In Nelson Mandela Bay, extortion syndicates are exploiting personal vulnerabilities, demanding protection fees from businesses and carving out no-go zones — while police admit they cannot tackle a crime few victims are willing to report.
Outgoing DA leader Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said the party has big plans to win an outright majority in the city in the local government elections set for later this year.
Online travel agencies may be better positioned to benefit from artificial intelligence than widely feared, according to a Morgan Stanley research note that challenges the consensus view that AI agents will cut traditional booking platforms out of the transaction chain. The bank said early agentic AI travel tools are not bypassing online travel agencies but […]
A Nelson Mandela University researcher has called for a fundamental rethinking of how artificial intelligence and digital humanities frameworks are applied in African contexts, following his participation in an international workshop in Hannover, Germany. Dr. Johannes Sibeko, a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and newly elected vice president of the […]
A 1.5 million rand grant from the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority has given renewed hope to South Africa’s troubled technical and vocational education sector, funding two research projects designed to modernize the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges and align them with the demands of a rapidly changing economy. The grant […]
Artificial intelligence will transform 49% of jobs in Africa within three years, according to findings from PwC’s Africa Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey — though a majority of workers on the continent say they feel confident about their job security despite the shift. The survey, which polled 49,843 workers across 48 countries and 28 sectors, […]
Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.
An Oman port and an oil tanker off its coast were attacked on Sunday, official media said, marking the first strikes on the sultanate – which mediated US-Iran talks – since Tehran launched a retaliation campaign.
Israel said on Sunday it had launched more attacks on Iran, while the Iranian government continued strikes on Israel and on U.S. targets in Gulf states, Iraq and Jordan.
A widening Middle East conflict looks set to create the most significant disruption for gas markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global trade four years ago.
The National Zoological Garden of South Africa, commonly known as the Pretoria Zoo, is in a dilapidated state despite millions spent on its rehabilitation.
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a senior at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams
The students at Ellis Prep academy – like most high schoolers – have a lot on their mind right now.
Essay deadlines, college applications, younger siblings and dance rehearsals. But also, the immigration operations across the US and...
Experts say trusted adults must be brave and discuss issue or risk children looking for answers from unsafe sources
Teachers and parents in the UK need to be brave and discuss Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes with children and young people or risk them looking for answers from dubious or dangerous sources, according to experts who will host the first public seminar for schools on the issue.
In a library in Florence, Italy, historian Ivan Malara noticed handwritten notes on a book printed in the 1500s — and recognized the handwriting as Galileo’s. The finding “promises new insights into one of the most famous ideological transitions in the history of science,” writes Science magazine — since the book Galileo annotated was a reprint of Ptolemy’s second-century work arguing that...
Regulator says Prof Jacob George will no longer be involved after gender-criticial social media posts from last year
A health official who reportedly intervened to pause a clinical trial on the use of puberty blockers has been removed from any further involvement due to accusations of bias.
Prof Jacob George, who was appointed chief medical and scientific officer at the Medicines and Healthcare...
Veterans and others who have suffered trauma and injuries are flocking to clinics around the world to take ibogaine. My own reason was deeply personal.
A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.
Older Americans are losing billions of dollars annually to financial exploitation. Banks and investment firms are training employees to spot red flags and stop the transactions.