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Age of Accountablity: Wounds of war — Son of farmer murdered by MK shares pain of TRC

Yesterday at 22:56 PM, via Daily Maverick

Forty-seven years after his father, a vegetable farmer, was shot in the back and head by MK operatives after offering them a lift near the Botswana border, Jacob Gabriël Cilliers van der Merwe tells the Khampepe Commission that his father’s body has yet to be found and that no one was prosecuted for his murder despite police reports pointing to his killers.

Politics

ANC Free State leaders accused of milking troubled municipality

Today at 00:15 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The ANC provincial working committee in the Free State has been accused of defying the party’s deployees in government, resulting in the near collapse of the Matjhabeng local municipality. Sources say provincial chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana and secretary Polediso Motsoeneng have used their political power to undermine premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae’s intervention in the municipality, which is […]

Politics

Dlabathi falls in wake of EFF exit

Today at 00:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The EFF has rejected a renewed partnership, leading to ANC Ekurhuleni regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi stepping down as finance MMC

Sport

Klopp exit talk ‘nonsense’ – Friday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:41 PM, via BBC News

Speculation around Jurgen Klopp’s role with Red Bull is dismissed, Chelsea remain in pole position to land Murillo, Wolves’ asking price for Mateus Mane puts off Liverpool and Manchester United, plus more.

Education

How to Measure Real Progress in Education

Yesterday at 19:54 PM, via New York Times

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and others respond to a Nicholas Kristof column. Also: Reagan’s warning about nuclear weapons; aging doctors.

Education

‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via The Guardian

Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

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Education

Send provision and student loans: will Labour’s changes backfire? – podcast

Yesterday at 17:48 PM, via The Guardian

As the dust settles on the government’s landmark changes to children’s special educational needs and disabilities provision, what will their impact really be on young people, their families and schools? John Harris and Kiran Stacey look at what we know so far. And, a growing backlash from graduates over student loan payments, led by the influential consumer champion Martin Lewis, is causing...

Science/Tech

Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Model With Faster Image Generation

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Google has launched Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), a faster, more realistic image generation model that becomes the default across Gemini, Search, Lens, and Flow. TechCrunch reports: The new Nano Banana 2 retains some of the high-fidelity characteristics of the Pro model but produces images faster. The company says you can create images with a resolution ranging from 512px to 4K, in...

Science/Tech

Chinese Official’s Use of ChatGPT Revealed a Global Intimidation Opperation

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

New submitter sabbede shares a report from CNN Politics: A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The Chinese law enforcement official used ChatGPT like a diary...

Science/Tech

This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue

Yesterday at 22:54 PM, via Wired

The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.