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ANALYSIS: Parliament’s Phala Phala impeachment committee — expect much heat but no light

Today at 21:43 PM, via Daily Maverick

As Parliament starts the process of appointing an impeachment committee to consider the claims against President Cyril Ramaphosa, it may be important to consider what the aims of this panel should be. It should be about finding the truth. But, given the interests of the parties involved, that is unlikely to happen.

World

Greetings from Seville, where springtime means caracoles

Today at 19:16 PM, via NPR

Spring is snail season in Seville. Caracoles in southern Spain differ from the well-known French escargot — they’re smaller and eaten directly from the shell. And everyone has a favorite tapas bar that serves them.

Africa

Afcon final ‘deficiencies’ dealt with – Motsepe

Today at 16:56 PM, via BBC News

Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe admits to errors following the chaotic Afcon final between Morocco and Senegal which dented Caf’s reputation.

Education

The south London community where ‘pioneering’ scholarship choristers are made

Today at 20:29 PM, via The Guardian

St John the Divine, Kennington has built one of UK’s largest youth choral programmes in area marked by deprivation

St Paul’s Cathedral school, one of the UK’s most prestigious private schools, has long been associated with the musical elite. So was seven-year-old N’raeah, from south London, nervous about auditioning for its internationally renowned choir?

“No,” she said, beaming....

Education

Nigeria: Minister Alausa – Little Learning Is Dangerous

Today at 15:14 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] In my second year at the University of Ife in 1979, two students from the Federal Government College, Kano joined the Faculty of Arts. Awam Ampah and Funso Alabi fitted in perfectly.

Lifestyle

Maria McCloy passes away at the age of 50

Today at 16:09 PM, via The South African

South African DJ, publicist and fashion designer Maria McCloy has died at the age of 50 following heart failure.

Science/Tech

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

Today at 21:15 PM, via Wired

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

Science/Tech

Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

A new Linux local privilege escalation flaw called Fragnesia has been disclosed as a Dirty Frag-like vulnerability, allowing arbitrary byte writes into the kernel page cache of read-only files through a separate ESP/XFRM logic bug. Phoronix reports: Proof of concept code for Fragnesia is already out there. There is a two-line patch for addressing the issue within the Linux kernel’s skbuff.c...