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The South Africans who easily find jobs

Today at 12:30 PM, via Daily Investor

In South Africa’s competitive job market, individuals with certain specialist skills face far less competition and stronger employment prospects in 2026.

South Africa

Support for total ban on alcohol use for drivers

Today at 11:48 AM, via SAnews

Support for total ban on alcohol use for drivers

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport has thrown its support behind Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy’s call to ban any level of alcohol consumption for drivers.

Earlier this week, Creecy released the festive season road statistics and called for zero tolerance for drinking and driving.

It is currently a criminal offense...

Science/Tech

Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over us

Fifty years ago, I started thinking about the demand for women to look a certain way and the rebellions against the narrow ways in which we were supposed to display (and not display) our bodies. For a while, there was a conversation about the...

Science/Tech

Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launch pad in preparation for astronaut flight

Today at 11:44 AM, via The Guardian

First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in February

Nasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launch pad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.

The trip could blast off in February.

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Science/Tech

Retailers Rush to Implement AI-Assisted Shopping and Orders

Today at 10:54 AM, via Slashdot

This week Google “unveiled a set of tools for retailers that helps them roll out AI agents,” reports the Wall Street Journal,The new retail AI agents, which help shoppers find their desired items, provide customer support and let people order food at restaurants, are part of what Alphabet-owned Google calls Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience. Major retailers, including home improvement...

Health

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

Friday at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.