On 18 December, the National Energy Regulator of SA convened its inaugural Tribunal sitting, setting in motion accountability for municipalities failing to adhere to critical maintenance protocols and other breaches of their licensing conditions. The implications of non-compliance are dire, with municipalities facing fines of up to R2-million a day.
Video footage of the moment immigration agents shot dead a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday appears to contradict Trump administration claims the man was a violent aggressor who sought to “massacre” federal law enforcement officials.
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.
The announcement that the Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted every four years from 2028 sparked division, but what will it mean for the game on the continent?
A Johannesburg school has built a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading boys’ schools, producing pupils who get accepted into top universities in South Africa and around the world.
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner says his side showed great “character” and believes they are a group that “never gives up” despite falling to a 3-1 loss against Chelsea at Selhurst Park.
Unai Emery is “so happy” with his side’s “extraordinary” 2-0 win at Newcastle, emphasising the visitors’ “fantastic attitude” and “commitment to defence.”
Proactive planning and climate-resilient infrastructure are key to protecting South African communities from floods and other disasters, Simelane said.
Newsweek reports on how the U.S. Congress is debating “kill switch” technology for vehicles, “which would be able to monitor diver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene…” “While the technology is not yet a legal requirement in cars, Congress passed a law with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 that requires the Department of Transportation to create the...
The “NexDock” (from Nex Computer) already turns your phone into a laptop workstation. Purism chose it as the docking station for their Librem 5 phones. But now Nex is offering its own smartphone “that runs Android 16, launches Debian, and dual-boots into Windows 11,” according to the blog It’s FOSS:Fourteen years after the first concept video was teased, the NexPhone is here, powered by a...
Small modular nuclear reactors (or SMRs) are touted as “cheaper, safer, faster to build and easier to finance” than conventional nuclear reactors, reports CNN. Amazon has invested in X-Energy, and earlier this month, Meta announced a deal with Oklo, and in Michigan last month, Holtec began the long formal licensing process for two SMRs with America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission next to a...
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.