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With Abongile Tom making his first appearance at a senior Fifa World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada this month, the South African referee is looking beyond this tournament and planning to be part of the next two editions.

Senegal’s Pastef party has left the government, raising concerns over a debt crisis

Wits University has been ranked the best university in Africa after securing the top position on the continent in the 2026 Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR).

Jordan the rookies and might look like whipping boys, but have a decent world ranking

Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering at a valuation approaching $1 trillion, the company said in a blog post Monday. The company has submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has yet to disclose the […]

NVIDIA opened Taipei’s Computex trade show on Sunday with the unveiling of a new PC CPU it has dubbed the RTX Spark — a “superchip” the company says will power AI PCs from a who’s who list of consumer hardware makers this autumn. The 1-petaflop chip is designed to run AI agents such as OpenClaw […]

Google parent company Alphabet has announced plans to raise $80 billion to help pay for the massive AI infrastructure buildout it has planned, in a move that highlights how rapidly the cost of competing at the AI frontier is climbing. Alphabet said Monday that it would sell that amount in stock and use the proceeds […]

The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.

Sri Lanka was careening from crisis to crisis, then came the Mideast war. People say they’ve got no buffer left.

Myanmar is seeking to broaden diplomatic engagement after years of international criticism and isolation.

Two men were injured in the explosion and were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The US plan has sparked public anger and led to demonstrations near the site of the proposed treatment facility.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been named in Ghana’s preliminary squad for the World Cup.

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

The Financial Service Tribunal has dismissed an application by former EOH director, Anushka Bogdanov, to reconsider sanctions against her over a falsified PhD.

Golden Acre Shopping Centre is undergoing a massive upgrade, with the iconic centre looking to modernise its offerings.

Huawei joins hands with customers to Accelerate Evolution to Cloudification, Mobility, Resilience, and Upgrade to Intelligence.

Mbali Shinga will on Tuesday file court papers to challenge her dismissal from the NFP.

Karl Sander is back to testify at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria.

The Madlanga Commission continues hearing witness testimony from Warrant Officer Karl Sander

Thirty-one MPs have been appointed to the Section 89 Committee.

The stage is set for a blockbuster battle this Saturday as the Bulls tackle the Glasgow Warriors, and here is the kick off time to note.

Safa must treat the visa fiasco as a loud and final wake-up call

The City of Cape Town has opened a public comment period on a proposed mixed-use redevelopment of the King David Mowbray Golf Course precinct.

Legendary former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is named Sydney Thunder men’s head coach in Australia’s Big Bash, his first role in an overseas T20 league.

Worries over AI and loan debt mean 34% of people think degrees are usually not worth the time and money

There was a time when going to university seemed a no-brainer. Better qualifications opened doors to better jobs with greater earning potential.

But with the graduate premium shrinking, mounting anger about spiralling student debt and growing fears about AI eating into the graduate jobs...

Trevor Noah’s recent podast touched on xenophobic attacks against illegal immigrants and a deadline for them to vacate South Africa…

The addition of a second turbo gives the bakkie 150kW of power and 470Nm of torque.

‘But let us be clear: Radebe was not removed for service delivery failures. He was removed for losing a ward to the DA,’ Mthembu says.

Construction, hospitality in the spotlight.

The shooting is believed to be linked to the taxi industry.

Amazon is a murky mess of ads, unknown sellers, misleading sales, and specious information. Stay safe while shopping on Prime Day and beyond with these tips and tricks.

The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

Sne Dlamini aims to establish Sasol as an insight-driven enterprise that uses technology as a core strategic differentiator.

You don’t need expensive software for basic PDF tasks. In fact, all you need is a handful of free web-based apps.

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.