatures over the past 20...

Science/Tech

Blast off! Nasa goes back to the moon – podcast

Today at 04:00 AM, via The Guardian

Astronaut Tim Peake and Guardian journalist Richard Luscombe talk through Artemis II, the first manned mission to the moon for 50 years

This week, for the first time in 50 years, Nasa is sending people to the moon once more.

And though none of the four astronauts of Artemis II will land on the lunar surface, the mission – which will involve flying around the moon – will take humans deeper...

Science/Tech

Microsoft Plans To Build 100% Native Apps For Windows 11

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Microsoft is reportedly shifting Windows 11 app development back toward fully native apps. Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a new team to work on Windows apps. “You don’t need prior experience with the platform.. what matters most is strong product thinking and a deep focus on the customer,” he wrote. “If...

Science/Tech

After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military’s New GPS Software Still Doesn’t Work

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most troubled space programs might finally bear fruit. The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, is designed for command and...

Health

A Secret History of Psychosis

Sunday at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.