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The surgery department at the Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, sent a message to patients asking them not to expect doctors at the facility’s outpatient clinics due to a dire shortage of doctors.
The case against a police captain accused of raping a 20-year-old police trainee has been postponed.
Police say the boy was dropped off by the scholar transport yesterday afternoon
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the financial landscape across Africa, driving innovation in fraud detection, credit scoring, and automation. As African financial institutions face unique challenges like high fraud rates, limited credit data, and operational inefficiencies, AI offers transformative solutions that enhance security, expand access to credit, and streamline processes....
The properties that will be seized are valued at R32 million.
Former police captain Roshanlal Banawo was sentenced to 10 years after being found guilty of plotting to murder a KwaZulu-Natal district police commissioner and offering to pay the hitmen R50 000 to carry out the deed.
The White House’s Anny Kelly said that any religious group should support the plight of Afrikaners.
Years of sewer spillages, water shortages, poor sanitation, and alleged financial mismanagement and wasteful expenditure have culminated in the DA in Emfuleni Local Municipality turning to the South African Human Rights Commission to report service delivery failures in the municipality.
Africa’s construction industry is getting a much-needed digital facelift – and artificial intelligence is holding the blueprint. While cement and scaffolding still rule the job site, AI is quietly making its mark – from predicting safety risks and optimizing project timelines to helping architects whip up smarter designs. It’s not just about shiny new tech, […]
Ayodeji Alaran didn’t set out to be an AI innovator – he just wanted to stop wasting good medicine. As a pharmacist-turned-pharma executive, Ayodeji worked with big names like GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer across Africa and Asia. But everywhere he went, he kept running into the same frustrating problem: expired drugs. Not because of laziness or […]
The case against the man accused of the murder of Johannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts has been further postponed for the outcome of representations made by the defence for the charges to be withdrawn.
What happens when banking meets artificial intelligence? If you were at ENGAGE Dubai, you’d know: sparks fly, systems upgrade (well, ideally), and a lot of serious talk happens about how to drag banks into the 21st century – with AI riding shotgun. Experts from tech and finance gathered to chew on one big question: How […]
The EFF has written to the trade, industry and competition portfolio committee in Parliament, requesting that minister Parks Tau be summoned to appear before MPs to account for “serious concerns” relating to reports that his department is in negotiations with the Gold Rush Consortium for the awarding of the National Lottery operating licence.
Hanover Park residents are baying for blood after a frantic search for a 9-year-old girl ended on Tuesday night when the girl was found inside the home of a man.
Not only has a chief pathologist testifying in the reopened inquest into the death of ANC leader Albert John Luthuli classified the post-mortem report done on his body as substandard, he has also said that the injuries sustained by the Nobel laureate did not resonate with those of a person who had been struck by the train.
Artificial intelligence is racing ahead at full speed – and South Africa is stuck in traffic with a flickering power grid and potholes the size of ambition itself. Yes, AI is the future. But that future needs a lot of electricity. Think more energy than a small town uses in months – just to train […]
The Gauteng Department of Health paid only 21% of its invoices between January and March due to “significant cash flow constraints”.
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet digital revolution is sprouting in the soil. Smallholder farmers—long the backbone of the region’s food supply—are teaming up with artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges: food insecurity, climate change, and income inequality. That’s right—AI isn’t just for tech bros and self-driving cars anymore. It’s digging in […]
Once hailed as Africa’s tech trailblazer, South Africa is now stuck at a digital crossroads while Morocco zooms ahead in the AI fast lane. Let’s back up a bit. South Africa still boasts world-class research institutions and a buzzing start-up scene in places like Cape Town and Joburg. But when it comes to artificial intelligence […]
Africa’s AI revolution just got a serious upgrade. Cassava Technologies – a global digital heavyweight with deep African roots – has joined forces with Zindi, the continent’s largest professional network of data scientists, in a bold new partnership to crank up AI innovation across Africa. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to combine […]
First shipment of South African avocados arrive in China
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has hailed the South African avocado industry’s active pursuit of international markets.
Last week saw the arrival of the season’s first batch of avocados in Shanghai, China.
“The expansion of markets stimulates the demand for South African products, and this demand in turn, drives...