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Africa

Traore strike sees Mali edge past Tanzania at Wafcon

Yesterday at 23:04 PM, via BBC News

A goal in first-half injury time from Saratou Traore is enough to see Mali edge a tight Group C encounter against Tanzania at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Business

Ramaphosa staggering from crisis to crisis

Today at 09:19 AM, via BusinessTech

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is lurching from one crisis to another as political battles pile up in the final lap of his last term.

Business

Ramaphosa responds to 30% tariff on South Africa

Today at 09:07 AM, via BusinessTech

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the United States’ interpretation of trade imbalances between the countries is inaccurate, and is hoping for a better trade deal to emerge.

Business

Woolworths scores R8 million win against SARS

Today at 08:38 AM, via BusinessTech

Woolworths has won a court battle against SARS, with the tax service slammed for cherry-picking and using narrow definitions to withhold tax claims.

Education

Uganda: Education Budget Requires a 440 Percent Boost to Meet Quality Goals

Today at 06:52 AM, via AllAfrica

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda — Uganda will need to increase its education budget by a staggering 440 percent if it is to provide quality education for its fast-growing population and meet its 2040 development targets, a new report has revealed.

Lifestyle

VW’s ID.Buzz Cargo is down-to-earth with outer-space looks

Today at 07:00 AM, via Times Live

A minivan is not usually the subject of fascinated stares and doting remarks from onlookers. But this is no ordinary commercial vehicle, with its clear kinship to the legendary Volkswagen T1 birthed several decades ago.

Entertainment

Musk Touts “Improved” Grok AI Amid Backlash Over Politically Charged and Antisemitic Responses

Yesterday at 21:05 PM, via iAfrica

Elon Musk claimed Friday that xAI’s chatbot Grok has been “significantly improved,” but early reactions suggest otherwise. Several recent responses from Grok, shared widely on X (formerly Twitter), have sparked alarm for promoting partisan talking points and antisemitic stereotypes. Musk offered no specifics on the upgrades but had previously criticized Grok’s training data as containing […]

Entertainment

Ecobank And Google Cloud Partner to Drive AI-Powered Financial Inclusion in Africa

Yesterday at 20:26 PM, via iAfrica

Pan-African banking group Ecobank has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud aimed at transforming financial services across Africa. The collaboration will use artificial intelligence, cloud computing and advanced analytics to enhance digital banking, streamline payments and expand financial inclusion. A key focus is improving remittance and payment systems by leveraging Google...

Science/Tech

4Sight Investing R20M To Develop Industry-Specific Agentic AI Solutions

Today at 09:07 AM, via Tech Financials

In response to rising demand and the accelerated adoption of Agentic AI across multiple industry verticals, 4Sight Holdings Limited is investing R20 million over the next two years to develop relevant industry solutions.  Generative AI focuses on creating new content (text, images, code, etc.) based on learned patterns, while agentic AI acts as an autonomous […]

Science/Tech

Massive Study Detects AI Fingerprints In Millions of Scientific Papers

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

A team of U.S. and German researchers analyzed over 15 million biomedical papers and found that AI-generated content has subtly infiltrated academic writing, with telltale stylistic shifts — such as a rise in flowery verbs and adjectives. “Their investigation revealed that since the emergence of LLMs there has been a corresponding increase in the frequency of certain stylist word choices within...

Motoring

Classic Car Show 2025 in pictures

Yesterday at 19:03 PM, via The Citizen

The annual Classic Car Show took place at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, where a selection of classic cars was on show.