The US health secretary decided to remove booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule

Advocates for pregnant people said they are alarmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unprecedented and unilateral decision to remove Covid-19 booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule.

A vaccine’s inclusion on the schedule is important for patient access, because many private health...

US health secretary calls leading medical journals such as Lancet ‘corrupt’ and pushes to create state-run alternatives

Robert F Kennedy Jr has threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, which he branded “corrupt”, and to instead create alternative publications run by the state.

“We’re probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, New...

JSE-listed Reunert reported “marginal” year-on-year growth in its ICT segment in the six months to 31 March 2025.

Facial movements help horses communicate signals such as difference between aggression and play, researchers find

They might get quizzed by bartenders about their long faces, but horses pull a variety of expressions when interacting with each other, researchers have found.

While facial movements can help members of the same species communicate emotions or other signals to each other, they can...

MTN South Africa recently announced that it would roll out low-cost 4G smartphones to 1.2 million of its prepaid customers.

The $300m deal, which will last one year, will see xAI’s assistant Grok integrated into Telegram.

The bank’s systems were offline following planned maintenance the night before that went awry.

Setting up your own proxy server may sound like a task reserved for IT pros or cyberpunks in movies, but the reality is much more accessible than that. Whether you’re looking to enhance your online privacy, control internet access for a group, or optimize network traffic, building your own proxy can be both a rewarding […]

Sizekhaya Holdings has been granted the Fourth National Lottery and Sports Pools licence by South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition. The licence, valid for eight years, is set to commence by 1 June 2026, marking a significant milestone for the consortium. Goldrush Group, in which the company holds a 59.4% stake, is a 50% shareholder in Sizekhaya. However,...

Icasa has not ruled out lodging a formal complaint against SpaceX at the International Telecommunication Union.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) said today it has taken note with serious concern, recent reports alleging that Starlink, a satellite internet service operated by SpaceX, may be offering its services within South Africa without the requisite authorisation. To this end, ICASA has published a general notice under Government Gazette no 49777 […]

Criminals are increasingly using extortion, e-mail and text scams to target South Africans, Standard Bank has warned.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday on its ninth unmanned test launch. It flew farther than the previous two attempts that ended in explosive failure, but the booster section lost contact with operators and plunged into the Indian Ocean

SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test

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The parliamentary uproar over Minister Solly Malatsi’s proposed policy shift on B-BBEE in the ICT sector has exposed a painful truth: South Africa’s mobile industry equity deals have largely failed to achieve meaningful black economic empowerment. While some politicians – acting along party lines – rail against potential changes to black economic empowerment equity requirements, […]

WhatsApp for iPad is finally here, while Apple is planning a much bigger focus on gaming across its devices.

TechCentral’s guests in this episode of the TechCentral Show believe Blue Label Telecoms and Cell C present a compelling investment case.

Regenerative agriculture has growth potential for the offsets market, but scientists question its green credentials

On a blustery spring day, Thomas Gent is walking through a field of winter wheat on his family’s farm, which straddles the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire border. Some of the green shoots reach his knees, while the ground between the plants is covered with clover.

Sinking a spade...

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MPs on Tuesday challenged a plan to provide an alternative to black ownership rules in South Africa’s telecoms sector.

Team in China demostrate that multiple geological factors contribute to a landscape’s predistribution to landslides

We know that steep slopes and heavy rain help to trigger landslides, but are some types of landscape more susceptible than others? A study suggests that geologically complex regions are more likely to produce landslides.

Yifan Zhang, from the Institute of Mountain Hazards and...

US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit had almost halved.