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Business

New smart water meters planned for Cape Town residents

Today at 07:05 AM, via BusinessTech

The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has made significant progress in technologically advanced water management with the installation of its first smart meter in Bellville, Cape Town.

Sport

Club legend: Kaizer Chiefs need a coach

Today at 07:25 AM, via The South African

Former Kaizer Chiefs defender Siboniso Gaxa has made it clear: Amakhosi’s co-coaches are below the club’s level and expectations.

Education

Office for Students’ University of Sussex humiliation is a symptom of deeper failings

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via The Guardian

England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadership

In its brief and unhappy life, England’s Office for Students has been offered a series of challenges it has largely failed to meet. This week the latest and most embarrassing of those was unveiled, when the high court decisively rejected the higher education...

Education

Oxford’s new £185m humanities hub is polished, refined … and funded by a Trump ally

Yesterday at 17:46 PM, via The Guardian

Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discretely in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless

When the wealthy Paduan banker Enrico Scrovegni commissioned the building of his eponymous chapel in the 14th century, he made sure that he was immortalised in the lavish frescoes adorning its interior. Florentine artist Giotto...

Science/Tech

Goodbye, Showmax

Today at 07:00 AM, via TechCentral

Once positioned as Africa’s answer to Netflix, the homegrown streaming pioneer fades to black tonight.

Science/Tech

Sub-two-hour marathon, spooky houses explained and why is UK health in decline? – podcast

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and Guardian science editor Ian Sample to talk through three eye-catching stories from the week, including the news that the number of years people in the UK are spending in good health has declined compared with a decade ago. Also on the agenda is the science, tech and nutrition behind two runners at this weekend’s London marathon breaking the two-hour...

Science/Tech

Elon Musk Says OpenAI Betrayed Him, Clashes With Company’s Attorney

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the San Francisco Chronicle: Elon Musk returned to the witness stand Wednesday in Oakland federal court for a second day of testimony in his case against OpenAI, detailing his shift from being an enthusiastic supporter of the nonprofit to feeling betrayed. He also clashed repeatedly with OpenAI’s attorney over questions that Musk believed were unfair. He...

Motoring

New driving laws coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 14:53 PM, via TopAuto

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has outlined its plans for the year, including the first phase of the AARTO rollout.