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SOWETAN | Power cuts will derail pupils’ future

Today at 09:48 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The decision by the Ekurhuleni municipality to issue electricity disconnection notices to 189 schools due to nonpayment by the Gauteng department of education could have a devastating impact on learning.

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End of South Africa’s middle class as you know it

Today at 09:45 AM, via Daily Investor

Rising remuneration among Black South Africans has dramatically changed the racial makeup of the country’s band of middle- and top-income earners over the course of three decades of democratic rule.

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Africa must build its own AI future

Today at 09:05 AM, via ITWeb

Prof Mpho Primus cautions against digital colonisation while advocating for Ubuntu-centred local AI governance.

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Air Pollution Emerges As a Direct Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s Disease

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from ABC News: In a study of nearly 28 million older Americans, long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution raised the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. That link held even after researchers accounted for common conditions like high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Fine particle air pollution, known as PM2.5, consists of tiny particles...