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GRUESOME MURDER: Cape Town son recounts trauma of identifying his dismembered mother

Today at 18:40 PM, via Daily Maverick

The horror of 19 March 2026 still haunts a Cape Town father, the night police asked him to lift a blanket and identify what remained of his 79-year-old mother, known to neighbours simply as ‘Auntie Connie’. Beneath the sheet lay her mutilated body. He saw only her naked chest. Her head was missing, her arms severed, and both hands were gone.

South Africa

Lamola champions bold collective action at SADC Foreign Ministers Retreat

Today at 17:25 PM, via SAnews

Lamola champions bold collective action at SADC Foreign Ministers Retreat

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola says the future of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be determined by the region’s ability to act collectively in response to growing geopolitical and economic pressures.

Delivering closing remarks at the SADC Ministers of...

South Africa

SADC pushes for regional self-reliance amid energy, debt and migration pressures

Today at 17:23 PM, via SAnews

SADC pushes for regional self-reliance amid energy, debt and migration pressures

Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have called for greater regional self-reliance, collective investment and deeper economic integration as the region confronts mounting geopolitical and economic pressures.

This emerged during a media briefing at the conclusion of the SADC Ministers...

World

What both sides have said about a U.S.-Iran deal

Today at 14:54 PM, via NPR

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

World

What we know about the status of a U.S.-Iran deal

Today at 14:18 PM, via NPR

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

Africa

Ndiaye adamant Senegal are champions of Africa

Friday at 12:43 PM, via BBC News

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

Business

South Africa’s semigration lie

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

Sport

Dversnes claims win at neutralised Giro stage 15

Today at 18:22 PM, via BBC News

Norway’s Fredrik Dversnes wins stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia after the final lap of Milan is neutralised because of rider complaints about the race conditions.

Sport

Warrington beat Bradford to climb to second

Today at 18:03 PM, via BBC News

Warrington Wolves beat Bradford Bulls to continue their fine form at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and turn up the heat in the Super League.

Education

I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Education

Pioneering study aims to find out how repeated blows to head in women’s rugby affects brain

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

Science/Tech

Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Gas Globally in April

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Last month saw a world first, reports Electrek. Wind and solar generated more power globally than gas:According to new analysis from independent energy think tank Ember, wind and solar produced 22% of the world’s electricity in April 2026, compared to 20% from gas. Together, the two renewable sources generated a record 531 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity during the month, 54 TWh more than...

Science/Tech

Scammers Are Abusing an Internal Microsoft Account to Send Spam Links

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

“For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts,” TechCrunch reports:[The scammers] have been able to set up new Microsoft accounts as if they are new customers and use that access to send out emails purportedly from the tech giant, potentially...

Science/Tech

China launches three-crew space flight as part of lunar ambitions

Today at 17:10 PM, via The Guardian

Mission will put first astronaut in orbit for a year, a key step in Beijing’s plan to put people on the moon by 2030

China has launched its Shenzhou-23 mission in which an astronaut will spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing’s ambition to send humans to the moon by 2030.

The Long March 2-F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch centre in north-western China...

Health

How Profit-Seeking Autism Clinics Can Harm Kids

Yesterday at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.